Director of Academics

Birch Agency is seeking a Director of Academics to support our client school, a public charter K-8 in East Columbus. The ideal candidate will lead the school in academic achievement and continuous improvement. This is a great opportunity for a motivated and experienced teacher seeking to grow in their career.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Assume ownership and responsibility for developing and supporting the schools instructional staff by:

• Guiding teachers in the effective use of instructional and support materials for full implementation of all areas of the curriculum.

• Guiding teachers in adapting materials and methods across the curriculum to the needs of individual students, using multiple appropriate differentiation strategies, including but not limited to instructional grouping.

• Reviewing lesson plans weekly

• Performing frequent teacher observations and debriefs

• Modeling effective instructional practices, including delivery of instruction using effective teaching strategies.

• Providing effective feedback, professional development and coaching for teachers in mastering instructional practices.

• Offering continuous and targeted professional development that directly supports the school curriculum and instruction that ensures continuous student achievement of the schools academic standards.

• Using multiple sources of data collection to analyze barriers to student achievement and to access, identify and apply to instructional improvement.

• Monitoring the use of student achievement data from multiple sources (including standardized tests, ILS data, curriculum-based assessments, classroom assessments and other data) to inform instruction.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in education, Masters preferred

• Active professional teacher certification

• Minimum of five years experience as a successful teacher

• Two years experience as an Instructional Coach, Teacher Leader, or other related position strongly preferred

Interested candidates should apply through this link, or for more information contact Edward Matovu at ematovu@birchagency.com.

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