Job Description

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Job Location
Belmont Charter Elementary School - Philadelphia, PA

DESCRIPTION

What makes us unique? Belmont Charter Network equips students with the knowledge and skills to succeed wherever their talents, diligence, and heart take them. Serving as a network of community schools, we strive to ensure that each child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. We believe that teaching and learning should be joyful!

Are you ready to create an impact and celebrate your students' successes? If you are interested in showing what is POSSIBLE, apply today!

At Belmont Charter Elementary School, we serve students from Grades 1 through 5 and are Pennsylvania's first turnaround school. Here, we equip our students to succeed academically and socially.

Position Summary

The Head of School will be responsible for leading its team and maintaining the school's vision. We seek a seasoned leader with solid elementary school leadership experience.

Duties of the Head of School include, but are not limited to:

Drive and support implementation of Belmont's vision and guiding principles to ensure a positive, achievement-focused school culture among teachers, staff, and students
Manage and support school leadership team; continually collect various forms of academic, culture, and team data to drive decision making and problem solving
Create, manage, and evaluate operational processes to ensure consistency with the school's values and goals
Build relationships, both internally and externally, to promote student-based programs like the school health center and social service programs, to ensure students receive all of the benefits of attending a community school
Oversee parent and community involvement in school-wide events
Act as liaison between Belmont Middle School, the Community Education Alliance of West Philadelphia and other schools within the network
Maintain compliance with state and federal regulations for education standards and requirements

Core Competencies

Ability to motivate staff, students and families around the school vision
Clear and effective communication skills for diverse audiences including staff, students and parents
Well-organized; ability to balance competing priorities and multi-task
Passion for developing staff's leadership capacities
Willingness to foster creativity and innovation
Leadership style that encourages teamwork and collaboration
Persistence in the face of obstacles, productive problem solving to counter setbacks, initiative to seize opportunity to make change
Belief in student empowerment and willingness to allow students to play an active role in supporting the BCHS vision
Commitment to the service of students and families
Clear understanding of policies and law affecting special populations, ELL students and students receiving special education services
Model an exemplary work ethic

QUALIFICATIONS

Superior grasp of effective instructional and behavioral methods and strategies for educating urban youth
Strong process, people, and project management skills with a proven ability to train, supervise and coach professional staff in order to foster a cooperative team environment
Intellectual agility, a commitment to maintaining rigorous standards, and a demonstrated ability to think strategically and execute on multiple priorities simultaneously
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly-changing environment
Ability to leverage computer software programs and other technology that will support the learning environment

Education and Experience

Master's Degree or Doctorate in Education Administration or related field
5+ years of demonstrated educational leadership experience, preferably within an urban school setting
Understanding of public education and charter school environment

This job was posted on Sun Jul 03 2022 and expired on Wed Jul 13 2022.

Minimum $18K /yr

$132K /yr Average

Maximum $431K /yr

Tasks

Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure that school activities comply with federal, state, and local regulations.

Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques, and to determine areas where improvement is needed.

Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.

Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.

Direct and coordinate activities of teachers, administrators, and support staff at schools, public agencies, and institutions.

Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.

Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavioral or learning problems.

Enforce discipline and attendance rules.

Create school improvement plans by using student performance data.

Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.

Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff.

Participate in special education-related activities, such as attending meetings and providing support to special educators throughout the district.

Plan and develop instructional methods and content for educational, vocational, or student activity programs.

Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.

Prepare and submit budget requests and recommendations, or grant proposals to solicit program funding.

Recommend personnel actions related to programs and services.

Review and approve new programs, or recommend modifications to existing programs, submitting program proposals for school board approval as necessary.

Develop partnerships with businesses, communities, and other organizations to help meet identified educational needs and to provide school-to-work programs.

Review and interpret government codes, and develop programs to ensure adherence to codes and facility safety, security, and maintenance.

Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment, and authorize purchases.

Direct and coordinate school maintenance services and the use of school facilities.

Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs.

Prepare, maintain, or oversee the preparation and maintenance of attendance, activity, planning, or personnel reports and records.

Mentor and support administrative staff members, such as superintendents and principals.

Establish, coordinate, and oversee particular programs across school districts, such as programs to evaluate student academic achievement.

Coordinate and direct extracurricular activities and programs, such as after-school events and athletic contests.

Advocate for new schools to be built, or for existing facilities to be repaired or remodeled.

Plan, coordinate, and oversee school logistics programs, such as bus and food services.

Teach classes or courses to students.

Meet with federal, state, and local agencies to keep updated on policies and to discuss improvements for education programs.

Write articles, manuals, and other publications, and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about facilities and programs.

Collect and analyze survey data, regulatory information, and data on demographic and employment trends to forecast enrollment patterns and curriculum change needs.

Skills

Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.

Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.

Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Management of Financial Resources - Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Management of Material Resources - Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Knowledge

Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.