Academic Dean

About This Role

The Academic Dean is a dynamic instructional leader responsible for ensuring high-quality instruction in classrooms through modeling, co-planning, co-teaching, and providing feedback to teachers, promoting reflection and establishing clear action steps for teachers using data. The role focuses on building teacher strengths, ensuring collaboration, and effectively addressing areas of growth to positively impact academic outcomes for students.

Responsibilities

• Lead and join weekly PLC meetings following the STEPS for Effective Learning
• Develop a yearly plan for PLC groups and maintain weekly meeting records
• Provide appropriate follow-up with teachers in the classroom after PLC meetings, including observation/feedback sessions, modeling lessons, co-teaching lessons
• Provide teachers with effective teaching strategies and best practices
• Assess all PLC groups’ progress toward goals
• Plan and conduct data meetings which focus on student work analysis
• Engage teachers in 1-on-1 coaching sessions to address individual areas for improvement and build teacher skills based on evaluation data and classroom observations
• Support individual teachers with interventions to improve instruction and academic outcomes
• Assist with coordinating and planning effective school-level and network-level professional development
• Support student learning data analysis, ensuring schools have access and training to effectively utilize the data
• Review assessment tools used by teachers, analyze performance, and assist in development, scheduling, and administration of assessments
• Actively participate and co-facilitate School Leadership Team meetings to analyze student data and identify learning goals

Requirements

• Belief in the mission and values of InspireNOLA
• Bachelor’s degree
• Track record dramatically improving academic outcomes for students
• Strong instructional background, preferably as a curriculum designer, school leader, or design consultant
• At least two years of Academic Dean experience and/or proven ability to lead adults to achieve goals
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with school staff and administrative teams
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree in related field (preferred)
• At least two years of Academic Dean experience and/or proven ability to lead adults to achieve goals

Benefits