BUCS Non-Teaching Job

Founded in 2018 in Birmingham Alabama Build UP is a workforce development high school model with three campuses and six programs in Birmingham and Selma Alabama and Brownsville Texas. The vision of Build UP is to empower and equip youth and communities to determine their own future. At Build UP students are able to:

• Acquire a self-directed career-focused education

• Gain knowledge and skills in a high demand field of their choosing

• Own homes to build personal wealth and lead long-term neighborhood revitalization

Position: YouthBuild Dean of Instruction

Location: Build UP Community School (BUCS) Youth BuildUP Birmingham Program (YBB)

Reports to: YBB Program Director

Position Overview

The Dean of Instruction leads academic programming instructional improvement graduation planning and student intervention systems for YouthBuild participants. This role ensures students remain on track for Alabama high school graduation under Option B Workforce Diploma requirements for the Classes of 2026 and 2027 while supporting academic achievement workforce readiness and postsecondary success through data-driven instruction individualized support plans and cross-functional collaboration.

The Dean provides high quality instructional leadership and delivery oversees transcript analysis and graduation tracking supports staff development and helps create a trauma-informed student-centered learning environment for opportunity youth with significant barriers.

Key Responsibilities

Instructional Leadership & Delivery

Lead and monitor academic programming to ensure rigorous standards-aligned instruction and measurable student achievement.

Supervise and coach instructional staff through classroom observations lesson plan reviews feedback and professional development.

Implement data-driven instruction (DDI) small-group instruction and targeted intervention strategies to improve academic outcomes.

Facilitate instructional data meetings to monitor attendance academic progress measurable skill gains and graduation readiness.

Promote trauma-informed culturally responsive instructional practices that support student engagement and persistence.

Graduation and Academic Oversight

Maintain expertise in Alabama High School Graduation Requirements Alabama Administrative Code.02(8) and (8)(a) and Option B requirements.

Analyze high school transcripts monitor credit attainment and develop individualized graduation plans.

Coordinate credit recovery testing readiness and intervention supports to ensure students remain on track for completion.

Collaborate with school districts and educational partners to verify transcripts credits and graduation eligibility.

Student Support and Case Management

Collaborate with case managers counselors instructors and workforce staff to develop and monitor Individual Development Plans (IDPs).

Coordinate wraparound services addressing academic employment social-emotional and personal barriers impacting student success.

Participate in case conferencing transition planning and follow-up services to support persistence completion and postsecondary success.

Support life-skills development workforce readiness and postsecondary transition planning.

Data Compliance and Accountability

Maintain accurate academic records graduation documentation case notes and student progress data.

Monitor program outcomes including attendance credit attainment measurable skill gains (MSGs) TABE performance and graduation progress.

Ensure compliance with YouthBuild state federal and grant reporting requirements.

Use data systems and continuous improvement practices to strengthen instructional effectiveness and student outcomes.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Education Educational Leadership Counseling or related field required; Masters degree preferred

Minimum of three (3) years of instructional leadership secondary education or alternative education experience

Knowledge of Alabama graduation requirements and transcript analysis

Experience with data-driven instruction intervention systems and youth development

Experience working with opportunity youth or students with significant barriers

Strong leadership communication organizational and problem-solving skills

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with education and experience

• Health dental and vision insurance

• 401(k) with up to 3% match after 1 year of service

• Paid time off

• Professional development support

• Flexible schedule

• Full-time in-person MondayFriday 8-hour shift

• Occasional After School and Weekend Events (Seasonal and Limited)