High School Academic Dean Humanities 26'-27' School Year

STEM Preparatory Academy•Nashville, TN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

STEM Preparatory Academy is seeking a mission-driven Academic Dean of Humanities to join its high school leadership team in Nashville, Tennessee. This full-time, 12-month leadership role supervises and coaches Humanities teachers, including those teaching History, World Languages, and elective courses. The Dean leads the instructional vision and works to improve student achievement through instructional coaching, data-informed decisions, professional learning, and teacher development. The role emphasizes rigorous, engaging, equitable instruction and a culture of excellence, inclusiveness, joy, and continuous improvement. The Academic Dean is an embedded instructional leader responsible for classroom observations and feedback, teacher coaching and evaluation, professional development, data analysis, and supporting interventions. The role also contributes to student and family support, school culture, recruitment, school operations, and collaboration with school and network leaders. Evening and weekend family or community events may be required as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Education or a related field.
Active Tennessee teaching license, or ability to transfer licensure from another state.
At least three years of successful teaching experience in a tested subject area.
Demonstrated content expertise in History, World Languages, and/or elective courses.
School leadership experience or equivalent experience leading adults and teams.
Ability to hold adults accountable while building and maintaining strong relationships.
Willingness to engage in difficult conversations and resolve conflicts effectively.
Strong organizational and project-management skills.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and anti-racist practices.
Ability to manage multiple priorities with a student-first mindset.
Flexibility to work outside traditional school hours as leadership responsibilities require.

Nice To Haves

Outstanding classroom teaching performance with results exceeding district and state expectations.
Proven success coaching adult learners and improving instructional practice.
Experience designing and facilitating impactful professional development.
Demonstrated success leading teams toward ambitious performance goals.
Strong family and community engagement experience that drives student success.
Master's degree in Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Leadership, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Lead the instructional vision for Humanities departments, including History, World Languages, and electives.
Conduct weekly classroom observations and provide actionable, standards-aligned feedback.
Coach teachers in lesson internalization, instructional planning, and execution.
Facilitate professional learning communities, data meetings, and instructional planning cycles.
Support teachers in implementing rigorous, grade-level curriculum and assessments.
Analyze student achievement data and drive strategic interventions.
Lead Intellectual Prep Protocols and Data-Driven Practice Protocols.
Support teacher onboarding, development, evaluation, and retention.
Serve as an instructional exemplar and model best practices.
Design and facilitate professional development aligned to school goals.
Create opportunities for teachers to practice and refine instructional techniques.
Build teacher capacity through coaching cycles, feedback, and professional learning.
Foster continuous improvement, collaboration, and reflective practice while maintaining accountability and supportive relationships.
Maintain content-area dashboards to monitor weekly, quarterly, and annual performance.
Analyze formative and summative assessment data to identify trends and instructional priorities.
Lead weekly data meetings that build teacher ownership of student outcomes.
Support teachers in setting goals and tracking progress toward end-of-year targets.
Celebrate student growth and achievement and respond to areas of need.
Support classroom culture and management, student attendance, engagement and academic success, family communication, schoolwide culture initiatives, and the school's commitment to equity, inclusiveness, joy, and belonging.
Build relationships with students, staff, families, and community partners.
Collaborate with school and network leaders to drive continuous improvement.
Support teacher recruitment, selection, and hiring.
Facilitate quarterly family engagement and academic workshops.
Support school operations, testing, scheduling, and event coordination.
Maintain visibility during arrival, dismissal, transitions, and other key school moments.
Serve as a liaison or proxy for the Principal when appropriate.
Attend evening and weekend family and community events as needed.
Model STEM Prep's core values: Integrity, Imagination, Drive, Collaboration, and Inquiry.