Position Summary 

 

You will work to transform student outcomes at Navarre middle school, a school in the South Bend Empowerment Zone. You will ensure that all students receive outstanding academic, social, and emotional support and services at your school. You will serve as an instructional, strategic, and cultural leader at your school, working closely with staff, families, community members, and partners to ensure that all students are set up for success. 

 

Who We Are: 

 

In the spring of 2019, The Indiana State Board of Education (SBOE) approved the creation of the South Bend Empowerment Zone due to persistent and chronic low levels of student achievement and growth. The South Bend Empowerment Zone is comprised of Wilson, Warren, Harrison, and Coquillard Elementary schools, and Navarre Middle school. Our charge from the SBOE and the South Bend Community School Corporation is to dramatically transform student achievement and growth at our schools over the course of the five-year intervention. 

 

In the South Bend Empowerment Zone, we understand the importance of providing our children with a rigorous and responsive education that gives them the foundation to lead a life full of opportunity, joy, and empowerment. We also believe that leadership exists at all levels and we are excited about the enhanced leadership opportunities that will be provided to students, families, and staff/teachers next year in service to a stronger student, family, and staff/teacher experience. 

 

Who You Are: 

 

● You are committed to the success of all South Bend students and have a track record of raising the academic achievement of children of color and children living in poverty. 

 

● You have superior leadership and management skills and a demonstrated ability to develop a vision and inspire others to achieve shared goals. 

 

● You believe in distributed leadership and support all stakeholders to identify as leaders with a voice and a responsibility in the solutions that are devised. 

 

● You are skilled at developing trust (high credibility, high reliability, high intimacy, low self-orientation) amongst a variety of stakeholders and rallying them around a student-centered vision. ● You are a creative and thinker and can effectively manage others towards outcomes and ambitious goals despite significant obstacles and ambiguity. 

 

● You have a keen ability to build and cultivate relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.

 

● You have excellent communication skills and thrive in a fast-paced and complex environment. ● You understand the complexity and urgency of developing a strong strategy to contribute to the success of a dynamic team and ensuring strong academic and social/emotional outcomes for children of color and children living in poverty. 

 

● You are relentlessly focused on results and committed to continuous improvement. 

 

What You’ll Do: 

 

The right leader for this role is thoughtful, strategic, urgent, and relentless; creating a supportive and rigorous culture that also demands excellence and continued improvement from staff and students while developing relationships and trust. Major responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to: 

 

Instructional Leadership 

 

In collaboration with the principal: 

 

1. Setting a clear bar/vision for instructional excellence and inspiring staff to live into it 2. Training, managing, supervising, and coaching school-based staff with a focus on providing actionable, concrete feedback 

 

3. Monitoring, supporting, and developing staff instructional learning experiences through targeted, results-oriented professional development experiences 

 

4. Evaluating the progress of assigned school-based staff in accordance with state law and policy 5. Collecting, analyzing, sharing, and using data to drive school-wide transformation 6. Collaborating with the Teacher Leadership Team (TLT) to strengthen school culture and instructional excellence 

 

7. Driving thoughtful, strategic, rapid, and dramatic instructional improvements by implementing strategies outlined in your school’s improvement plan 

 

8. Ensuring robust and responsive systems of support for students and teachers/staff 

 

Strategic Leadership 

 

In collaboration with the principal: 

 

1. Ensuring alignment to Empowerment Zone priorities while leveraging school-level strengths and solving school-level challenges 

 

2. Ensuring strong and student-/family-centered systems to enable school safety, security, development of trust between school and family, and to support student and family empowerment 

 

3. Implementing a cohesive approach to recruitment, hiring, induction, development, and career growth that ensures the retention of high-quality staff, including staff who reflect our students and community 4. Managing and implementing a budget that supports the Zone’s vision, mission, and goals 5. Consistently monitoring progress towards goals and pursuing continuous improvement 6. Communicating and engaging with the school community (students, families, teachers/staff) in an effective, proactive, timely, and inspiring manner 

 

Cultural Leadership 

 

In collaboration with the principal: 

 

1. Cultivating a safe and orderly school environment that is conducive to teaching and learning 2. Establishing and maintaining a school culture of high academic and behavioral expectations 3. Developing a student-centered environment that supports growth, learning, and development and ensures high expectations and high relationship with students 

 

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4. Developing a strong school culture where every member of the school community feels clarity of expectations, value, and support to excel 

 

5. Recognizing, maximizing, and retaining high-performing staff members while taking timely corrective actions and interventions with persistent low performers 

 

6. Prioritizing family and community engagement in service of improving student academic, social, and emotional development 

 

Ownership of Outcomes 

 

In collaboration with the principal: 

 

1. Demonstrating a high “locus of control” and when you see/experience a challenge, you develop solutions and strategies to overcome 

 

2. Demonstrating a clear “ownership of outcomes” of your school and engage in relentless pursuit of strong outcomes for your students 

 

What You’ve Done: 

 

● At least 5 years of successful teaching experience in a K-12 setting or in a related area with demonstrated student growth/achievement gains 

 

● A track record of success in attaining results in a K-12 setting 

 

● Successful experience serving students/families of color and students/families living in poverty ● Successful experience building high-impact and high-trust teams 

 

● History of effectively coaching both new and experienced teachers towards improving their ability to deliver outstanding instruction and to develop outstanding relationship with their students ● At least 2 years of middle or high school experience (preferred) 

 

● At least 2 years of school-based leadership experience as an Instructional Coach or Assistant Principal (preferred) 

 

● Required criminal history background check, and proof of ability to work in the United States ● Administrative license in the state of Indiana (or the ability to get it expeditiously after assuming the role) 

 

Salary and Benefits 

 

Salary is highly competitive and based on education and previous experience including a comprehensive benefits package. In addition to a highly competitive base salary, the associate principal of Navarre will have the opportunity to earn a performance bonus of $7,500, will have access to world-class professional learning opportunities, and explicit career advancement mentorship/guidance. 

 

Application 

 

In addition to completing the application on the SBCSCS or SBEZ website, please email your résumé and cover letter to Dr. Cheryl Camacho, Empowerment Zone Chief, at ccamacho@sbez.org and Mr. Nathan Boyd, Principal of Navarre. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 

 

Closing Date: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; for full consideration please submit your application ASAP.