ARISE High School
ARISE High School is hiring a Co-Principal of Curriculum
and Instruction!
ARISE High School, a
small charter school in East Oakland, California, which focuses on preparing students from low income
families to be the first in their families to attend college, is growing and seeking an experienced school leader
to focus on curriculum and instruction while joining an existing crew of
dedicated educators, students, parents and community leaders who struggle
together to help create a more just, healthy, and equitable society.
Who We Are:
At ARISE we nurture, train, and
discipline our school community to engage in a continuous practice of
developing mind, heart, and body towards a vision where we actively rise
up. Agency and self-determination drive our
struggle to improve our own material and social conditions towards a more
healthy, equitable, & just society.
The mission
of ARISE High School is to empower ourselves with the skills, knowledge, and
agency to become highly educated, humanizing, critically conscious,
intellectual, and reflective leaders in our community.
Vision: Curriculum and Instruction
We are always being, but also in process of
becoming. At ARISE, our process of
becoming in a mindful and intentional way requires a clearly articulated vision. From vision, we gain direction. With direction, we move with purpose. As we move with purpose, we utilize structure
in order to sustainably and effectively move with purpose.
The vision of curriculum at ARISE is to empower
students with the knowledge, skills, and agency to become highly educated,
humanizing, critically conscious, intellectual and reflective leaders in our
community. We discipline ourselves to
develop thinking skills and build core knowledge in all content areas. Through the use of key performance
assessments and the process of revision, we ensure rigor for all students, and
work towards mastery. At the heart of
our curriculum, we scaffold towards proficiency in the key areas of
mathematical thinking, scientific inquiry, historical research, and literary
analysis.
ALL students can meet expectations of rigor. How they all get there is a different
story. As such, with ARISE’s
mastery-based system, we must not only focus on rigor, but also equity. Our vision of instruction at ARISE is that our
conditions provide a consistent instructional experience to students, a
developmentally appropriate scaffolding for students to be where we want them
be, confidence building within students as capable and competent learners, and opportunities
for students to get additional support.
Minimum Qualifications
q Minimum of five years experience as a credentialed
teacher
q Minimum one year experience as a school
leader/administrator/program director
q Experience with leading teacher development,
particularly with moving teacher practice
q Experience with instructional coaching
q Experience with creating and sustaining the
conditions for a humanizing, empowering, rigorous, and reflective classroom
and/or school community based on school mission, vision, and values (see the
Roots of the ARISE Educator)
q Experience in individual and collaborative
curriculum development (eg. Understanding by Design by Wiggins & McTighe,
2005) in alignment with the Common Core
q Experience with Data Driven Instruction
q Spanish language fluency preferred
q Advanced degree in subject-matter content or
Education preferred
q Preliminary Administrative Services (PASC 1)
credential in process or completed
q Committed to developing the skills and examining
the ideologies associated with the “Roots of the ARISE Educator” criteria
Job Responsibilities & Expectations:
As Co-Principal, this
person takes primary responsibility for the growth and well-being of the school
as an institution for all stakeholders.
This person works with the other Co-Principal, the Leader’s Circle, and
the Board of Directors to advance the vision and mission of the school, and to
ensure the school’s fiscal, physical, and academic health.
q School Leadership
o Collaborate with the Co-Principal to make key
decisions and determine major policies
o Collaborate with the Board of Directors to oversee
governance of the school
o Collaborate with the Senior Development and
Business Manager to oversee the finances of the school
o Collaborate with all stakeholders to fundraise to
ensure fiscal health and to improve school programs
q Instructional Leadership
o Lead the development and implementation of school
wide goals and priorities
o Lead and coordinate Professional Development
focusing on curriculum and instruction priorities
o Advance the vision of developing engaging and
authentic curriculum by providing guidance and supervision to teachers, and by
regularly reviewing and revising curriculum
o Conduct regular observations and instructional
conferences with teachers focused on moving teacher practice towards the school
mission and vision
o Develop proficiency and implementation in the five
part lesson (Hunter) in all classrooms
o Conduct quarterly conferences with teachers to set
and manage goals for teacher growth
o Facilitate updating and maintenance of WASC Action
Plan and LCAP plan
o Support the overall conditions to sustain a
humanizing, empowering, rigorous, and reflective classroom and/or school
community
o Supervise the College Access program
o Supervise and advance the Advisory program
q Data and Assessment
o Regularly gather, aggregate, and review student
performance data
o Utilize the school’s student information system
(e.g. PowerSchool, Data Director and Haiku) to access and provide appropriate
data to support student needs
o Oversee the administration and preparation for
statewide and other standardized assessments
o Lead the progression of the ARISE assessment system
and continue to develop the vision for mastery-based learning
o Further the development of student portfolios and
reflection through student-led conferences
o Develop the staff, student, and parent
understanding of standards-based grading
q Intervention and Academic Support
o Organize and oversee the development of the
calendar, course offerings and master schedule
o Oversee the scheduling of students, including creating
graduation plans with 11th and 12th graders
o Coordinate and supervise the development of
academic intervention courses in reading and math
o Coordinate and train teachers on school-wide
literacy strategies
o Participate in the Coordination of Services circle**
o Develop teacher proficiency in RTI and
differentiation strategies
q Crew
o
Contribute to sustaining the “staff norms” narrated
within the Disciplines of the Crew
(refer to arisehighschool.org for details).
o
Attend, plan, and participate fully in weekly
Professional Development and semi-annual retreats for school management and
operations, decision-making, and conversations about students.
o
Help the school realize its goals, mission, and
vision.
** The focus of the Coordination of
Services (COS) Circle is to act as a centralized body who 1)
develops systems, protocols, and tools for adults at ARISE to support students
who are academically and/or socio-emotionally struggling and 2) catalyzes and
coordinates efforts to support students who need more intensive support.
***The Roots of the ARISE Educator
are central to what all teachers are expected to develop within themselves in
what they teach, how they teach it, how they interact with students, how they
approach challenges, and how they improve their own craft. The 4 Roots and their summaries are as
follows:
þ Humanizing
Love: Develop and nurture
the ways that you create and manifest the humanizing conditions to act,
interact, and react with your students and colleagues.
þ Critical
Consciousness & Indignation:
Develop and nurture the ways in which you self reflect and gain critical
consciousness of what you teach, why you do it, and how you do it with urgency,
purpose, and direction.
þ Teacher
Intellectuals & Reflective Practitioners: Develop and nurture the practices and urgency
to learn from existing literature, research, and other practitioners, while
also regularly reflecting on your own practice in order to improve as an
educator.
þ Hustle,
Layer, Flow: Develop
and nurture the ways in which you actively support the school’s growth by working
effectively and productively in alignment with where the school currently is
and where it is going.
Go to the ARISE website to see the full text of the Roots of the ARISE
Educator that identifies what teachers will be cultivated to know, do, and
improve.
Selection Process:
All candidates are
asked to submit a resume, cover letter, and three references via
email to jobs@arisehighschool.org. Position
open until filled, but screening will begin on December 1st,
2014. The position begins July 1st,
2014.
After the initial
screening, potential candidates will be asked for the following:
q SCHOOL SITE VISIT: See the school in action, and
understand the successes and challenges
q INTERVIEW: An
interview with a problem solving component by a panel of students and staff
Salary & Benefits:
q Salary Range $80,000 - $90,000, Competitive with
Oakland Unified, with health and pension benefits
ABOUT ARISE
ARISE High School, an Oakland
charter school, was developed from the Coalition of Essential Schools network. Go
to www.arisehighschool.org for more information.
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