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Two Year Principal Fellow (Rochester)

Employer
Uncommon Schools Inc.
Location
Rochester, US
Salary
Competitive

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Job Category
Administrator, Principal

Job Details

Two-Year Principal Fellowship
(known internally at Uncommon as Two-Year Instructional Fellowship)

POSITION
Each year, Uncommon identifies and selects highly qualified leaders to participate in Uncommon's Principal (Instructional) Fellowship. The fellowship prepares rising principals to both found and sustain great schools within the Uncommon network. As we plan for the future, we have identified the need for a Two Year Principal (Instructional) Fellowship program

While both Principal Fellowships (1 and 2 year) prepare Fellows for the impressive feat of running an outstanding school, our Two Year Principal Fellowship allocates an additional year to the fundamentals of outstanding instructional leadership, including:
  • Instruction: Principal Fellows will master core Teach Like a Champion techniques and build their proficiency in Guided Reading and Math instruction
  • Data Analysis: Principal Fellows will effectively analyze informal and formal classroom data, reflect on this data, and use this information to drive instruction
  • Observation and Feedback: Principal Fellows will coach at least one teacher to improve by learning to quickly identify the highest leverage action step and providing clear, actionable feedback
The second year of the Principal Fellowship will be similar to our current One Year Instructional (Principal) Fellowship, and will enhance Fellows' ability to:
  • Execute Instruction: During instruction, Principal Fellows will be able to identify student misunderstandings and coach teachers to adjust questioning to ensure that students have a deep understanding of academic content
  • Lead Student Culture: Principal Fellows will learn to cultivate and maintain at least one aspect of student culture (e.g., morning meeting, in-class discipline) that maximizes student achievement
  • Build Staff Culture: Principal Fellows will also learn how to attract and retain a strong team
Principal Fellows will also continue to focus on:
  • Instruction: Principal Fellows will build content knowledge about Common Core and support planning/revisions to a select K-4 curriculum content area
  • Data Analysis: Principal Fellows will analyze grade level data at a high level and create a concrete action plan to respond to student data across a select grade level
  • Observation and Feedback: Principal Fellows will coach a team of teachers to improve learning by being able to quickly identify the highest leverage action steps and convey this feedback using the Six Steps of Effective Feedback
The fellowship provides a robust development process to prepare leaders to lead a school as Principal in conjunction with the Director of Operations. This Fellow and eventual Principal is a full-time employee, hired, supported, and evaluated by the Assistant Superintendent. The Principal Fellow must have a B.A. and a minimum of three years of teaching experience.

Evaluation and Feedback
Throughout the fellowship year, Principal Fellows will receive coaching and feedback from their Associate Managing Directors in addition to the school leaders they are working closely with during their fellowship year. Each Principal Fellow will have an Individual Development Plan that identifies the specific areas of development for the Fellow around which the fellowship will be customized to ensure focused development opportunities.

Leadership and Management PD in the 2nd Year of the Fellowship:
  • Connecting with and Leading Teachers
  • Difficult Conversations
  • Managing Teams and Groups
  • Personal Effectiveness
  • Student Recruitment
  • Teacher Recruitment
  • Understanding Yourself as a Leader
  • Curriculum Alignment and Yearlong Planning
  • Data-Driven Instruction
  • Driving Student Achievement in Special Education
  • Observation and Feedback
  • Taxonomy of Effective Teaching Practice
  • Teaching Math
  • Teaching History
  • Teaching Reading
  • Teaching Science
Minimum Education Level
  • The Principal Fellow must have a Bachelor's degree.
Experience Required
  • 4 or more years of teaching experience highly preferred;
  • 1 or more years of experience coaching or leading teachers (e.g., grade level chair, content/department chair, Assistant Principal, Dean of Curriculum, etc.) highly preferred.

COMPENSATION
We offer a generous compensation package. All staff members are equipped with the tools needed to succeed, including a dedicated work space, laptop computer, email, high-speed internet access, and all necessary supplies.

The foregoing information is requested for mandatory government reporting purposes only. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable law.

Please note that your application will not be saved until you click "submit" at the end of the application question set. Unfortunately, you will not be able to save your resume or answers as you go along. Please take this into consideration. You are welcome to open the application, copy and paste the questions into a Word Document, and then copy and paste your answers into our application once they are complete. Additionally, if you leave your application before beginning the question set, you will need to upload your resume again in order to move forward with the process upon returning. Thanks in advance for the time you are taking to apply to Uncommon Schools.

Company

Uncommon Schools starts and manages outstanding urban charter public schools that close the achievement gap and prepare low-income students to graduate from college.

At Uncommon Schools, our classrooms are named after colleges because that’s where our students are headed. We are a nonprofit network of public charter schools in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Our 54 college prep schools consistently rank among the highest-performing in their home states for three reasons:

  • We know all students have what it takes to go to college. We are fiercely committed to cultivating the intellectual curiosity and grit that will spur their success in the classroom and in their communities.
  • We create and constantly fine-tune our systems to help teachers teach and students learn.
  • We know that without great teachers and leaders, nothing else matters. We also know there’s no limit to learning. That’s why people development is at our core. 
Company info
Telephone
9293034354
Location
826 Broadway, 9th Floor
New York
New York
10003
US

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