(Pool) Dean of Academics 2025-26
(Pool) Dean of Academics 2025-26
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Job Description
Dean of Academics
The Academic Coordinator will work as a colleague with classroom teachers to support student learning. The Academic Coordinator will focus on individual and group professional development that will expand and refine the understanding about researchedbased effective instruction.
Essential Functions:
- Support the philosophy and vision of the school.
- Facilitate the intellectual and professional development of teachers.
- Create positive relationships with teachers and administrators.
- Communicate and demonstrate researchedbased instructional practices that result in increased student performance.
- Communicate effectively with all members of the school district and community.
- React to change productively and handle other tasks as assigned.
- Support the value of an education.
Academic Coordinator is responsible for maintaining MSEs high standards of academic excellence through various duties including but not limited to:
- Using the TEAM rubric to conduct formal evaluations of teachers
- Overseeing the schools benchmark testing process (test creation administration and data analysis)
- Monitoring the RTI process with support from the Director of Academics
- Working with teachers to ensure that students are exposed to rigorous academics both in and out of the classroom
- Communicating and demonstrating researchbased instructional practices that result in increased student performance
- Facilitating the intellectual and professional development of all educators
General Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate willingness to assume leadership positions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of researchedbased instructional strategies that engage all students.
- Provide organized individual and/or group learning opportunities for teachers as needed.
- Demonstrate knowledge using a variety of assessment tools.
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of curriculum and subject matter.
- Provide support in analyzing student assessment data.
- Assist teachers with designing instructional decisions based on assessment data.
- Assist teachers with specific classroom activities when requested.
- Provide support for classroom motivation and management strategies.
- Assist teachers in creating materials that are in alignment with curriculum.
- Monitor intervention programs by observing and meeting with teachers.
- Provide teachers Internet links related to instruction and curriculum.
- Instruct and support teachers with curriculum software products and classroom/curriculum related technologies.
- Provide assistance in researching instructional and/or curriculum issues.
- Model lessons when appropriate.
- Provide encouragement and emotional support to teachers.
- Encourage ongoing professional growth for all teachers.
- Manage time and schedule flexibility that maximizes teacher schedules and learning.
- Work positively toward meeting identified district and building improvement goals.
- Assist with development of district curriculum instruction and assessments.
- Develop and maintain a confidential collegial relationship with teachers.
- Possess an understanding of when to contact administrators regarding issues of safety/ethics involving students in classroom observed.
- Obtain advance approval of the Principal/Director of Curriculum and Instruction for unique activities and expenditures.
- Attend workshops/conferences to learn about new innovative instructional strategies.
- Adhere to all district and building health and safety policies
- Understand that job responsibilities may vary related to each buildings needs.
- Perform duties as assigned by the Principal and the Academic Coordinator
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Requires a Bachelors degree and endorsement in the grade/subject taught with a valid Tennessee certificate
- Must be highly qualified
- Governed by the Rules and Regulations of the Tennessee Code Annotated and the Tennessee Board of Education
- Must be physically and mentally able to perform the responsibilities and duties of the position
PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:
Data Utilization:Requires the ability to review classify categorize prioritize and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
Human Interaction:Requires the ability to provide guidance effective supervision assistance and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.
Equipment Machinery Tools and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment machinery tools and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
Verbal Aptitude:Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference descriptive and/or advisory data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude:Requires the ability to perform addition subtraction multiplication and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.
Functional Reasoning:Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems philosophies laws regulations and procedures; to interpret instructions furnished in written oral diagrammatic or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
Situational Reasoning:Requires the ability to exercise judgment decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria and the goals and priorities of planning and development programs.
Employment Type
Full-Time
