Dean of Instruction - Windcrest Campus

Heritage Academy Charter Schools•San Antonio, TX

About The Position

Heritage Academy is a nonprofit, public charter school network that prepares students in educationally underserved communities for college success. Heritage Academy provides a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum, outstanding educators, more time in class, a strong culture of achievement, extracurricular activities, and support to help our students make significant academic gains. Our mission at Heritage Academy Schools is to empower economically disadvantaged children to create the opportunities they deserve! We are committed to helping prove what’s possible for public school students across Texas. With families and communities, Heritage Academy will foster a joyful academic experience that empowers scholars with the skills and confidence to become change agents in our society and build a better world! Our Core Values: We teach with integrity because our principles don’t waver. We thrive with resilience no matter what the challenge. We lead with courage because our children deserve it. We commit to equity because it’s the right thing to do. We foster love for learning and each other. We move with intentional urgency because our children can’t wait to learn. We read for life. Role Vision: Heritage Academy Deans of Instruction report to their assigned Campus Principal. Our Principals provide leadership, direction, supervision, and accountability for the delegated campus and its programs. Heritage Academy School Principals are instructional leaders who coach and develop teachers and lead team members at their schools to achieve ambitious goals with our scholars. Our Principals provide instructional leadership and develop and implement curriculum and programming for the campus programs with a sense of urgency. Heritage Academy Principals are solution-oriented and creative problem solvers with experience in data analysis and creating and managing systems, Setting high expectations and communicating with various stakeholders, and effectively interacting with people across cultures.

Requirements

Master’s degree
Must have a proven track record of personally achieving success and leading others
3+ years of K – 12 teaching experience
3+ years of leading a school to dramatic gains in a challenging context
Demonstrated leadership with the ability to lead people and get results through work with
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with a willingness to be flexible when needed.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating strong prioritization, organization, and follow-up skills.
Proficient in MS Office products, internet, and industry-specific software programs
Experience using data analysis to facilitate and support decision making
Demonstration of effective teaching and learning practices
Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
Excellent interpersonal, human relations, and stress and conflict management skills
Excellent planning, goal setting, coordinating, problem analysis, and decision-making skills
Ability to facilitate and lead change initiatives and embrace innovation
Enthusiasm to engage parents and community
Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change
Ability to set the direction for a team and motivate others to action
Demonstrated student achievement results in own classroom and from teachers that s/he manages
Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honor and support a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives
Adept at data analysis; ability to extract meaningful insights across school-wide data
Expertise in what the school-wide academic standards and state assessments require of students’ knowledge and skills to demonstrate mastery; able to translate student mastery requirements into instructional plans and strategies; deep understanding of appropriate application and differentiation of high-leverage instructional strategies based on comprehension of child/adolescent development and pedagogy.
Expertise in cultivating relationships and managing a diverse group of stakeholders
Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing to learn and improve quickly
Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships to achieve outcomes
Demonstrated resilience and focus on student outcomes
We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to a high level of conduct, professionalism, and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.

Nice To Haves

Texas Principal Certification strongly preferred
Proficient in Skyward strongly preferred
Experience with TalentEd desired

Responsibilities

90% Student Re-Enrollment
85% Teacher Retention
5% Average Daily Attendance for students
Hold high expectations for self and others to achieve and surpass intended goals
Lead instructional staff to achieve measurable and ambitious results
Lead instructional staff to improve their teaching quickly and measurably through daily observations, on-the-spot coaching, data conversations, and effective evaluations
Supervise the implementation of TEKS based curricula and assessments to meet ambitious academic expectations
Review teachers’ weekly lesson plans and provide feedback
Synthesize, analyze, and prioritize data and opportunities to develop strategies that achieve quantifiable goals
Proactively identify opportunities to improve and consistently reflect on past actions to guide future decisions
Communicate students’ progress with student and family
Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding and respect for the communities in which they
Effective facilitation and personal use of technology as a communication and educational tool to improve teacher development, student achievement and manage work related tasks.
Support the creation and implementation of a clear and consistent behavior management system while developing students’ character and sense of community
Help shape and develop a school wide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment for each student
Manage disciplinary student behavior
Oversee campus based tutoring sessions
Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after-school duties, and school wide meetings and functions
Engage in summer and year-long district, school and personal learning and development
Minimum of 40+ hours spent at school per week
Additional responsibilities as assigned by Campus Principal
Goal: 90 or above for Academic Performance, Student Growth, or Relative Performance from the Texas Education Agency
Goal: 90 or above for Closing the Gaps from the Texas Education Agency
Ensure individual student growth plans are created to ensure that all scholars can show individual academic growth
Focus on providing individualized and differentiated instruction to Emergent Bilingual and Special Education scholars
Build knowledge and expertise in effective instructional design and academic standards for staff and self
Develop teachers’ conceptual understanding of what students must know and be able to do and what instructional methods drive student mastery
Develop knowledge of how standards map to curriculum and assessment
Develop teachers to provide rigorous and high-quality instruction using Teach Like a Champion and Get Better Faster framework
Lead analysis of, and develop teachers’ ability to analyze student data to identify strategies that will move students toward mastery
Regularly observe and coach instructional leaders to ensure they are providing high-impact, actionable, and bite-sized feedback to teachers weekly
Ensure teachers can collaborate, analyze their practice and their student data, and adjust instruction in content teams
Lead whole-school professional development workshops that drive the highest-impact improvements in teacher practice
Evaluate lesson plans to provide teachers with the necessary feedback to be able to provide scholars with quality instruction
Conduct Ongoing Data Conversations
Make School-level Data-Driven Decisions
Other duties as assigned