What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025-2026 Director of Student Support position at Crescent City Schools?
The Director Of Student Support Impacts Students’ Lives By
Crescent City Schools is a nonprofit Charter Management Organization whose mission is to support and develop open-enrollment charter schools that raise student achievement and prepare students for college. Crescent City Schools currently operates three PreK-8th grade open-enrollment charter schools: Harriet Tubman and Dorothy Height Charter Schools on the West Bank and Mildred Osborne Charter School in the Kenilworth neighborhood. Our organization creates life-changing educational experiences for students and, through this work, transforms a city.
At Crescent City Schools, we believe in inspiring people. And we firmly believe our success is driven by dedicated and talented employees. Crescent City Schools is committed to attracting and retaining the best professionals in education with an array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
- Embodying, advocating, and operationalizing the mission, vision, and strategic direction of the school
- Managing the Dean of Intervention, culture team, mental health, and student health team, as well as their workstreams
- Working in coordination with the Director of Special Education to increase student achievement for students not served by the regular education program, both academically and behaviorally.
- Achieving dramatic and consistent improvement in the academic performance of students with exceptionalities
- Ensuring that the school complies with all relevant local, state, and federal regulations governing students with exceptionalities
- Creating systems for tracking data on student progress, both behaviorally and academically
- Using data to evaluate the strength of our academic and behavioral programs
- Supporting and leading professional development and growth of faculty, especially with regard to supporting students for whom the regular education program is not sufficient
- Participating in daily, weekly, and quarterly meetings about student achievement
- Using leadership feedback and goal-setting to improve daily practice
- Participating in the life of the school, including student activities and events
- Click here for more information about our innovative compensation system. This role is on the Lead Scale and may include bumps for taking on leadership responsibilities, summer work, doing work outside your regular job duties, or longevity with CCS
- Click here for more information about our award-winning benefits package, which includes fully paid health insurance, immediate 4% 401k match, employer-paid mental health services, and generous leave policies
- Believe in the mission and values of Crescent City Schools
- Demonstrate past success working with students in urban settings and non-selective schools
- Have a BA or BS degree
- Possess LA Special Education Certification or be willing to undergo training to increase expertise in this area
- Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, stoop, talk, hear, operate a computer and other office equipment, reach with hands and arms, and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- This is an in-person role
Crescent City Schools is a nonprofit Charter Management Organization whose mission is to support and develop open-enrollment charter schools that raise student achievement and prepare students for college. Crescent City Schools currently operates three PreK-8th grade open-enrollment charter schools: Harriet Tubman and Dorothy Height Charter Schools on the West Bank and Mildred Osborne Charter School in the Kenilworth neighborhood. Our organization creates life-changing educational experiences for students and, through this work, transforms a city.
At Crescent City Schools, we believe in inspiring people. And we firmly believe our success is driven by dedicated and talented employees. Crescent City Schools is committed to attracting and retaining the best professionals in education with an array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
