Dean of Academics

Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Dean of Academics provides leadership and support for the instructional staff to ensure achievement of the school’s educational objectives. Major responsibilities include: Assist the Principal in the development and maintenance of proper and current administrative procedures; hiring of  new faculty and staff; Oversee new teacher orientation and support; supervise, train, and evaluate faculty and staff as designated by the Principal: Participate in the accreditation process, ensure compliance with additional educational standards/requirements, keep informed of new developments in the field of education and implement changes, compile and disseminate report data to inform educational decisions.  The Dean of Academics works with the leadership team to create a positive environment that favors college preparatory learning, facilitates change to create a blended learning atmosphere, and assures that the faculty maintains a positive customer service relationship with MHS parents/guardians.

STATEMENT OF FAITH:

As a Christian individual, employed with a Christian institution, Employee acknowledges and affirms that Employee believes, embraces and at all times does and will follow the School’s Statement of Faith, as expressed in Exhibit A attached and incorporated hereto. Employee shall follow Biblical patterns and principles and will manifest by precept and example the highest Christian virtues, values and personal decorum to serve as a Christian role model at all times. Employee understands that continued employment with School is contingent upon this commitment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Not intended to be all-inclusive)

General responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.

• Serve as a member of the Administration team; assist the Principal in the development and maintenance of proper and current administrative procedures
  • Ensure smooth operation of day-to-day instructional programs
    • Review and develop department goals and objectives for the instructional program
    • Supervise the instructional program review process, including the evaluation, development, and implementation of curriculum
    • Manage instructional issues with constituents, and participate in the resolution of individual problems and disputes involving faculty, staff, students, and/or members of the community
  • Supervise interactions between staff/teachers and students to ensure MHS Core Values are respected at all times
  • Log parental complaints and facilitate resolution for academic issues
  • Coordinate with Advisors, the College Counseling department and teachers to resolve students’ academic issues
  • Facilitate the completion of weekly updates to myMHS according to MHS expectations
  • Keep clear and updated files of notifications to staff/teachers regarding policies, regulations, or classroom procedures
  • Plan and direct Instructional Team  meetings
  • Ensure all teachers have submitted emergency lesson plans and distributed class guidelines and expectations sheet for each class
  • Collaborate with Administration to establish teacher responsibilities and oversee the implementation of teacher responsibilities throughout the school year
  • Share faculty questions and concerns with the Administration department
  • Review and assist teachers in the ordering of e-texts, applications, and instructional needs for the One-to-One program Collaborate with the MHS Registrar and College Counselors on graduation requirements and recording of grades on cumulative records
  • Administer the summer school, selection of courses offered, hiring of faculty, report cards, and summer school final exams
  • Administer semester final exams: approval of final exams, final exam schedule
• Hire new teachers
  • Review all teacher applications, conduct interviews with qualified applicants, and arrange and observe qualified applicants’ demonstration lessons
  • Coordinate new teacher orientation
• Supervise, train, and evaluate faculty and staff as designated by the Principal
  • Supervise all instructional staff and department chairpersons, providing encouragement and development opportunities
  • Oversee all video and outside speaker resources utilized by teachers as part of the classroom curriculum
  • Complete one formal and two informal observations per year of faculty
  • Conduct two week audits of faculty
  • Assist the Principal
  • Collaborate with designated staff on Professional Growth Plans for the faculty
  • Provide support to teachers for classroom practices, regulations, management, curriculum maps, authentic assessment, diversified instruction, and grading policies
  • Assist in coordinating  professional development for faculty, including, but not limited to, grade level and vertical subject area planning, creation of performance-based objectives, and creation of common assessments
  • Administer counseling/discipline to staff, teachers, or deans when policies are not followed, and keep copies of counseling/disciplinary notices
  • Ensure that all teachers follow the faculty handbook guidelines and “expectations of professional teachers”
• Participate in the Association of  Christian Schools International (ACSI) accreditation process; ensure compliance with additional educational standards/requirements
  • Coordinate course approval applications with the University of California
  • Collaborate with the MHS Registrar and College Counselors on graduation requirements and recording of grades on cumulative records
  • Administer the  summer school, selection of courses offered, hiring of faculty, report cards, and summer school final exams
  • Administer semester final exams: approval of final exams, final exam schedule,
  • Review teacher’s curriculum on Atlas and ensure they are in compliance with Maranatha, State, ACSI, CESAm,  and Western Association of Schools and Colleges standards
  • Work with Dean of Curriculum and Instruction to ensure textbooks and related e-books, applications, and resource materials meet the California and National standards for instruction in the classroom
• Keep informed of new developments in the field of secondary education and recommend significant development or proposed changes (particularly in the field of curriculum and instruction) to the Principal
• Attend all faculty meetings, deans’ meetings, parent/guardian events, and professional development opportunities on campus
  • Facilitate parent/teacher meetings in regards to academic concerns of their students; keep accurate records of meetings and initiate follow up with all parties involved
  • Collect and organize department meeting notes and comments
  • Coordinate new teacher meetings
  • Coordinate AP teacher meetings
• Collaborate with the International Student Directors to assist with student needs on campus and establish policies for English Language Learner students during the year
• Compile and disseminate report data to each department in order to facilitate instructional methodologies for classroom success
• Coordinate the PSAT & AP program

