Duties and Responsibilities:

• Working with faculty and administrators to develop and implement a robust academic program that appropriately sequences each area of the school’s curriculum from kindergarten through eighth grade.
• Managing Cathedral’s three-year curriculum review cycle, with faculty-wide focus on learning standards, instructional practices, or assessment, depending upon the year.
• Managing Cathedral’s approach to faculty recruitment, onboarding, classroom observations (administrative and peer), and professional development.
• Communicating with a variety of constituencies and stakeholders to articulate and promote the strength and direction of the school’s academic program.
• Working with staff to implement annual student testing cycles and analyzing testing data to understand the learning needs of individual students and to assess the caliber of the school’s overall academic performance relative to other high-achieving independent schools.
• Devising systems and metrics to ensure that Cathedral’s academic program is delivering student learning outcomes at a high level.
• Understanding the general curricula and placement expectations of the various high schools to which Cathedral graduates matriculate and, as appropriate, using this information to help craft Cathedral’s middle school program.
• Managing and directing the school’s Learning Services
• Presenting at regional and national conferences and contributing to publications in educational magazines and journals in an effort to share with other educators and to promote Cathedral’s reputation within the independent school community.
• Remaining informed and updated regarding new developments in education, curriculum, and instruction and designing effective methods for keeping teachers informed of these developments and working toward best practice.

• Engage in conversations with empathy and curiosity, listening to recognize the presence, ideas, and beliefs of all individuals within the Cathedral School community.
• Practice courage and act with integrity by speaking up and speaking out to stand for what is right, even when it is challenging or unpopular.
• Uphold processes of reflection, healing, and repair by holding ourselves accountable and accepting responsibility for our actions.

• Detail-oriented and results-focused.
• Self-starter who is genuinely interested in the development of academic programming.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong work ethic and a high level of integrity.
• Proven success hiring, managing, and developing teachers across multiple grade levels.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including presenting to key stakeholders.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, including providing regular academic updates.
• A work ethic and educational philosophy that align with the unique mission of Cathedral School for Boys.
• A sense of humor and perspective.

About Cathedral School for Boys

Cathedral School for Boys is a K-8 Episcopal boys school, located in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, CA. Our Mission is: To provide an excellent education for boys at the elementary level. To attract a diverse student body of strong academic potential. To provide a school committed to intellectual inquiry and rigor, centered in the Episcopal tradition, respectful of and welcoming to people of all religious traditions and beliefs. To develop social responsibility through exemplary programs of outreach and service. To create a community bonded by open-heartedness, hope, compassion and concern.At Cathedral, we believe that we must continue to define what it means to educate and raise boys.We devote each day to the spirited dialogue, dynamic lessons, and intentional character-building that guide each young boy to engage in the way that best fits him, while he simultaneously develops empathy and respect for the world around him.Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Belonging at Cathedral School for Boys:At Cathedral School for Boys, diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and belonging (DEIJB) are essential toour approach to education and to the development... of a just society.Cathedral School’s commitment to DEIJB is founded in the promise of all Episcopal Schools, “to strivefor justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being.” This promisegrounds our approach in the recognition of the social and moral responsibilities that we owe one anotherand in the benefits that we all receive when we share common values.As such, each member of the Cathedral community commits to:• Engaging in conversations with EMPATHY and CURIOSITY, and listening to recognize thepresence, ideas, and beliefs of all individuals within the CSB community;• Practicing RESPECT and acting with COURAGE to speak up and speak out to stand up forwhat is right even when it is challenging or unpopular;• Upholding the process of reflection, healing, and repair, holding ourselves withACCOUNTABILITY and accepting RESPONSIBILITY for our actions.Cathedral is committed to cultivating a community of people in the many ways they identify, including byrace, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, language, learning styles,physical ability, religion, culture, and socioeconomic background that embraces the broadest possiblerange of beliefs, values, experiences, and perspectives. Our community is comprised of people who valuethe diverse perspectives of others and who desire to learn continually about themselves and from oneanother. We believe that only with open minds and open hearts, our Cathedral community will thrive andexperience belonging, both within the walls of our classrooms and beyond.

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