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UP Academies: Dean of Students

Employer
Boston Public Schools
Location
Boston, MA, US
Salary
Competitive

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Job Category
Administrator, Principal

Job Details

About UP Education Network
UP Education Network manages and operates six schools in Boston, Lawrence, and Springfield, MA. We serve over 3,000 elementary and middle school students. UP is invited by local school districts to restart chronically underperforming district schools as UP Academies. Each UP Academy shares the same mission: to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, skills, and strength of character necessary to succeed on the path to college and to achieve their full potential.

Role
The Dean of Student reports to UP Academy's Principal and serves on UP Academy's Leadership Team. The dean is responsible for the management and development of teachers. S/he plans professional development, oversee staff orientation, and take responsibility for the academic program in place at UP Academy.

Specific Responsibilities
  • Manage and evaluate all special education teachers, English as a Second Language teachers, special education paraprofessionals, and related service providers
  • Ensure compliance of overall special education program and ESL program with applicable laws and regulations
  • Ensure school-wide compliance with all IEPs
  • Provide formal and informal feedback on observations, lesson plan review, and more
  • Facilitate weekly meetings to analyze student work, review information regarding classroom assessments, and plan for instruction
  • Ensure student mastery of state, city, and school academic and behavioral standards
  • Use assessment data to refine curriculum and inform instructional practices
  • Develop, design, implement, and participate in an annual four-week staff orientation and training.

Qualifications
  • A strong belief in UP Education Network's core values: Students, Community, Humility, Resilience, and Humor
  • Bachelor's degree is required, Master's degree is preferred
  • A valid Massachusetts Teaching License as a Special Education Administrator, all levels
  • Current authorization to work in the United States - A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment

Compensation and Benefits
Your salary is commensurate with experience; UP Academy follows the salary scales of each UP Academy's host school district. As an employee of UP Academy and your respective school district, you will receive the same access to personal and sick days, health insurance, and dental insurance as others within your union.

Working at UP Education Network
We know that great staff members directly lead to the success of our students. At UP, your career is shaped by:
  • Opportunities for immediate impact : UP offers a chance to bring best practices found in high-performing schools to students previously enrolled in struggling schools, and to rapidly unlock the potential of these students
  • Talented, mission-driven colleagues : Our staff is enthusiastic, dedicated, and willing to do "whatever it takes" to put every student on the path to college
  • Collaboration and teamwork : Staff members collaborate and work closely together on grade-level or content area teams, using data to track student performance as well as guide instructional practice
  • Consistent professional growth and development : Members of our staff typically have bi-weekly check-in meetings with their managers where they receive targeted coaching and support and the entire staff participates in weekly professional development sessions during the school year, kick-started by extensive training in August.


To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please visit http://www.upeducationnetwork.org/careers and formally apply for this position through our on-line application system.

We encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply for any open position in which they feel qualified. We believe that we have a responsibility to recruit, retain, develop, and reward a diverse and talented staff. Our students must be exposed on a daily basis to a diverse group of powerful role models - in their teachers, their school leaders, and their supporters in the network office. With this in mind, we are committed to recruiting the most talented individuals from the widest possible range of backgrounds to join our creative, mission-driven team.

Company

As the birthplace of public education in this nation, the Boston Public Schools is committed to transforming the lives of all children through exemplary teaching in a world-class system of innovative, welcoming schools. We partner with the community, families, and students to develop in every learner the knowledge, skill, and character to excel in college, career, and life.

Company info
Telephone
(617) 635-1550
Location
2300 Washington Street
Roxbury
MA
02119
United States

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