Director of Math and Science

Role Type: Full-Time
Location: Washington, DC
FLSA Status: Exempt
Who We Are
DC Prep is a high performing network of public charter schools serving over 2,100 preschool through 8th-grade students across six campuses in Wards 5, 7, and 8. We're proud of the high bar we set for ourselves to achieve results–our students deserve our best We recognize that how we support our students to be successful is just as important as the results we achieve, which pushes us to reflect on questions such as:

• How can we facilitate our students' academic, social, and emotional development?
• How can we support our team members' professional growth and personal ability to do this work long-term?
• How can we engage our students' families as our own?

While this work is hard, it's worth it – we believe in the transformative power of education, the can-do-itness of our students and staff, and the joy that comes from engaging in meaningful work with people we care about and trust

Here's How We Drive Results

• Rigorous academic focus. Our Preppies receive the highest level of academic preparation through standards-based instruction, daily targeted interventions, and meaningful assessments.
• Social-emotional learning. We have always had a dual mission of academic and social-emotional skill development. Our research-based SEL curriculum is integrated into daily instruction, helping students leverage their personal values to strengthen their self-awareness, social awareness, and responsible decision-making skills and create a school-wide culture of empathy and reflection.
• Commitment to reflection and refinement. Our results tell us that we are moving in the right direction, but there's further to go to ensure that every student receives a transformative education. As a team, we regularly reflect on our programmatic model to see what's working and where we can get better.

Are you interested in learning more about the DC Prep Way? If so, check out our website to find out more about what we're working towards and how we're doing it.

THE OPPORTUNITY
As the Director of Math and Science, you will work as part of the Home Office Academic Team to ensure that the math and science programming is implemented with fidelity and evaluate the impact of both programs across our network. The Director of Math and Science is responsible for ensuring programming fidelity and quality across all tiers is high-quality. As DC Prep adopts a new K-8 Math curriculum for the SY27-28 school year, the Director will be responsible designing strong systems and structures to support a strong first year of adoption This work requires consistent coordination and collaboration across multiple teams including, but not limited to, the Schools, Academic Program, Data, and Principal teams. You will also be responsible for curating and organizing curriculum resources, materials, and assessments. Additionally, you will be responsible for developing expertise in the math and science subject-areas and staying up to date on new information and research connected to implementation of Common Core State Standards and the DC assessments.

As Director of Math and Science, you will use this expertise to analyze network data to identify needs and opportunities for improvement to inform short and long-term programmatic implications for teacher, Assistant Principal, and Principal development and program execution. You will provide content-specific coaching and facilitate coordination meetings to campus Assistant Principals to clarify programming vision, strengthen content knowledge, build capacity to analyze and respond to data to improve student outcomes that will inform collaborative planning meetings, professional development for teachers/leaders, Data Days, July Leader Retreat and August Orientation. As Director of Math and Science, you will report to the Senior Director of Program.

THE DAY TO DAY
Support leaders with execution and evaluation of high-quality math and science programming and curriculum in service of student outcomes and achievement of goals.

• Evaluate implementation and execution of math and science programming and curriculum across all tiers.
• Ensure that teachers are teaching with fidelity to our program and to the rigor of the Common Core State Standards/Next Generation Science Standards and providing the appropriate instructional supports to best support ALL students.
• Analyze and evaluate progress towards internal and external accountability measures.
• Provide weekly development to leaders to grow their capacity to coach and develop teachers on our tiered programming.
• Conduct regular classroom observations with members of school leadership teams to gather data on the effectiveness of the math and science programming and curriculum in action.
• Facilitate content-specific Coordination meetings with Assistant Principals.
• Participate in Principal Cohort, Director, and Program Team meetings.
• Provide weekly dispatch (1-on-1 coaching and development) to Assistant Principals
• Analyze network benchmark data, plan and facilitate quarterly Data Day Prep Facilitation.
• Plan and facilitate July Leadership Retreat sessions to train leaders for the upcoming school year.

Managing external partnerships and contracts aligned to your content area.

• Be willing to take on additional responsibilities as necessary to fulfill DC Prep's mission for our students.

Qualifications
Skills & Mindset

• Unwavering commitment to DC Prep's Vision, Mission, and Values , including a strong and demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Ability to disaggregate problems and structure and implement solutions to complex, challenges
• Savvy, honest and effective communicator with demonstrated track record of creating alignment around and implementing shared goals and solutions
• Intellectual depth and emotional maturity to work with colleagues and stakeholders across the entire organization
• Emotional resilience and constancy coupled with strong leadership presence and passion to motivate, support and sustain teams in challenging and critically important work
• Demonstrated track record of investing and leading teams through change
• Effective people developer and collaborator across diverse teams

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience, with at least two years of K-12 school leadership experience
• Experience as a K-12 school leader (preference for former principals and assistant principals), experience designing or implementing program and curriculum initiatives and practices, and organizational leadership experience required

Role specific

• Proven track record of system-level strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated content area mastery in elementary and/or middle school content areas

Essential Functions

• Provide in person support to leaders and teachers across DC Prep's campuses and Home Office.
• Additional responsibilities may arise during the school year. This could include: attending staff and student field trips, after school events, family-teacher conferences, home visits, and other events involving parents and students, as needed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands and environmental conditions described below are representative, but not exhaustive, of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. All of these physical requirements should be able to be performed with clarity, coherence and connectedness to DC Prep's vision. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Must be able to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of time
• Must be able to spend the majority of the day standing or mobile throughout the classroom, as well as talk, hear, grasp, reach and lift up to 30lbs with or without accommodations
• Ability to concentrate in active and noisy environments such as cafeterias and playgrounds, to more moderate situations such as classrooms or large group professional settings
• Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computer and/or related office equipment
• Ability to handle potential high stress conditions

JOIN US
Do you believe that Learning Has No Limits? Are you eager to join a supportive, innovative, and collaborative community of educators? Are you committed to growing your strengths as an educator through individualized professional development and coaching? Apply today

We're an equal opportunity employer and hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability. We strongly encourage diverse candidates to apply.