Senior Director of Operations

DC Prep•Washington, DC

About The Position

As the Director of Math and Science, you will work as part of the Home Office Academic Team to ensure that the math and science programming is implemented with fidelity and evaluate the impact of both programs across our network. The Director of Math and Science is responsible for ensuring programming fidelity and quality across all tiers is high-quality. As DC Prep adopts a new K-8 Math curriculum for the SY27-28 school year, the Director will be responsible designing strong systems and structures to support a strong first year of adoption This work requires consistent coordination and collaboration across multiple teams including, but not limited to, the Schools, Academic Program, Data, and Principal teams. You will also be responsible for curating and organizing curriculum resources, materials, and assessments. Additionally, you will be responsible for developing expertise in the math and science subject-areas and staying up to date on new information and research connected to implementation of Common Core State Standards and the DC assessments. As Director of Math and Science, you will use this expertise to analyze network data to identify needs and opportunities for improvement to inform short and long-term programmatic implications for teacher, Assistant Principal, and Principal development and program execution. You will provide content-specific coaching and facilitate coordination meetings to campus Assistant Principals to clarify programming vision, strengthen content knowledge, build capacity to analyze and respond to data to improve student outcomes that will inform collaborative planning meetings, professional development for teachers/leaders, Data Days, July Leader Retreat and August Orientation. As Director of Math and Science, you will report to the Senior Director of Program.

Requirements

Unwavering commitment to DC Prep’s Vision, Mission, and Values, including a strong and demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion
Ability to disaggregate problems and structure and implement solutions to complex, challenges
Savvy, honest and effective communicator with demonstrated track record of creating alignment around and implementing shared goals and solutions
Intellectual depth and emotional maturity to work with colleagues and stakeholders across the entire organization
Emotional resilience and constancy coupled with strong leadership presence and passion to motivate, support and sustain teams in challenging and critically important work
Demonstrated track record of investing and leading teams through change
Effective people developer and collaborator across diverse teams
Minimum 5 years of professional experience, with at least two years of K-12 school leadership experience
Experience as a K-12 school leader (preference for former principals and assistant principals), experience designing or implementing program and curriculum initiatives and practices, and organizational leadership experience required
Proven track record of system-level strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated content area mastery in elementary and/or middle school content areas
Provide in person support to leaders and teachers across DC Prep’s campuses and Home Office.
Must be able to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of time
Must be able to spend the majority of the day standing or mobile throughout the classroom, as well as talk, hear, grasp, reach and lift up to 30lbs with or without accommodations
Ability to concentrate in active and noisy environments such as cafeterias and playgrounds, to more moderate situations such as classrooms or large group professional settings
Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computer and/or related office equipment
Ability to handle potential high stress conditions

Responsibilities

Support leaders with execution and evaluation of high-quality math and science programming and curriculum in service of student outcomes and achievement of goals.
Evaluate implementation and execution of math and science programming and curriculum across all tiers.
Ensure that teachers are teaching with fidelity to our program and to the rigor of the Common Core State Standards/Next Generation Science Standards and providing the appropriate instructional supports to best support ALL students.
Analyze and evaluate progress towards internal and external accountability measures.
Provide weekly development to leaders to grow their capacity to coach and develop teachers on our tiered programming.
Conduct regular classroom observations with members of school leadership teams to gather data on the effectiveness of the math and science programming and curriculum in action.
Facilitate content-specific Coordination meetings with Assistant Principals.
Participate in Principal Cohort, Director, and Program Team meetings.
Provide weekly dispatch (1-on-1 coaching and development) to Assistant Principals
Analyze network benchmark data, plan and facilitate quarterly Data Day Prep Facilitation.
Plan and facilitate July Leadership Retreat sessions to train leaders for the upcoming school year.
Managing external partnerships and contracts aligned to your content area.
Be willing to take on additional responsibilities as necessary to fulfill DC Prep’s mission for our students.