What are the responsibilities and job description for the High School Academic Dean position at BelovED Community Charter School?
Empowerment Academy Charter School is hiring an Academic Dean at Empowerment's High School. We are looking for this Academic Dean to have a focus on Math, Science, and the general STEM field. This is for the 2025-2026 school year and beyond. This is a 12-month Leadership Position.
Base Salary: $100,000-$135,000
Hours: 7:15am-3:45pm (with selective later nights)
OUR SCHOOL
Empowerment Academy is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Empowerment has 3 of its own campuses, and BelovED is our "sister school." We serve a mix of students that are among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. The school served grade levels K-1 when founded in 2015, but has added one grade level of 120 students each year since then. In SY25-26, we will be a K-11 school. The growth plan is to add one high school grade level a year until it offers all grade levels, K-12, by SY26-27. Our staff is a dedicated group of individuals passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing a quality educational program.
About The Position
The school is broken down into academies -- Primary, Upper Elementary/Middle School and High School -- each led by a Principal, Academic Deans, and Deans of Students. We use the Academic Dean title because Principal Certification, while desired in candidates for this 12-month leadership position, is not required. More important to us is experience and demonstrated effectiveness professionally developing teachers and successful education programs.
Responsibilities
Academy and School Wide Leadership
Academic Deans are members of Empowerment Academy's K-12 instructional leadership team and report to the schoolwide Principal and Director of Education (Head Principal).
Teacher Hiring, Induction and Certification Oversight
Academic Deans are centrally involved in teacher interviewing, hiring and induction, and help oversee teacher certification at their academy.
Teacher Professional Development, Coaching, Support and Evaluation
Academic Deans are expected to
It Is Important That Academic Deans Are Expert And Effective At Coaching Grade Level "Head Teachers" Or Academic Subject "Department Chairs" In How To Conduct Effective Professional Learning Community Meetings With Their Grade Level Or Department Peers -- Meetings That Focus Upon The Kind Of "test-in-hand" Data Analysis That
When requested by an academy teacher or as otherwise appropriate, the Dean will be expected to meet with the parents/guardians of a scholar.
DEAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The candidate hired will be asked to read and master
Base Salary: $100,000-$135,000
Hours: 7:15am-3:45pm (with selective later nights)
OUR SCHOOL
Empowerment Academy is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Empowerment has 3 of its own campuses, and BelovED is our "sister school." We serve a mix of students that are among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. The school served grade levels K-1 when founded in 2015, but has added one grade level of 120 students each year since then. In SY25-26, we will be a K-11 school. The growth plan is to add one high school grade level a year until it offers all grade levels, K-12, by SY26-27. Our staff is a dedicated group of individuals passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing a quality educational program.
About The Position
The school is broken down into academies -- Primary, Upper Elementary/Middle School and High School -- each led by a Principal, Academic Deans, and Deans of Students. We use the Academic Dean title because Principal Certification, while desired in candidates for this 12-month leadership position, is not required. More important to us is experience and demonstrated effectiveness professionally developing teachers and successful education programs.
Responsibilities
Academy and School Wide Leadership
Academic Deans are members of Empowerment Academy's K-12 instructional leadership team and report to the schoolwide Principal and Director of Education (Head Principal).
Teacher Hiring, Induction and Certification Oversight
Academic Deans are centrally involved in teacher interviewing, hiring and induction, and help oversee teacher certification at their academy.
Teacher Professional Development, Coaching, Support and Evaluation
Academic Deans are expected to
- Oversee teacher professional development in classroom management, data-driven instructional planning, the creation of effective lesson plans, the delivery of engaging and effective instruction, and in the effective use of technology and learning programs;
- Periodically meet one-on-one with academy teachers throughout the school year to review and guide the periodic revision of their Personal Professional Development Plans;
- Provide observation and feedback, as well as real-time coaching and instructional modeling for academy teachers;
- Ensure teachers and students are receiving the support they need from other instructional and student professionals; and
- Work with the schoolwide Director of Education (Head Principal) in the evaluation of teachers.
It Is Important That Academic Deans Are Expert And Effective At Coaching Grade Level "Head Teachers" Or Academic Subject "Department Chairs" In How To Conduct Effective Professional Learning Community Meetings With Their Grade Level Or Department Peers -- Meetings That Focus Upon The Kind Of "test-in-hand" Data Analysis That
- Goes beyond what scholars got wrong to why scholars got it wrong;
- Facilitates teachers taking responsibility for (either individually or as part of a team) successfully addressing their scholars' learning challenges; and that
- Develops teachers' ability to effectively use data to drive high quality instructional planning.
When requested by an academy teacher or as otherwise appropriate, the Dean will be expected to meet with the parents/guardians of a scholar.
DEAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The candidate hired will be asked to read and master
- Leverage Leadership by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo;
- Driven by Data by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo; and
- Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov.
Salary : $100,000 - $135,000
