School Site Director (Redwood City - Kennedy)
About The Position
The School Site Director is the senior leader of a school-based expanded learning program and is responsible for overall program quality, staff performance, student outcomes, and strong alignment with school partners. Serving as a “second shift school principal,” the Site Director ensures the delivery of a safe, structured, and engaging extended learning environment that supports academic growth, social development, and school success. This role leads across program quality and fidelity, staff leadership and development, operational systems, and school and community partnerships. Through strong leadership, clear accountability, and collaboration, the Site Director ensures alignment with BGCP standards and district priorities while fostering a positive culture for both students and staff. The School Site Director reports to the Regional Director.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience
- 5 years of relevant experience
- Minimum of 3-5 years of progressive leadership experience, including at least 2 years supervising staff in an educational or youth-serving environment
- Demonstrated success building relationships with diverse youth, families, and stakeholders
- Proven ability to recruit, coach, supervise, and develop staff while fostering a positive and inclusive team culture
- Experience implementing and monitoring safety protocols to ensure student and staff well-being
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to think critically, make sound decisions, and lead with ownership
- Experience collaborating across teams and external partners to achieve shared goals
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading donor tours or community-facing presentations preferred
- Spanish language proficiency preferred
Responsibilities
- Create and publish daily "deliverables" or tasks for staff to complete each day that contribute to the overall success of program
- Conduct weekly or bi-weekly observation of staff during programming
- Create and publish site calendar and quarterly program schedules
- Create and enforce clear written expectations and standards of excellence for students and staff
- Facilitate weekly or bi-weekly 1v1 meetings with direct reports and instructional support staff (ISS) for assessing and evaluating performance, providing constructive feedback, and implementing performance improvement plans when necessary
- Advocate and find solutions for the needs and interests of the program students and staff
- Collaborate with instructional coach and associate director to determine weekly program goals and focuses
- Exemplify both professionalism and youth development behaviors to cultivate a positive culture for both staff and students.
- Create and facilitate weekly staff meetings to ensure effective communication, collaborative problem-solving, and alignment with organizational goals, fostering a positive team culture and continuous improvement.
- Develop and train staff on the Site Plans (Safety Plan, Emergency Plan, etc.), aligned with partners
- Create and ensure the maintenance of site data management systems to maintain important student rosters – including Remind emergency contacts, authorized pick–up lists, unauthorized pick–up lists, student walker lists, etc.
- Complete monthly audits of data systems to ensure that the ASES & ELOP data is accurate across BGCP and District platforms (Rosters, Food/Snack Distribution etc.) etc.
- Create and maintain systems for budget management, materials inventories, emergency supplies, program materials purchases, and happyfox (internal) requests
- Create and enforce systems for caregiver communications
- Facilitate weekly or bi-weekly meetings with school leadership/community school coordinator
- Create opportunities for partners to engage with program (at least quarterly)
- Establish systems for sharing key information (enrollment, incident reports, annual action plans etc.) with school partners
- Collaborate with school partners to align on behavior management systems
- Review budgets and expenses monthly/quarterly with regional leader
- Develop annual budgets with regional leader
- Review and approve staff hours (Trinet)
- Perform additional relevant duties as assigned
Benefits
- BGCP covers 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums; 50% for dependents
- BGCP offers contributions to the 401(k) plan
- Comprehensive Paid Time-Off Policy, along with additional benefits
- 40 hours of paid sick time annually
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
