Position Summary:

The Assistant Director of 3-8 Literacy ensures that Mastery Charter students in 3-8 produce breakthrough results in reading and writing as measured by Standardized, State and Mastery Benchmark assessments.  The AD of 3-8 Humanities Support reports directly to the Chief Academic Officer Support and/or the Director of School Support and ensures that academic programming is executed at a high level throughout the network. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate a deep understanding of and an ability to hold an incredibly high bar for 3-8 academic programming
• Provide effective supports to Assistant Principals and teachers as directed by campus Regional Schools Officers. Primary assigned supports include but are not limited to the following:
  • Direct teacher coaching
  • Direct assistant principal coaching
  • Determining and facilitating effective teacher and assistant principal professional development
  • Establishing model classrooms
  • Audit school programming (at grade, content, or program level)
  • Coordinating cross-site collaboration (for teachers and assistant principals)
• Audit school programming (at grade, content, or program level) and  develop recommendations for design and/or execution improvements
• Support design of and facilitate centralized teacher professional development sessions as needed
• Provide support to Academic Operations as needed (standardized assessment auditing, teacher interviews, etc.)

Qualifications:

• Results-oriented individual – a flexible thinker willing to do “whatever it takes.”
• Belief in the Mastery Charter School mission and instructional model.
• A ferocious desire to provide our students with a world class education.
• Strong knowledge of teaching strategies in early elementary.
• Familiarity with common national early elementary programs and products.
• Familiarity with National, PA and NJ State early elementary standards and national Common Core standards.
• Familiarity with elementary intervention and special education programming
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized with strong analytical writing skills.
• Zest and a sense of humor.

Education and Experience:

• Five years’ experience in teaching, teacher coaching and curriculum/assessment writing.
• Background in effective leadership and management
• Demonstrated high level measurable success working with urban youth.

Key Competencies: strong knowledge of teaching strategies and effective instructional approaches for elementary education, strong writing, communication, presentation skills, training, problem-solver

Physical Requirements: Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required such as maneuvering in classrooms and office space-reaching file cabinets, filing, faxing, scanning, coping, typing, mailing, and making phone calls; Must be able to sit for up to two (2) hours looking at a computer monitor, using a keyboard/mouse and typing.

About Mastery:

We believe educational inequity is the most pressing social problem facing our country and the civil rights issue of our day. Mastery exists to help solve this problem. Our ultimate goal is to create a model urban school district that serves all students with excellence. We are organized around one driving mission: All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams. To fulfill this mission, we attend to the whole child – academically and emotionally – matching high expectations for students with high levels of support.

Mastery Charter Schools is a nonprofit network of more than 20 schools serving over 13,500 students in Philadelphia and Camden.   We are the largest turnaround school operator in the nation and have been lauded by President Obama and the US Department of Education for our ability to dramatically boost academic achievement in historically low-performing schools.  

We know neighborhood schools matter, all students deserve access to a great education, and the people in our building can grow and develop sustainably to make the biggest impact possible in this work.

Mastery Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. We offer a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.