Details
Posted: 13-Jun-22
Location: Providence , Rhode Island
Type: Full Time
Required Education: 4 Year Degree
Categories:
Head of School
The Croft School – Assistant Head of School (Providence)
Start Date: Summer 2022
About The Croft School
The Croft School is a young independent school in Providence, Rhode Island. Having opened in Fall 2018, our school currently serves 90 students in Kindergarten through Grade 3. Over time, the school will grow into a 300-student K-8 school.
The Croft School provides an engaging, innovative, child-centered program to its students and a unique parent-oriented experience to its families, all within a tight-knit, diverse, and joyous environment. Our classrooms balance high-quality math, reading, and writing instruction with innovative project-based learning, age-appropriate opportunities for play, and weekly nature explorations or community trips. We pride ourselves on the following core principles:
- Rigor and Spark
- Balance
- Student Centeredness
- Strong Relationships
- Outstanding Teachers, Collaborative Practice
- A Diverse, Inclusive Community
The school has quickly become a highly-popular option among families in and around Providence, with significantly more enrollment interest than available seat capacity.
The Croft School has sister schools in the Jamaica Plain (founded 2020) and South End (opening 2022) neighborhoods of Boston.
More information about our school can be found here: www.thecroftschool.org.
About The Role
The Croft School in Providence is seeking an exceptional Assistant Head of School. This individual will be an integral of the school’s leadership team and overall staff. In partnership with the Head of School and Executive Director, this individual will be responsible for supporting the growth and innovation of our young school as it expands from its current enrollment and grade span into a full-capacity, Kindergarten - Grade 8 school. The Assistant Head of School will report to the Head of School.
The Assistant Head of School will be the leadership team member who most closely works with our teachers to ensure that the student program is executed with excellence and in alignment with the school’s ambitious goals. As part of this role, this leader will:
- Manage and coach teachers, ensure classrooms embody rigor and spark;
- Oversee the establishment and maintenance of a positive, joyful school-wide culture that meets the needs of all students;
- Hold our school accountable to its commitment to student-centeredness, meeting each child’s interests and needs;
- Oversee student support services, and
- Communicate regularly and transparently with our school’s families, developing close, trusting relationships with them.
The ideal candidate will be an entrepreneurial team leader who continually seeks out ways in which the school can “raise the bar” and innovate beyond the school’s existing level of high performance. Further, the ideal candidate will be deeply committed to and skilled at advancing our school’s anti-bias and anti-racism work.
The candidate most qualified for this role is likely to have had experience as a school leader, leadership team member, or teacher-leader at a high-performing school.
Qualifications and Qualities
- 2+ years in a school or teacher-leadership role, including as the school leader, a leadership team member, or as a teacher-leader
- Expertise in elementary and/or middle school programming, particularly in the domains of student-centered pedagogy; project-based learning and play-oriented learning; and the development and oversight of a joyous, welcoming school environment.
- Experience working with exceptional learners.
- Top-tier managerial and coaching skills, sharpened through direct oversight of other teachers and educators
- An entrepreneurial spirit coupled with an ambitious work ethic, as well as a natural desire to go above and beyond to serve students and their families in both expected and unexpected ways.
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, inclusive of empathy for others, thoughtful listening, team-orientation, and enthusiasm for being part of a small, close-knit team.
- Self-reflectiveness, humility, and an eagerness to continually improve one’s practice.
- A strong desire to remain in this role for 5+ years.
- A Master’s Degree is preferred. A Bachelor’s Degree and current authorization to work in the United States are required.
Our Beliefs About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At The Croft School we deeply value diversity, equity and social justice as we believe in the humanity of all people. We are committed to being an anti-racist and anti-bias school. We explore and affirm identity including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomics, social class and family structures. We, the students, educators, and families of The Croft School, hold ourselves accountable to the daily work of working towards an inclusive and liberated society.
Compensation and Benefits
The Croft School offers compensation which is competitive with other local independent and public school opportunities.
Non-Discrimination
As an equal opportunity employer, The Croft School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
Next Steps
Interested candidates should send a short email of interest, along with an attached resume, to The Croft School’s Chief Program Officer, Erin Walsh-Hagan (ewalsh-hagan@thecroftschool.org).