• Ensure all AP courses and AP teachers are approved by College Board
• Ensure all AP courses are approved by the UC system
• Order all needed PSAT & AP exams and related materials, supplies and personnel
• Coordinate the administration of  the PSAT & all AP exams
• Supply Guidance with student data from the PSAT & AP Exams

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Other Responsibilities: (Department Related)

• Assist the Principal with updating the faculty guidelines and the faculty handbook yearly
• Work with the instructional departments to maintain and update the department binders and curriculum maps on a yearly basis
• Assist the Athletic Director in academic oversight of scholar athletes
• Work with teachers to create and implement testing in the classroom that will create an authentic assessment of student learning and understanding
• Serve as part of the Administrative Team

Other Responsibilities: (Non-Department Related)

• Participate on committees and panels as directed
• Develop and maintain an excellent working relationship with other organizations, ensuring the school is well received and presented professionally and positively
• Respect confidentiality of all personal and organizational information
• Report to work on time
• Assist in other duties as needed and directed by the Principal

INTERACTION:

• Interact internally with faculty, staff, and students. Interact externally with parents, schools, and the community.

Qualifications

JOB-RELATED QUALIFICATIONS STANDARDS:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Microsoft Office Suite skills
• Ability to understand and apply of the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of MHS
• Ability to multi-task and synthesize data and information on a daily basis
• Management and leadership skills that are based on interpersonal relationships and Christian morals and foundations
• Must have knowledge of standardized testing and curricular methodology
• Strong background working with norm reference data is necessary to be successful in this position
• Expertise in disaggregation of norm reference data and authentic assessment data is necessary to be successful in this position
• Organizational knowledge of PSAT, AP exams, and ISEE testing

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Master’s Degree required

Work Experience 

• Minimum of seven to ten years of classroom teaching experience required
• Minimum of three years of high school administration-level experience
• Academic Administrative experience required

Licenses or Certificates

• Teaching Credential preferred

• Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) Administrator certification required or agreement to an administratively approved timetable for obtaining ACSI certification required

Language Skills

• Requires excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively respond to questions from staff, students and families.
• Ability to respond quickly and appropriately to students, parents, teachers, and community stakeholder needs and questions on a daily basis.

Additional Requirements

• A good, helpful attitude and a team spirit is the hallmark of the support staff at MHS. Employees are encouraged to be active in their local churches. Attendance is required at all meetings announced by the Senior Administrator over your department.

