Bring your passion for influencing and supporting our youth to National Heritage Academies (NHA) as a director of school quality.


NHA school principals report directly to the director of school quality (DSQ). The DSQ will lead up to 7 schools in Ohio and is responsible for the overall quality of schools in their portfolio. Their key area of focus is to develop the leadership of principals through ongoing data review of student learning, enrollment, and staff engagement.

About Us

NHA, founded in 1995 and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is one of the nation's leading for-profit charter school management organizations. NHA's system of schools is designed to eliminate the achievement gap and provide a public school choice to families so their children are prepared for success in high school, college, and beyond. With a commitment to hard work, good citizenship, and personal responsibility, students experience a safe, secure learning environment where achievement thrives. A passion and dedication to the mission of serving children and partnering with communities to provide an excellent educational experience permeates the culture of our organization.

Your Role

• Demonstrate good practice, recognize it and create training programs that work to ensure great teaching is being conducted in each classroom
• Provide continual leadership coaching to our deans and principals, and responsible for the development of these individuals in all aspects of school leadership
• Utilize knowledge, skill and enthusiasm to cause and/or accelerate a school's success in achieving our mission
• Possess a growth mindset to independently improve personal and professional skills
• Establish annual performance goals for each principal and review their performance during weekly one on one meetings
• Act as a liaison between the Service Center and school principals, helping garner resources when needed to enhance quality of multiple school functions
• Collaborate and communicate with Service Center departments to develop training and support when needs arise
• Utilize data from myNHA to monitor and support school success in key school areas
• Critically think to understand and personalize to the context and key areas of each school
• Ensure equity in student outcomes via data review in areas such as student performance, discipline data, and other key school measures
• Conduct classroom and school visits with school teams to assess quality, ensuring alignment to the Classroom and Schoolwide Framework
• Participate in school-based trainings to check for quality and engagement
• Collaborate with other DSQs to share ideas and develop each other as leaders
• Organize regional principal and dean professional development
• Be actively involved in dean hiring, and ensure teacher hiring process is of high quality and consistent
• Partner with local teacher and leader preparation programs to create a pipeline of talent
• Review and approve operational items such as schools' master schedules, investment plans, school budgets, School Improvement Plan, etc.
• Act as a liaison to each school's Board of Directors when needed, supporting and preparing the principal, and attend board meetings as needed
• Look for trends of success and problems organizational-wide, communicating feedback to Service Center to improve outcomes for all schools and students
• Model and ensure adherence to the NHA core values
• Other duties as directed

Requirements

• Master's degree or equivalent
• Demonstrate achievements in student proficiency and growth that can be linked to his/her leadership and intervention
• Must have K-8 experience
• Minimum 3 years of principal experience
• Self-motivated, with the ability to see complex projects through from start to finish
• Outstanding communication skills with the experience to be an outgoing spokesperson and relationship builder
• Frequent travel to schools and collaborative meetings with other DSQs and Service Center

To learn more about our core values, please click here .

National Heritage Academies is an equal opportunity employer.