{"id":7417,"date":"2015-04-09T12:16:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/?p=7417"},"modified":"2015-04-09T12:16:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T16:16:17","slug":"job-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/job-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of School\/Director Bellwether School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong>Title<\/strong>: Head of School\/Director\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Domains<\/strong>: Vision, Mission and Growth of the School; Program, Curriculum and Instruction; Teacher and Student\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Affairs<\/strong>; Fiscal Management; Enrollment and Admissions; Development; Fundraising; Marketing; Public and\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Alumni Relations<\/strong>; Board-Staff-Head Relations\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Reports to<\/strong>: Bellwether Board of Directors\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Description<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Head of School\/Director is responsible for the school&rsquo;s health and strategic direction, its educational mission\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tand philosophy, the integrity of its curriculum and programs, and the health, well being and longevity of the\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tschool&rsquo;s finances, student body, teachers, and staff. In addition, he or she continuously seeks ways for Bellwether\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tto stay on the forefront of education and helps to guarantee the school&rsquo;s short and long-term security through sound\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tfinancial management, ongoing fundraising, and marketing and outreach. The Head of School\/Director is\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tresponsible for building strong and lasting relationships with the local and national educational community, the\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tlocal community, and the Bellwether families and staff.&nbsp; He or she enlists the support of parents and deepens their\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\trelationship with the school by connecting parents to the school&rsquo;s strategic direction. The Head of School\/Director\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tis the &ldquo;human face&rdquo; of the school and is the school&rsquo;s primary ambassador. &nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Responsibilities<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tIn conjunction with the Board of Directors, develop and execute strategic and master plans that are aligned with the school&rsquo;s values and priorities, meet its needs, and take advantage of opportunities; Ensure that actions are in line with the school&rsquo;s mission and plans\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tIn collaboration with the teachers and other curriculum\/program support staff, ensure continuity and excellence within and between programs; support continued integration of holistic and innovative teaching methods, curricula, and programs\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tServe as the school&rsquo;s primary representative to the community, including communicating compellingly to families and beyond about the school&rsquo;s mission, philosophy, and successes\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tEstablish enrollment targets and develop strategies and tactics to ensure full enrollment\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRecruit, retain, evaluate, and mentor exceptional teachers who are knowledgeable and passionate about the art of teaching, supportive of the school&rsquo;s mission, and passionate about the holistic development of young people\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCreate and keep current long range financial, developmental, operational and staffing strategies and tactical plans\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCollaborate with Board of Directors to write the annual budget and oversee school&rsquo;s finances, making adjustments when necessary to ensure school remains financially viable and meets its budgeted goals\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWork with the Board of Directors and ensure that the board is populated with individuals who can provide and find the resources the school needs to meet its strategic goals\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRegularly report on the comprehensive health of the school to the Board of Directors and the school staff\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tBuild and maintain strategic professional and community relationships.\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Requirements<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tA minimum of a Masters Degree in Educational Administration, Education, or other comparable degree and equivalent experience\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tExperience with and knowledge of organizational and business management and culture\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tHighly organized, detail oriented self-starter\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tA current understanding of the philosophy and operational tenets of progressive and\/or holistic education\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAn excellent communicator\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tA commitment to preschool and school-aged children and a devotion to education\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTo Apply: Please send a cover letter, resume and three letters of reference to the Search Committee at\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"mailto:info@bellwetherschool.org\">info@bellwetherschool.org<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t100% FTE, 12-month employee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Head of School\/Director Domains: Vision, Mission and Growth of the School; Program, Curriculum and Instruction; Teacher and Student Affairs; Fiscal Management; Enrollment and Admissions; Development; Fundraising; Marketing; Public and Alumni Relations; Board-Staff-Head Relations Reports to: Bellwether Board of Directors &nbsp; Description The Head of School\/Director is responsible for the school&rsquo;s health and strategic direction, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7418,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417\/revisions\/7418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}