Academic Dean

Description

The Academic Dean supports the Principal in implementing the school’s academic priorities and collaborates with teachers to strengthen instructional practices and improve scholar outcomes. Key responsibilities include developing teachers through coaching and feedback, managing instructional performance, evaluating support personnel, ensuring effective curriculum implementation, and achieving academic goals established by Regional Leadership and the Principal.

Performance Responsibilities/ Essential Functions

• Serves as a resource to enhance teacher proficiency in implementing the adopted curriculum.
• Observes and provides coaching to teachers and identifies areas of reinforcement and refinement.
• Facilitates job-embedded professional development for teachers and provides coaching and exemplary models of instructional practices in teachers’ classrooms.
• Executes an assigned set of instructional priorities as defined by the principal at the school site.
• Works with the principal and other leadership team members to identify the school’s needs, research and identify educational strategies that will meet the specific needs of the school, implements the strategies, and provides ongoing evaluation and feedback to ensure teacher and student success.
• Provides teachers with resources to enhance instructional planning, assessment, and classroom management.
• Provides follow-up (demonstration lessons, team teaching, coaching, etc.) to support teacher understanding and implementation of instructional strategies.
• Oversees record-keeping for academic priorities, including tracking individual student needs, supporting teacher professional growth plans, monitoring student progress, and tracking progress towards school-level academic goals.
• Develops and leads training opportunities for educators and other teacher leaders at the school.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Principal.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, or related education field
• A valid Louisiana teaching certificate
• Five years of effective teaching experience required.
• Experience in developing curriculum and providing professional development to teachers