Equality Charter School (http://www.equalitycharterschool.org/) provides a high level of academic rigor in a nurturing learning community that will prepare scholars to be college and/or career-ready. Our mission is to ensure each scholar reaches individual academic and personal success through a nurturing, scholar-centered approach; and our approach is to serve any scholar, including those who are under-performing or who are from families in need of more resources.
We offer a positive school environment, we value academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs, we use proactive strategies for teaching appropriate behaviors, and we use project based learning to engage scholars. Our holistic programming focuses on career exploration, extensive athletics, art, health, theatre and music, and a host of special days, like career day, international day, and a borough-wide college fair.
General Description of Position
The Head of Department assumes the leadership and supervision for the assigned department to ensure scholars receive effective instruction that meet and exceed state standards and requirements in a safe and nurturing learning environment. The Head of Department leads and supports teachers within the department on a daily basis to help improve instruction and overall academic achievement for all scholars. The Head of Department collaborates with the administration and with Heads of Departments from other schools within the organization, when appropriate, to ensure continuity through appropriate implementation of curricula and instructional strategies.
Major Responsibilities & Duties
- Creates & Supports teachers in creating course scope and sequences
- Provides classroom instruction when and where appropriate
- Provides planning and instructional support to teachers in the department
- Supports teachers in creating appropriate assessments and in using data to inform future instruction
- Supervises and evaluates teachers in the department
- Ensures compliance with all policies, internal and external, within the department
- Schedules and chairs periodic department meeting
- Leads and manages the hiring process for the department
- Assists in the creation of the school master schedule
- Makes budget recommendations to the Principal for the department and oversees all ordering for the department
Preferred Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Has real command of the content and understanding of curriculum development
- Has extensive relevant teaching experience
- Demonstrates a willingness and ability to examine and implement changes necessary to produce effective and efficient systems that, ultimately, contribute to increased scholar achievement
- Demonstrates effective written and oral communication
- Possesses or has the willingness to acquire and improve professional development skills related to instruction in general and to the content specifically
- Has a high capacity for problem solving, a demonstrated ability to manage numerous tasks and competing demands, and communication skills that fosters collaboration with numerous internal and external stakeholders
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