Head of Schools Arizona

ORGANIZATION: Leman Academy of Excellence

POSITION: Head of Schools Arizona

LOCATION: Tucson AZ

REPORTS TO: Chief Executive Officer

Background

Leman Academy of Excellence (LAE) offers a rigorous classical education based on the traditions of Western culture where all disciplines are interrelated allowing scholars the ability to think independently and critically. Leman Academy of Excellence partners with supportive parents pursues excellence provides a safe and challenging environment and instills morals and values in order to produce tomorrows leaders today. Leman Academy of Excellence is an independently operated tuitionfree public charter school network with an openadmission policy. LAE offers a rigorous K8 classical education and a feebased preschool program that fosters strong morals and guides scholars to pursue excellence.

The foundational principles for the educational philosophy of Leman Academy of Excellence were established by the founder Dr. Kevin Leman an internationally known psychologist author and speaker. Children graduate from Leman Academy as independent and critical thinkers who care deeply for the world around them. Dr. Kevin Leman founded LAE to inspire parents and teachers to make learning fun and an exercise of selfdiscovery for scholars teaching the heart as well as the mind and nurturing strong parentscholarteacher relationships. You can learn more about Dr. Lemans approach and story here.

The core values of Leman Academy of Excellence define the organizational culture drive decisions and shape behaviors. These core values are care civility community and classical education. LAE has been operating in Arizona since 2015 and currently consists of six K8 schools one virtual K8 school four tuitionbased preschools in Arizona two K8 schools and one preschool in Colorado serving over 6000 scholars. You can read more about Leman Academy of Excellence here.

Opportunity

LAE seeks a Head of Schools to lead the Arizona region. The Head of Schools Arizona is a key member of the

district administrative team and is expected to provide leadership and guidance for the school district Leman families

and its scholars. As an educational shepherd and leader the Head of Schools will guide schoolsite leadership at each

Leman Academy campus. The Head of Schools will ensure that each Arizona school achieves the school board

approved mission philosophy guiding principles policies and annual budgetary commitments/constraints. The

Head of Schools will report to the CEO of Leman Academy of Excellence and directly manage a team of network

academic leaders and the Arizona school leaders.

The Head of Schools Arizona will be expected to accomplish the following key priorities:

• Build relationships trust and actively partner with the LAE district leadership team Arizona school leaders and other key stakeholders in a shared vision that is aligned with Dr. Lemans philosophy and the core values of the organization;
• Create and implement a professional development scope and sequence for teachers and leaders across the district to develop promote and retain talent and build the bench for future Leman leaders;
• Assess the current curriculum and instructional practices and begin to initiate changes in pursuit of continuous improvement;
• Drive and maintain strong outcomes across the Arizona region; specifically lead schools and school leaders to improve student academic growth and decrease chronic absenteeism;
• Invest stakeholders in the mission vision and goals of Leman Academy of Excellence to ensure the value proposition is compelling so that it can continue to thrive in Arizona.

The ideal candidate is an instructional expert and champion for children who has a track record of leading teams to

accomplish academic results for scholars and is deeply committed to (or can quickly immerse themselves in) the

Arizona education community.

