UP Education Network

Dean of Curriculum and Instruction, Leave Coverage SY24-25

Dorchester, MA
Temporary
Experienced

Dean of Curriculum and Instruction, Leave Coverage SY24-25

Grade Level: Elemenary and Middle

Start Date:  Aug 2024- June 2025

Locations: Boston, MA, 

About UP Education Network 

UP Education Network operates two schools in Boston, MA, and serves more than 1,500 elementary and middle school students. UP is invited by local school districts to restart chronically underperforming district schools as UP Academies. Each UP Academy shares the same mission: to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, skills, and strength of character necessary to succeed on the path to college and to achieve their full potential.

Role

The Dean of Curriculum and Instruction reports to UP Academy’s Principal and serves on UP Academy’s Leadership Team. The Dean is responsible for the management and development of teachers within their portfolio.  They plan professional development, leads the smaller team’s efforts to create a positive, structured, consistent, caring, and disciplined school culture, and takes responsibility for the academic program in place within their content areas and/or grade levels. 

Specific Responsibilities

Teacher Development and Management

  • Oversee the growth and development of a cohort of teachers within particular subject areas or grade levels
  • Provide formal and informal feedback on observations, lesson plan review, curriculum design, and more

Team Management and Leadership

  • Develop, design, implement and participate in an annual four-week staff orientation and training
  • Develop and support a culture of reflective practice among teachers
  • Plan and support facilitation of professional development
  • Develop positive interpersonal relationships among staff members
  • Provide consistent and high academic and behavioral expectations for students
  • Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues

Curriculum and Assessment Design

  • Develop, implement, and revise curriculum maps
  • Facilitate weekly meetings to analyze student work, review information regarding classroom assessments, and plan for instruction
  • Ensure student mastery of state, city, and school academic and behavioral standards;
  • Design and implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards;
  • Use assessment data to refine curriculum and inform instructional practices;

Qualifications

  • A strong belief in UP Education Network’s core values: Students, Community, Humility, Resilience, and Humor
  • Bachelor’s degree is required, Master’s degree is preferred
  • Three years teaching experience required, 2+ years of school leadership experience strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated success in leading in a diverse environment
  • A valid Massachusetts Teaching License as a Principal/Assistant Principal in the appropriate grade level
  • Current authorization to work in the United States – A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment.

Compensation and Benefits 

UP Academy follows the salary scales and salary placement policies of each UP Academy’s host school district or state turnaround plan; please see the relevant union’s collective bargaining agreement for additional details.  As an employee of UP Academy and your respective school district, you will receive the same access to personal and sick days, health insurance, and dental insurance as others within your union. 

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply for any open position for which they are qualified.  Our students must be exposed on a daily basis to a diverse group of powerful role models. Therefore, we have a responsibility to recruit, retain, develop, and reward a diverse and talented staff from a wide range of backgrounds to join our creative, mission-driven team. 

 

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