Academic Dean

Description

Our Sisters School serves motivated girls in grades 5-8 from low-income families and historically underrepresented groups. We recruit staff and students from diverse faiths, races, and cultures. Were located in the historic and growing city of New Bedford. We are NOT religiously affiliated.

The name of our school honors the strong maritime history of New Bedford. It celebrates courageous young women who ventured out on whaling vessels in the early 1800s, and were called sister sailors. Our students, modern sister sailors at OSS, are bravely adventuring on the high seas of their educational journeys. In our safe, supportive, and challenging environment, strong academics are coupled with positive character development as OSS students explore core values of Excellence, Community, Civic Engagement and Leadership.

Our educational philosophy values experiential, purposeful and community-oriented learning that honors student choice and voice. Our goal is to build the best educational environment we can imagine as we support the growth of our students. Flexibility, creativity, teamwork and hard work are some of the things our staff appreciate and value in our work environment. Visit our Website at www.oursistersschool.org ?Teach and supervise engaging, developmentally appropriate, culturally competent and challenging lessons with research-based pedagogy and best practices; promote a culture of learning ?Support the development of curriculum mapping and interdisciplinary curriculum including scope and sequence, vertical alignment, unit planning, syllabi development and communication, etc.?Assess, report on and coordinate student academic progress in accordance with school policies and practices (data collection, analysis, report cards, portfolio presentations, grading norms, etc.)?Manage student information system (Gradelink) to facilitate instruction?Effectively manage school wide environment in collaboration with Head of School and in accordance with school policies and culture; become fluent with OSS Community Core program?Facilitate Multi-tiered systems of support to ensure absent or struggling student needs are met?Serve as an academic advisor and advocate for all students?Lead a daily homeroom, weekly club, advisory and/or class?Engage in staff duties such as student lunch/recess, passing periods and responsibility for community spaces?Fulfill duties remotely, if possible, when offsite work is required ?Co-lead and/or actively participate in all professional development workshops, grade level, subject area, and staff meetings?Other duties as assigned