Description

ABOUT THE POSITION:
The School Leader will lead one of the Urban Dove Team Charter Schools. The School Leader will work closely with the school’s Charter Management Organization (CMO), the Board of Directors, and other Urban Dove school leaders to implement the school model and organizational vision. The School Leader is responsible for creating and maintaining an engaging, positive, and supportive school culture using a youth development framework. The SL will consistently ensure all staff utilize restorative and therapeutic approaches to behavior and discipline and will model this approach daily. The School Leader will use data to create accountability for all staff in evaluations and create improvement plans as needed. The School Leader will directly supervise key staff, including, but not limited to the Director of Operations , Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Director of College and Career Readiness, and the Director of Youth Development. The Board of Directors evaluates the SL annually but empowers the CMO’s Director of Schools to supervise and support the SL on a daily basis. 

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
Urban Dove Team Charter School (UD Team) is a distinctive network of sports-based high schools catering to over-aged, under-credited youth. We fuse a robust academic curriculum with sports-based youth development, ensuring our graduates receive a diploma, a stepping stone for higher education, and essential job skills.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure faithful execution of UD Team charter through NYSED Performance Framework
• Create an environment that prioritizes caring, respectful relationships among teachers, students, staff, and families
• Define, guide,and embody key elements of school culture for the whole community
• Articulate a clear vision for high student achievement that meets the Urban Dove’s stated organizational goals
• Ensure all staff have the skills, confidence and support they need to be successful in their roles
• Actively and strategically manage staff hiring, development, and retention to maintain overall staff quality and meet school needs
• Maintain clear and explicit organizational and behavioral expectations for all members of the school community
• Plan and facilitate school-wide PD according to school priorities and staff needs
• Give honest, clear and helpful feedback to staff
• Demonstrate ability to understand and analyze data from multiple sources
• Make curricular choices that are aligned with school model and instructional vision
• Use assessments to determine student progress toward goals and to adjust curriculum and instruction
• Ensure that curricula, unit and lessons will lead all students to mastery of rigorous content and higher order thinking skills
• Ensure that curricula, unit and lesson are engaging and accessible to all students
• Build consistency in instruction across all learning spaces
• Ensure delivery of a high quality Sports Based Youth Development program steeped in the Neurosequential Model 
• Aligns youth development and support services around academic goals
• Approach discipline and social-emotional support through a restorative lens such that a safe and inclusive environment results
• Proactively analyze and diagnose problems and address them with thoughtful and creative solutions
• Provide mechanisms for stakeholder voice/participation in decision-making
• Build leadership capacity for staff members
• Continually seeks to improve his own performance & welcomes and acts on performance feedback
• Work closely with the Charter Management team on all high level strategic and financial decision making
• Report out monthly to the Board of Directors

Requirements

• Master’s Degree from a competitive college or university; SBL preferred
• At least 10 years of experience in youth development with high school age youth, preferably with Overage/Under-credited or high risk populations
• Must believe ALL students can learn and have a passion for working with Overage/Under-credited, high risk student populations
• At least 3 years of experience in a leadership role in a youth service or school environment 
• Demonstrated ability to “multi-task” and deliver high quality work
• Commitment to the UD Team mission and core values of Teamwork, Leadership, and Communication 
• Commitment to the use of restorative practices and a strength-based, youth development approach to student issues
• Ability to function well as part of a team and work independently 
• Must be team-oriented, possess a strong work ethic, have excellent communication skills, and a sense of humor
• Bi-Lingual with a fluency in Spanish highly preferred

OUR MISSION:
Urban Dove energizes, educates, and empowers young people through our network of UD Team Charter Schools serving over-age/under-credited high school students. UD Team's innovative model uses sports, teams, restorative practices and mentoring to create a culture of high expectations and shared responsibility. By instilling our core values of Teamwork, Leadership and Communication, we develop our students into confident young adults ready to reach their full potential.

OUR VISION:
Urban Dove envisions a world where all children receive the high-quality education and support they need and deserve. Through education, they will acquire the critical skills needed to develop into economically, socially, and emotionally independent adults who are empowered to create a more just and equitable society for future generations.

EEOC:
Urban Dove provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.