• Valid driver’s license and registered vehicle

• Some overnight travel required

Mental Demands

• Ability to perform well under pressure, while treating others with respect and consideration
• Accept responsibility for own actions; follow through on commitments
• Ability to deal with frequent changes or delays
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion; problem solving
• Ability to work as an effective team member with the Administration

Work Environment

• The work environment is indoors in a comfortable temperature-controlled office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. The environment is typically free from dust and hazardous materials.

Terms of Employment

• 12-month employment
• At-will/Salary
• Normal hours: 7:30 am to 4:30 pm

Evaluation

Performance of this position will be evaluated annually by the Principal.

Physical Demands - Must be able to sit for prolonged periods.  Minimal lifting of books and supplies; occasional moving of desks, chairs, tables, bookcases, and files; and use of stairs and elevator.  Walking the campus is required daily.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EXHIBIT A

STATEMENT OF FAITH

The Statement of Faith is the central statement of Maranatha High School in matters of identity and nature, core beliefs that guide our learning, teaching and living. In faithfulness to God, we joyfully and humbly affirm the following Statement of Faith.

Article #1- THE BIBLE

a.             We believe that the Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:20-21) and that it is without error in the original writings. The Scriptures are profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16-17), that the person may be complete in Christ.

b.             We believe that the Bible in its entirety, both Old and New Testament (all 66 books), is true, unchangeable, and authoritative for life and godliness (2 Timothy 3:15-17). It is the complete revelation of God’s will for salvation, sufficient for all that He requires us to believe and do, and final in its authority over every domain of knowledge. Thus the entire Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are without error or misstatement in their moral and spiritual teaching and record of historical facts and people (John 17:17).

c.             We believe that the canon (standard) of the Bible is complete and final and that nothing else needs to be added to it (Revelation 22:18-19).

Article #2- THE TRINITY

a.             We believe in the Godhead, the Trinity (Genesis 1:26; Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19-20) who eternally exists in three persons: God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

b.             We believe in God the Father who is perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. He eternally exists (Gen. 1:1).

c.             We believe in Jesus the Son, who was supernaturally conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18) and born of Mary, a virgin (Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:27). His mission was to come to earth to die for the sins of humanity in order to redeem us. He later resurrected physically (1 Corinthians 15:12-17), thus confirming His deity and truth claims. 

d.             We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity who indwells and seals all believers in Christ. He is a person and possesses all the attributes of God. He is God (Ephesians 1:13-14).

Article #3- SALVATION

a.             We believe that salvation is a gift from God and comes purely by grace through faith in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8-10). 

b.             We believe that those who confess and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved (Romans 10:9-10). This will result in a relationship with God through Christ for eternal life (John 3:16; 10:10).

c.             We believe that the message of the Gospel begins with the bad news that all are sinners apart from Christ (Romans 3:10; 3:23; 6:23) and that we all desperately need a Savior who is Jesus (Acts 4:12). We believe the Gospel’s good news is that once we believe in Christ alone we will be his children (John 1:12).

d.             We believe that once a person puts their faith in Jesus Christ they will be washed and regenerated by the person of the Holy Spirit and forgiven of their sins (1John 1:9; 1 John 2:2). This will lead, for anyone who has experienced the person of the Holy Spirit, to being sealed in Him, who is given as the pledge of our inheritance with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession to the praise of His glory (Ephesians 1:13-14).

e.             We believe that all who reject Christ will suffer eternal separation and suffering in hell in                 a state of unutterable, endless torment and anguish (2 Thess. 1:5-11).

Article #4- THE CHURCH and CHRIST'S RETURN

a.             We believe that the Church consists of all believers in Christ who are a part, locally and universally, through the baptizing of the Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 12:13). As a result, all believers are a part of the body and bride of Christ.

b.             We believe that the person of Jesus will return again bodily and visibly in the unknown future (1 Thessalonians 5:2). This is the glorious and blessed hope of the believer.

This Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For purposes of Maranatha’s faith, doctrine, practice, policy, and discipline, our Head of School and Board of Trustees are Maranatha’s final interpretive authority on the Bible’s meaning and application, consistent with historical, evangelical Protestant interpretation.

Salary : $85,000 - $120,000