Job Description

ORGANIZATION 

Education for Change Public Schools (EFCPS) believes it is the right of every child to have access to a high-quality, 21st-century 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 2,500 children in a diverse portfolio of TK-12 schools in the Fruitvale and Elmhurst neighborhoods of Oakland. 

To learn more about Education for Change, please visit .

​Cox Academy is located in East Oakland and serves grades TK-5. The school provides rigorous instruction in the core content areas while fostering critical thinking, problem solving and application of learning to prepare students for life-long success. Cox focuses on the whole child by providing a systemic wrap-around 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, results-oriented 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 low-income population.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Responsibilities of the Principal include:

Instructional Leadership

• Drive toward EFC and Cox Academy’s 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 non-academic student information (e.g., chronic absence, attendance, discipline, etc.) in order to tailor school-wide 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 sub-groups 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 high-performing individuals and teams aligned to the network vision for distributed and data-driven leadership in order to align stakeholders around the school and network vision and aligned actions. 
• Regularly analyze formal and informal data to inform leadership decision-making, streamline two-way 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.

Student-focused 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 network’s 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 child’s education (e.g., expositions of learning, family leadership events, tours, etc.) so that families develop deep connections to the school, feel invested in their child’s 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 school’s 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 high-performing or high-accelerating schools that serve a low-income, high-English Learner, urban population.

• Belief that ALL students can achieve at high levels.

• Strong data analysis and data-driven decision-making 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.

• Master’s Degree in related educational field / valid Admin Credential welcome.

• Spanish Bilingual encouraged.

Benefits

This position offers a competitive salary range of $124,000 - $164,000 and a robust benefits package . For details, go to .

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 [email protected].

Education for Change is an equal-opportunity 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.

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