Head of Academic Upper School

Position: Academic Head of Upper School

Team: School – Administration

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Duration: Ongoing

Location: Austin, TX

Reports to: Head of School

Our Mission

To promote educational excellence and meaningful faith in a diverse, caring environment to students

who are secure in their identity, critical and creative thinkers, effective communicators and responsible

citizens dedicated to peace.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a dynamic Head of Upper School who embodies our missions and values, has a

track-record of proven success and is ready to take on an advanced leadership role. The leader in this

role will:

School Leadership (60% of time)

● Preserve and promote the vision, mission, and core values of APA Academy

● Creates and develops procedures and processes that facilitate meeting the mission and goals of

the school

● Work with the Head of School to execute on the strategic vision, create an implementation

plan to accomplish it, and adapt to internal and external changes as needed

● Build a network which reflects diverse perspectives, promotes a positive, safe and caring

climate for learning, deals sensitively and fairly with persons from diverse cultural backgrounds

and communicates effectively with students, staff and parents

● Assist Head of school with Hiring and retain high-quality team members that reflect our

mission and values

● Establish a safe school environment, that is compliant with federal, state, and local

requirement.

● Provide leadership and direction to staff (including mentors, administrative assistants,

instructional coaches, and all teachers)

● Create a positive, achievement-oriented school culture through ceremonies, events, and award

programs

● Regularly monitor school, student, and staff performance data; and make appropriate, data-

driven decisions to achieve school goals

● Ensure effective processes are executed on for maintaining and responding to student

disciplinary issues and restorative practices

● Build strong relationships with the community, families, students, and staff to ensure

collective investment in our social and instructional priorities, initiatives, and expectations

● Ensure the school campus is compliant with federal, state and local requirements

● Collaborate with school team to plan, coordinate, and support family communications,

meetings, and special events

Instructional Leadership (40% of time)

● Regularly evaluate the performance of teachers and other school employees and coach them

on their individual development

● Closely monitor student grades and progress and to report results to Head of School

● Ensure frequent analysis of the effectiveness of curriculum and resources used for instruction

● Oversee all professional development provided to staff

● Lead the college readiness process to ensure each high school student is prepared to meet the

requirements for the graduation plan and college admissions

● Teaches a minimum of 1 class to a maximum of 2 classes.

● Oversee the coordination of the school’s co-curricular and extra-curricular activity programs

What We Look For

We want a leader who:

● Has proven a proven-track record in successfully leading others and delivering positive results

and outcomes for students and families

● Leads with high integrity and is committed to the social, emotional, and academic needs of

students

● Values parents as partners in their child’s education

● Effectively communicates with all stakeholders, including parents, Head of School, and staff in

a timely manner

● Values the importance of this role as an instructional leader and is able to work with staff to

improve teaching and learning

● Has experience creating and implementing policies, and a demonstrated ability in creating and

managing systems

● Possesses strong collaboration and teamwork skills

● Has excellent oral and written communication skills

● Thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is responds with agility as needed

● Has a growth mindset and uses feedback to improve practice

● Builds relationships with others and has the ability to coalesce and build consensus from

disparate points of view

● Uses creative and critical problem solving and decision-making skills to create solutions

● Supports additional school affairs as determined by the Head of School

Minimum Qualifications

● Five years or more of successful experience as a classroom teacher

● Three years or more of prior administrative leadership experience

● Knowledge of current educational practices, research and application

● Master’s Degree in Education

● Prefer: Texas State Administrator & Supervisor certificate or equivalent

Position Type

Start Date

Application Deadline

Contact

Name: Diana Abdi

Title: Head of School

School Information

Austin Peace Academy

5110 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723, USA

http://www.apacademy.org

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