Education for Change Cox Academy Principal
Education for Change Cox Academy Principal
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$ 124000 - 164000
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Job Description
ORGANIZATION
Education for Change Public Schools (EFCPS) believes it is the right of every child to have access to a highquality 21stcentury education. Our vision is that EFC students challenge the predictable patterns of performance and access to opportunity in this country by demonstrating the essential academic competencies personal agency and integrated identity necessary to be prepared for a meaningful and productive life. EFCPS is a charter management organization that serves more than 2500 children in a diverse portfolio of TK12 schools in the Fruitvale and Elmhurst neighborhoods of Oakland.
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Cox Academy is located in East Oakland and serves grades TK5. The school provides rigorous instruction in the core content areas while fostering critical thinking problem solving and application of learning to prepare students for lifelong success. Cox focuses on the whole child by providing a systemic wraparound program focused on a comprehensive system of support and interventions for children and families. As a community school Cox does this work in close collaboration and partnership with parents and community partners. Cox is committed to creating student leaders who are stewards of the greater community.
OPPORTUNITY
Education for Change is looking for a dynamic and visionary instructional leader who will engage students staff and families to ensure strong student outcomes. The principal communicates and actualizes the mission and vision of Education for Change and Cox Academy maintains the focus on high achievement for all students creates a collaborative resultsoriented professional learning community analyzes and responds to data supports site leaders and teams in their growth and evaluates and responds to the effectiveness of interventions and instructional practices. The principal cultivates investment in a shared vision around a positive and inclusive school culture joyful learning and high achievement. They engage community partners and families in serving the whole child and ensuring ALL children achieve at high levels prepared to succeed in any setting. They will know how to successfully manage an urban elementary school with a high number of English Learners and a lowincome population.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Responsibilities of the Principal include:
Instructional Leadership
- Drive toward EFC and Cox Academys vision by systematically analyzing multiple data points to identify priorities and to create and adjust robust priority plans throughout the school year.
- Actively monitor and analyze nonacademic student information (e.g. chronic absence attendance discipline etc. in order to tailor schoolwide and individual teacher planning support interventions and management of staff and deploy resources in order to meet the mission.
- Accurately analyze student achievement data from state network and curricular assessments to:
- Understand trends within and across classrooms grade levels content areas and student subgroups to inform the creation and regular monitoring of priority plans.
- Support APs/Deans to differentiate planning interventions and coaching of teams to ensure all of our students achieve high levels of academic success.
- Facilitate PD using adult learning theory.
Professional Learning and Talent Development
- Effectively build highperforming individuals and teams aligned to the network vision for distributed and datadriven leadership in order to align stakeholders around the school and network vision and aligned actions.
- Regularly analyze formal and informal data to inform leadership decisionmaking streamline twoway communication and build teacher leadership capacity.
- Hire and develop a diverse team and build capacity in self and others to engage across lines of difference such that staff reflects the community we serve; work collaboratively to build an inclusive environment that ensures all stakeholders thrive while focusing on high levels of student achievement.
Studentfocused Culture of Learning and Collaboration
- Foster a culture in which students staff and families experience inclusion and are treated with respect.
- Seek to understand the needs and motivations of students and make decisions with student interests and needs in mind.
- Model the networks belief that all children can learn at high levels and encourage others to do the same so that all students are supported and expected to achieve at high levels.
- Build a collaborative culture and trusting relationships with teachers school staff school leadership and families so that stakeholders understand and are invested in the instructional vision provide valuable support for student achievement and remain productively engaged throughout the year and beyond.
Community and Operations Leadership
- Create positive experiences for current and prospective families to participate in and make decisions about their childs education (e.g. expositions of learning family leadership events tours etc. so that families develop deep connections to the school feel invested in their childs learning and see themselves as an integral part of the school community.
- Manage an operations team that works to implement systems and communication to effectively allocate resources aligned with the schools vision.
- Develop a strong vision for recruiting and retaining students and staff.
Requirements
To fulfill these responsibilities the ideal Principal candidate will bring:
- Demonstrated success driving academic and school culture results through others in highperforming or highaccelerating schools that serve a lowincome highEnglish Learner urban population.
- Belief that ALL students can achieve at high levels.
- Strong data analysis and datadriven decisionmaking skills.
- Deep understanding of elementary and middle school instructional and administrative practices including familiarity with the CA Community Schools Model.
- Ability to thrive working with diverse communities by engaging in and leading intentional diversity equity and inclusion work such as Leading for Equity Liberatory Design and/or other frameworks.
- Passion and commitment to using feedback to refine practice and develop leaders via cycles of inquiry and constructive feedback.
- Empathy humility and a growth mindset.
- Minimum of 2 years of educational administrative experience driving academic and school culture results.
- BA from an accredited university and a valid Teaching Credential.
- Masters Degree in related educational field / valid Admin Credential welcome.
- Spanish Bilingual encouraged.
Benefits
This position offers a competitive salary range of $124000 $164000 and a robust benefits package. For details go to APPLY
Please submit a resume online at For additional q uestions about this position or to speak with someone about your interest please contact Taylor Bostock at
Education for Change is an equalopportunity employer and an organization that values diversity. Recruiting staff to create an inclusive organization is a priority and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds. Candidates are evaluated solely on their qualifications to perform the work required.
Employment Type
Full-Time
