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National Heritage Academies · 3 days ago

Director of School Quality - West Michigan

Grand Rapids, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

3+ years exp

National Heritage Academies (NHA) is a leading charter school organization that partners with communities to build and operate public charter schools. The Director of School Quality will provide operational support for assigned NHA schools in West Michigan, focusing on leadership development, school success, and ensuring high-quality teaching practices.

Education Management

Responsibilities

Demonstrate good practice, recognize it and create training programs that work to ensure great teaching is being conducted in each classroom

Provide continual leadership coaching to our deans and principals, and responsible for the development of these individuals in all aspects of school leadership

Utilize knowledge, skill and enthusiasm to cause and/or accelerate a school’s success in achieving our mission

Possess a growth mindset to independently improve personal and professional skills

Establish annual performance goals for each principal and review their performance during weekly one on one meetings

Act as a liaison between the Service Center and school principals, helping garner resources when needed to enhance quality of multiple school functions

Collaborate and communicate with Service Center departments to develop training and support when needs arise

Utilize data from myNHA to monitor and support school success in key school areas

Critically think to understand and personalize to the context and key areas of each school

Ensure equity in student outcomes via data review in areas such as student performance, discipline data, and other key school measures

Conduct classroom and school visits with school teams to assess quality, ensuring alignment to the Classroom and Schoolwide Framework

Participate in school-based trainings to check for quality and engagement

Collaborate with other DSQs to share ideas and develop each other as leaders

Organize regional principal and dean professional development

Be actively involved in dean hiring, and ensure teacher hiring process is of high quality and consistent

Partner with local teacher and leader preparation programs to create a pipeline of talent

Review and approve operational items such as schools’ master schedules, investment plans, school budgets, School Improvement Plan, etc

Act as a liaison to each school’s Board of Directors when needed, supporting and preparing the principal, and attend board meetings as needed

Look for trends of success and problems organizational-wide, communicating feedback to Service Center to improve outcomes for all schools and students

Model and ensure adherence to the NHA core values

Frequent travel to schools and collaborative meetings with other DSQs and Service Center employees

Other duties as directed