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Citizens of the World Charter School Los Angeles - Founding Principal

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Edgility Consulting
Location
Los Angeles, California

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The Organization

The mission of Citizens of the World Los Angeles (CWC LA) is to provide a socio-economically, culturally, and racially diverse community of students in Los Angeles with an intellectually challenging, experiential learning environment that develops each student's confidence, potential, and individual sense of responsibility in the world. CWC schools promote academic rigor through a constructivist, project-based learning approach, to support and develop children’s natural intellectual curiosity. The CWC LA network has a strong track record of high academic achievement, is growing at a rapid rate and currently enrolls nearly 2,000 students in three high-performing schools. 

CWC’s core values are embraced by the entire community:

  • Excellence: we demand lasting quality
  • Diversity: we are better and stronger because of our differences
  • Authenticity: we are our true selves in this work, and we are candid
  • Community: we care deeply about people. We share and build partnerships. We celebrate, laugh, and seek joy, even in the tough times
  • Change: we welcome the unknown, embracing the unexpected and new. We adapt to meet the ever-changing times. We find new ways.

For more information, please visit Citizens of the World, Los Angeles region on the web.
 

The Opportunity

The Founding Principal of CWC’s newest campus will report to the Chief Schools Officer. This person will be a visionary instructional leader who will create an engaging, joyful, academically rigorous learning environment built on CWC’s fundamentals of academic excellence, community, and diversity. The Founding Principal will build a strong team and create and maintain an exceptional school culture. This culture will challenge and motivate students, teachers, and families to achieve academic excellence, develop as people, embrace the rich diversity of the school community, and positively impact the communities in which they live. In addition, the CWC Founding Principal will embrace change and growth, collaborating closely with other Principals and Assistant Principals in the CWC LA network.

The first year in this role will be a planning year as the Founding Principal plans and executes the launch of a new public charter school scheduled to open in the Fall of 2020. This is an exciting opportunity for an instructional leader committed to project-based learning who can develop a diverse and welcoming school culture and has the organizational leadership, people management and community-building skills to develop a school that is highly effective at meeting the needs of students and families from Day 1.

Responsibilities

The Founding Principal will be in charge of the management of all aspects of the school, including the following:

  • Ensures the development and implementation of an instructional plan that is built on constructivist, project-based practices, features the delivery of effective academic interventions and maintains consistent attention on addressing equity gaps across all subgroups;
  • Leads a focus on social-emotional learning, making sure that teacher practice and staff actions are always centered on a whole child approach;
  • Recruits, hires, supports and retains a high quality staff, including one that is diverse in their personal backgrounds and experiences;
  • Sets and maintains a tone of self-reflection and authenticity throughout the school campus such that all stakeholders feel cared for, engaged and are able to bring their true selves to the school every day;
  • Keeps students at the center of everything they do and inspires others to do the same, living CWC’s core values in their every interaction and decision;
  • Communicates the school’s vision and goals in a way that ensures understanding and commitment from a racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse community of parents, students, faculty, staff, and board members;
  • Builds and keeps strong relationships with LAUSD, other charter operators and allied organizations, serving as an active leader in the local education community;
  • Supports and facilitates the development of fiscally responsible, efficient and effective operational systems and procedures within the school building to ensure an academically rich, healthy and safe campus for adults and students.​

Priorities

A successful first year in this role for the Founding Principal will include:

  • Close collaboration with current CWC administrators, including on-site shadowing and thought-partnership;
  • Partnering closely with the Regional Support Office (RSO) to hire five (5) Lead Teachers, a Business Coordinator, a Community Coordinator, a Data Coordinator, a Director of Social Emotional Learning, and Enrichment Teachers;
  • Partnering closely with the RSO to recruit and enroll nearly 130 Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten students;
  • Participation in a network-wide professional development program and institute that allows for immersion into the CWC learning model.​

Qualifications

In order to meet their responsibilities, the ideal Founding Principal candidate will have:

  • A clear record of elevating student achievement in an academically high-achieving classroom for at least three (3) years, with a strong understanding of CWC-aligned pedagogy that drives results or of exceptional leadership working with young people in urban communities.
  • Experience working with elementary-aged students in socio-economically diverse communities.
  • Knowledge about Common Core State Standards, project-based learning, workshop-based instruction and research-based social emotional curricula.
  • Proficiency in Spanish, Korean, or other languages.
  • An entrepreneurial spirit and be capable of managing many complex tasks with competing priorities.
  • Experience with multiple intelligence theory and backward design planning.
  • Exceptional relationship building skills and be someone who can quickly gain the confidence of parents, faculty/staff, and students;
  • A track record as a passionate advocate for all students and families who has a commitment to building a strong culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion;
  • Experience in school operations and decision-making around resource allocation for a student-serving organization (background working with public school budgeting preferred).

Compensation And Benefits

CWC LA offers a competitive compensation and benefits package to all of its staff. More details can be provided upon request.

To Apply

Please submit a resume and thoughtful cover letter addressed to Mark Kleger-Heine, CWC-LA Executive Director at https://sforce.co/2UDq3xC. For additional questions about this position or to speak with someone about your interest, please contact Serena Moy at smoy@edgilityconsulting.com or at 510.575.9635.

Citizens of the World Los Angeles is an equal opportunity employer and an organization that values diversity. Recruiting staff to create an inclusive organization is a priority, and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds. Candidates are evaluated solely on their qualifications to perform the work required.

Company

We believe equity isn’t a box to check. It’s a daily action. We exist to empower social impact organizations to recognize and overcome unconscious bias, racism and sexism so they can build a workforce that reflects and strengthens the communities they serve.

 

We look at the data, ask the tough questions and—when we need to—disrupt the status quo. We’ve learned that real change can’t come from relying on the same systems and “best practices” that got us here in the first place. Our clients want to live up to their values, but it’s not always easy to know where to start. They need a trusted guide to get there. We walk them through an equity-driven process focused on finding, hiring and retaining exceptional leaders, developing transparent compensation programs, and building inclusive environments where employees thrive. This is the new standard. And we challenge everyone to meet us here.

 

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