Responsibilities

• Organizational and Academic Leadership
• Manage and evaluate the operation of LAE schools in Arizona to ensure consistency with the organizations philosophy mission values and goals and drive continuous improvement across the district;
• Establish clear goals and priorities in collaboration with district leadership and school leaders;
• Ensure all curriculum instructional practices assessments programs policies systems and services are rigorous highquality and responsive to the needs of scholars and families;
• Evaluate the current academic program and initiate recommended improvements that are consistent with the organizations goals;
• Support the goals of teaching and implementing the Arizona State and Arizona College and Career Readiness Standards;
• Maintain effective lines of communication between district leadership and schools and between schools and school boards;
• Foster a supportive partnershipdriven relationship between parents district staff and schools;
• Promote and model shepherd leadership educational leadership and cultural leadership;
• Attend professional development and leverage educational resources to stay updated on best practices and bring new ideas/initiatives to the organization.
• Professional and Leadership Development
• Support the professional growth development and learning opportunities for school leaders and school leadership teams through inservices professional improvement plans and formal and informal evaluations that lead to effective and excellent instruction;
• Supervise classroom instructional practices with a focus on datadriven instruction; provide faculty and staff direction and collaboration with curriculum instruction and assessments;
• Create and execute strategies to improve teacher and staff retention;
• Establish and implement plans for leadership development; build a strong leadership pipeline for the region;
• Promote continuous learning across the region and advocate for staff participation in professional growth/development opportunities;
• Lead talent development structures to support ongoing leadership and coaching.

School Management and Performance

• Oversee the academic and cultural performance of all LAE Arizona schools;
• Build trustbased relationships across organizational layers and teams to achieve goals and navigate challenges;
• Foster collaboration among school leaders to ensure districtwide alignment;
• Implement and ensure compliance with all boardapproved school policies;
• Promote a safe respectful and healthy school environment across the region.
• Team Management
• Develop coach and retain a highperforming team managing them to achieve ambitious goals;
• Coach develop and manage the network academic team;
• Clarify team roles and responsibilities and create strong collaborative systems/structures to partner with school leaders and district leaders;
• Foster an inclusive and accountable adult culture focused on scholar success and growth.

Qualifications

The ideal Head of Schools candidate will bring the following experiences skills and mindset/values:

Experience

• At least ten years of professional education experience including a minimum of five years of district or charter leadership experience (including principal experience) and a track record leading a school network/district to achieve ambitious student achievement goals;
• Understanding of and experience with the classical education model preferred; personal alignment with the classical philosophy and approach required;
• Experience successfully managing developing and supporting inclusive highperforming teams through layers;
• Experience successfully working with school boards and charter management organizations preferred;
• Connection to and/or understanding of the Arizona educational landscape and Arizona state standards a plus;
• Arizona principal certification preferred;
• A bachelors degree from an accredited fouryear university and a masters degree required preferably in educational leadership.

Skills

• Working knowledge of learning theory instructional methodology curriculum development and teacher observation/evaluation;
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to identify shared priorities with clear metrics for success and lead a team to execute the plan to accomplish these priorities;
• Demonstrated track record of strong judgment and decisionmaking rooted in instructional data analysis;
• Superior relationship management and communication skills;
• Excellent organizational skills time management and followthrough; consistently sets and meets deadlines.

Mindset/Values

Alignment with the mission and vision of Leman Academy of Excellence including commitment to the core values:

Care: Every precaution is taken to ensure a safe and secure environment for every scholar staff and guests.

Civility: Every scholar family and employee is treated with respect and as a valued individual.

Community: We strive to build a community where all stakeholders are motivated to be involved and feel

connected and valued.

Classical Education: Oversight and training is in place to ensure we are offering a rigorous scholarcentered classical education program including high expectations values and virtues and providing scholars an environment of engaged learning. High bar for academic outcomes for students and belief that all students can succeed; Collaborative and accessible leadership style; present and engaged leader and team player; Selfstarter; takes ownership and shows initiative; Evidence of welldeveloped emotional intelligence humility growth mindset and receptiveness to feedback.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position starts at $150000 annually in addition to a performancebased bonus structure.

Leman Academy of Excellence offers a competitive benefits package and overall compensation will be commensurate

with talent experience and education. LAE can offer relocation assistance for qualified candidates who are relocating

for the position.

This position requires regular travel between the Arizona school campuses. The Head of Schools is expected to spend

time on school campuses at least four out of five days per week.

Leman Academy of Excellence is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Application

To apply please email your resume to with the subject line Leman Academy of

Excellence Head of Schools Arizona.

Initial Application Deadline: Midnight MT on February 16 2025.