Details
Posted: 15-Apr-22
Location: Seattle, Washington
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: 4 Year Degree
Salary: $80,000
Categories:
Other
Salary Details:
employer paid medical/dental, employer paid retirement, generous PTO
The Director of Program is one of three collaborative directors at PSCS. The Director of Program is free, within constraints, to create the role to reflect their strengths and the team of collaborators. The Director of Program works closely with the Directors of Community Engagement and School Operations, as well as the Teaching Staff, and reports to the Board of Trustees. The ultimate responsibility for the philosophy, policy, and direction of PSCS is held collaboratively among these constituents. The Director of Program is collaboratively responsible for the delivery of student and family programs. While expected to remain flexible to participate in programs and activities not directly specified below, this Director will hold:
Accountability for the short- and long-range planning, implementation, and delivery in the following areas:
Teaching Staff Support
- Collaborating with staff to coordinate and articulate the philosophy and pedagogy of the school
- Supporting teaching staff members and delivery of the program
- Orienting new students and families to PSCS to create and broaden the institutional culture
- Maintaining a working knowledge of significant developments and trends in education
- Facilitating parent education in program and pedagogy
- Collaborating with staff to coordinate courses to ensure graduates meet WA State graduation requirements
- Scheduling
- Collaborating with staff to coordinate teaching staff curriculum
- Facilitate schedule mapping
- Partner to edit and publish the course blogs each term
- Collaborating with staff to coordinate Orientation/Foundations weeks
- Collaborating with staff to coordinate community service
- Coordinating and managing adjunct teachers
- Coordinating and managing volunteer facilitators
Collaborative Responsibility for the short- and long-range planning, implementation, and delivery in the following areas:
Governance
- Training Board members to facilitate and implement the mission, philosophy, and programs of PSCS
- Ensuring ongoing Board development
- Partnering to develop programmatic, organizational, and financial plans with the Board
- Providing recommendations to the Board in formulating and revising policies
- Partnering to execute legal documents and to conduct official correspondence
- Ensuring sound financial practices
- Planning mission-appropriate strategies to ensure the future viability of PSCS
- Coordinating the involvement and service of the Board of Trustees
Student/Employee development
- Developing policies and procedures
- Planning and maintaining official records and documents, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations
- Ensuring proper HR functions and practices are in place
- Promoting and supporting a diverse staff
- Recruiting, hiring, developing, and retaining paid staff and volunteers
- Partnering regarding the selection, evaluation, and dismissal of students to ensure sustainable enrollment
- Partnering to facilitate student and staff meetings
- Keeping students/teacher records
- Monitoring and tracking student/teacher attendance
- Maintaining student/family forms
- Responding to emergent student issues
- Partnering to perform formal and informal investigations
- Partnering to build and implement a culture of Restorative Justice
- Partnering to communicate with parents/guardians to ensure students are well served
- Ensuring staff availability
- Staffing the front desk
- Monitoring and supporting the daily needs of students and staff
Health & Safety
- Promoting physical and mental health for all community members
- Ensuring COVID safe practices
- Maintaining and improving the site
Collaborative input and decision-making regarding the short- and long-range planning, implementation, and delivery in the following areas:
Communications
- Advocating for the school, its mission and philosophy in larger professional and public communities
- Publicizing school activities, programs, and goals
- Representing PSCS at relevant meetings and through other public relations activities
- Building and maintaining cooperative relationships with community groups
- Life and/or lived experience equivalent to Masters in Education
- Experience working with young people
- Experience in classroom facilitation
- Entrepreneurial impulse and mindset