EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
About the role
Nevada City School of the Arts (NCSA) is a tuition‑free public charter school serving TK‑8 with 517 students and 108 staff, located in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Nevada City. The school fosters academic, artistic, and social‑emotional achievement, provides safe, respectful, and equitable conditions for learning and working, and is committed to an arts‑integrated educational philosophy.
The Executive Director serves as NCSA’s chief executive, providing strategic, instructional, organizational, fiscal, personnel, and facilities leadership. The role supports academic excellence, arts integration, student well‑being, an inclusive and collaborative school culture, and the continued growth and success of the school. It also includes executive oversight and long‑term stewardship of NCSA’s school‑owned campus and facilities, encompassing facilities planning, deferred maintenance, capital improvements, and major projects.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership
- Provide instructional leadership
- Provide organizational leadership
- Provide fiscal leadership
- Provide personnel leadership
- Provide facilities leadership
- Support academic excellence
- Support arts integration
- Support student well‑being
- Foster an inclusive and collaborative school culture
- Ensure continued growth and success of NCSA
- Provide executive oversight and long‑term stewardship of the school‑owned campus and facilities
- Facilities planning
- Deferred maintenance
- Capital improvements
- Major projects
Requirements
- Valid Clear California School Administrator Credential
- Master’s Degree or higher
Qualifications
- Teaching experience
- Significant experience with curriculum, instruction, assessment, personnel management, school finance, strategic planning, and organizational leadership
- Demonstrated ability