Description

Assistant Head of School 

Freire Schools is collecting applications for an Assistant Head of School. This position has the potential to be based at any of our 4 campuses throughout Philadelphia and Wilmington. Reporting to the Head of School, the Assistant Head of School will be responsible for assisting in the day to day operations of the school, with a special emphasis on instructional leadership. At Freire, we believe that when students create, they build the future. The Assistant Head of School will work with school leadership to ensure a school environment (academic and cultural) conducive to this creative, hands-on, problem-based learning model.

Responsibilities:

• Develop excellence in all instructional staff by conducting formal and informal classroom observations and coaching support.

• Shape and analyze data to improve school operations and student success.

• Design and lead professional development for teachers.

• Build a culture of instructional excellence and continuous improvement characterized by standards-based, problem-based instruction, collaboration, and a relentless focus on maximizing student learning and positive experience.

• Support teachers with suggestions and strategies to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, and classroom management.

• Create a culture where students and staff are pushed to take risks, to fail, to create, and to build.

• Foster a joyful school climate, including the thoughtful adherence to the Student Code of Conduct and resolution of student conflict.

• Assist with daily operations, including student arrival and dismissal, celebrating success, scheduling, attendance, facility management, cafeteria management, etc.

• Cultivate meaningful and beneficial family engagement.

• Manage state testingincluding test setup through the state, ordering materials, coordinating administration including use of accommodations during administration, and maintaining test security.

Qualifications:

• Passion for and commitment to the mission and students of Freire.

• 3-5 years of classroom instructional experience, preferably in a secondary setting. School leadership experience a plus.

• Belief that students should be drivers of their learning and that mistakes are a critical part of that learning

• Tenacious, meticulous, and willingness to do whatever it takes. 

• Always ready to lead and learn.

• Ability to be flexible, resilient and adapt to changing priorities.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly-changing environment.

About Freire Schools

Freire Schools has 23 years of success with raising student achievement and preparing historically underserved students for college. We're a network of four schools with one mission! Our students are at the center of all that we do, and we’re looking for educators who have an undeniable belief that every student who walks through our doors is capable of success. 

Our mission is to provide a college-preparatory education that equips students with the knowledge, skills, and character to succeed in college and beyond. 

Freire’s Impact and Growth

• According to the 2022 U.S. News and World Report rankings, Freire Wilmington is the #1 non-selective public charter high school in Delaware.

• Across the network, at least 90% of our Class of 2022 applied to and at least 89% were accepted to college. Students were accepted to 217 unique colleges and universities – including the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, and 30 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

• The Class of 2022 at our Philadelphia Schools received over $15.1 million in college scholarships and financial aid, an average of more than $54,121 per graduate. 

• Freire students’ college persistence rates consistently exceed local, state, and national averages. In each graduating class, 89% to 92% of our college-attending graduates return to college for their sophomore year, compared to just 69% nationally.

• Freire Charter School just was awarded a $2M grant and Freire Wilmington a $1.8M 5-year grant to continue their 21st CCLC programs for the next five years.

• TECH Freire was one of only five schools, out of 39 total applications, approved to open a new Philadelphia charter school in 2016.

Freire Schools' Values

The core values of Freire schools are centered around empowering students to become critical thinkers and problem solvers in a community of mutual respect, openness, and a commitment to peace. 

• EQUITY: Freire schools aims to promote social justice by providing quality, accessible education regardless of their background or socio-economic status.

• LOVE: We insist that every member of our community be accepted at face value, without judgment, and be supported in inhabiting their fullest self. Our connections create our community. As a Freire Family, our shared struggles, joy, challenges, and successes give us strength.

• CRITICAL THINKING: Freire schools prioritize inquiry-based learning, which involves encouraging students to ask questions, explore their interests, and question the status quo.

• DIVERSITY: We embrace and celebrate our differences, because we know they make us stronger as a community and as individuals.

For questions about career opportunities with Freire Schools, please contact gloria@freireschools.org.