Career Center

Penn Charter seeks a full-time Director of Teaching and Learning for the 2023-24 school year. Reporting to the Assistant Head of School and collaborating closely with divisional leadership, the human resources department and department chairs, the Director of Teaching and Learning provides academic and instructional leadership and creates opportunities for accessible and meaningful professional development for the PK-12 faculty and staff. The Director of Teaching and Learning leads all aspects of the Teaching and Learning Center, including the selection and scheduling of daily sessions, publicizing sessions throughout the community, and maintaining attendance records and the TLC website. The Director of Teaching and Learning is also a co-clerk for the Committee on Teaching and Learning, a key driver of faculty professional growth at Penn Charter. The high standard of programmatic excellence we aim to achieve is directly related to the strength and continued growth of our faculty and staff, and the Director of Teaching and Learning is a key leader in these efforts. The Director will embody the School's mission and Quaker values, in particular the belief in continuous revelation, to ensure the continued growth of Penn Charter's faculty and students as well as Penn Charter's local, regional, and national reputation as a leader in independent schools.

Essential Functions

Professional Development

• Direct all aspects of Penn Charter’s Teaching and Learning Center to provide accessible and meaningful professional development opportunities at Penn Charter and beyond to help realize goals of the Strategic Vision. Some previous and current opportunities include: daily Teaching & Learning Center sessions throughout the day, before school, during lunch, and after school workshops; one-on-one sessions; Critical Friends Groups; Listening Circles; Empathy Interviews; classroom visits; school visits; online webinars 
• Assist with the planning of professional development for Inservice Days
• Research and share trends and best practices in teaching, learning, and other issues related to the field of education
• Generate a yearly report with data regarding attendance at TLC sessions and PLCs as well as a list of the TLCs offered
• Promote non-Penn Charter professional development opportunities and both present and support others in the development of proposals to share their work at local, regional, and national conferences and workshops
• Supervise and support instructional coaching efforts
• Supervise the production and publication of PCPD 
• Co-clerk the Committee on Teaching and Learning
• Co-clerk the VITAL Selection Selection Committee

Support of New Colleagues

• Welcome new employees and and support them throughout their transition to Penn Charter through timely and meaningful PD opportunities and community building events, including but not limited to: onboarding meetings in late spring and early summer, orientation in late August, monthly TLCs geared toward new employees and regular new employee and mentor events 
• Oversee mentoring program in collaboration with the HR department

Additional Functions

• Manage the school-wide speaker series in partnership with school administration, division directors, the Center for Public Purpose, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office and others. This includes partnering with the communications team to publicize events, reviewing and signing contracts, and processing payment.
• Work closely with the Student Learning Center and Parent to Parent group
• Maintain a working relationship with Jefferson University’s Center for Teaching and Innovation and Nexus Learning to share professional development opportunities between our schools.
• Teach one class or lead a co-curricular activity
• Partner with school leadership to advance institutional initiatives as needed
• Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Head of School or their designee

Competencies

• Demonstrated commitment to the education and well-being of adolescents
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice both in their approach to the work and in building relationships with students and other community members
• Demonstrated capacity to inclusively and collaboratively plan and implement long-term projects that lead to clear and measurable outcomes
• Demonstrated willingness to solicit, analyze, and implement feedback 
• Flexible approach and ability to organize multiple tasks and conflicting time constraints
• Ability and willingness to engage in reflective self-evaluation
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and collaborative working relationships with internal and external members of the Penn Charter community
• Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion, regard for privacy and maintain confidentiality
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient use of computer software applications (e.g., Google Tools, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 

Physical Demands

• Ability to walk, sit, or stand for extended periods of time
• Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds at a time
• Ability and willingness to work in unpredictable weather conditions 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 10 years experience in education

Preferred Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in Education or a related field
• Familiarity with the principles and practices of Quakerism and Quaker education

Salary and benefits

• William Penn Charter School offers competitive salaries and comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents.
• William Penn Charter School is also a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program qualified employer.

Prior to hiring, we ask all potential employees to be vaccinated and protected from the life-threatening impact of COVID 19. At Penn Charter we have supported our community's efforts to eradicate the spread of COVID 19 by facilitating access to Covid-19 vaccinations for all current employees and eligible students.

William Penn Charter School provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

About William Penn Charter School

William Penn Charter School is an all gender, Quaker, coeducational, PreK-12 independent day school in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Established in 1689 by William Penn and members of the Religious Society of Friends, Penn Charter values scholarship and inquiry. Our school emphasizes academics, the arts, athletics, spiritual awareness and service learning.

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