Secondary Academic Dean - Newark, United States - Great Oaks Legacy (Newark)

Description

Academic Deans coach and develop our teachers who close gaps in student achievement.

Academic Deans are model teachers who drove results for students in their own classrooms, are pedagogical experts who can teach the art and science of teaching to others, and have experience leading, managing, and coaching adults.

The Academic Dean's primary responsibility is to drive and own instructional outcomes for students by spending the majority of their time (approximately 70%) on instructional leadership and teacher development.

They set and execute the vision for STEM and Humanities on their campuses in alignment with the network's instructional visions and are the key drivers for student achievement for a subset of the student population.

Academic Deans drive results by coaching a caseload of teachers including high performers, new to career, and underperforming.

In the remaining 30% of their time, Academic Deans will support student and staff culture collaborating with Deans of Students, Deans of Fellows, Grade Level Chairs, and Department Chairs.

Specifically, Academic Deans at GOLCS are responsible for driving:

• Staff culture across STEM and Humanities
• Teacher development
• Growth and achievement on iReady, cumulative review quizzes (STEM), cold read quizzes (Humanities), NJSLA/NJGPA, SAT and AP where applicable

Key Leadership Competencies & Role Responsibilities: Academic Deans
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Leads Self:Academic Deans know that their ability to impact students and the adults they lead starts with a deep understanding of self and a willingness to continually strive to improve.**-
Self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and regulation:Academic Deans know that self-awareness is foundational to leading self, leading people, cultivating teams and driving results and outcomes. They use reflection, self-understanding, and feedback to adjust behaviors, grow, and persist through challenges. They use emotional intelligence to navigate difficult conversations and situations involving direct reports, managers, and fellow leaders with ease and emotional consistency.***-
Diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging:Academic Deans know that the work to achieve educational equity for students and to dismantle White Supremacist Culture begins with self. They continuously explore their intersectional identities, building awareness around interpersonal and systemic dynamics to lay the foundation for a highly effective STEM or Humanities team culture
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Integrity:Academic Deans are committed to being honest and have strong moral principles as demonstrated by their interactions and engagement with teachers and leaders.
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Continuous Learning:Academic Deans know that the work of personal development is ongoing and vital to their personal and professional success. Academic Deans hold themselves accountable to evolving, growing, learning and unlearning in ways that improve results for students, adults, and the larger school community.
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Leads People & Cultivates Teams:

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  Building Relationships & Stakeholder Engagement:Academic Deans know that relationships with key stakeholders are essential to transformational change. Those they work with most closely feel seen, known, and cared about as their full selves and trust that commitments made will be kept. Additionally, Academic Deans possess the ability to influence and engage all key stakeholders before making decisions and executing a project/idea; they ultimately understand that their role exists to lead a vertical team and drive a group of people towards an intended set of results through collaboration and vision setting.

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Change Management:Academic Deans drive collective action and systemic improvement in alignment with their school's goals, knowing that transformational change is the work. They leverage their influence to improve processes and outcomes, deeply invest their team of teachers and other stakeholders in necessary changes such as department or grade level system shifts, and align the work in support of the changes they seek.
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Managing People:Academic Deans prioritize managing the STEM or Humanities program ensuring that teachers are clear about their roles and have strong impact in alignment with their school goals. As a result of this focus, those they work with stay at their school, feel developed and supported, use their strengths daily in their role to achieve excellent outcomes.
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Drives Results & Outcomes
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Vision setting & strategic planning:Academic Deans at GOLCS know that to walk the path of excellence with their department team, they must create a clear and compelling vision, set goals, and make decisions that allow teachers to drive the work they are best positioned to impact. As a result of this work, their team is highly invested in the shared vision and are positioned to be proactive, accountable, adaptive, and successful.
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Prioritization of time:In addition, Academic Deans know that their role is twofold. The