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This position requires an educator with significant experience who has spent some time in a top administrative role. Candidates should be innovative and knowledgeable in current best educational practices, able to guide faculty and staff and attract new talent, and to oversee day-to-day operations with skill, passion and a sense of humor.
Roles include:
EDUCATIONAL LEADER: Head of School will bring the school’s values to life, and champion its mission and vision. • Lead the development and implementation of all educational programs, including general education, Judaic studies, and extra-curricular programs, in a way that aligns with the school’s mission, vision and values. • Support and guide the school’s child-centered, Constructivist-based curriculum for both general and Judaic studies. • Ensure the success of all students through the support of varied methods of instruction. • Create a culture that reinforces the school's values including: a love of learning, a passion for social responsibility, joyful Jewish learning, Jewish pluralism, a love of Israel, a culture of kindness, and the creation of significant learning memories.
SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEADER: Head of School will build, cultivate and engage a community of faculty, students, families, alumni, donors, leaders of other Jewish agencies in a shared commitment to providing Mirowitz students a childhood filled with meaning. • Serve as the key spokesperson, visionary leader and advocate for the school. • Enhance all school relationships, including those with parents, the Jewish community, and the secular community. • Lead a systematic student recruitment and retention process. • Collaborate with the board of trustees, its chair, and its committees to carry out established school policies; attend meetings, prepare reports, maintain board records, and keep trustees informed on all aspects of the school's operation. • Work with the board of trustees and the school's administrative team to identify and prioritize strategies for institutional growth, academic excellence and community engagement. • Represent the school in its relations with state and federal agencies, and with educational organizations and accrediting agencies.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR: Head of school will lead a team to ensure the effective administration and execution of the school. • Attract, hire, develop, evaluate and retain a world-class team to execute and augment the school’s mission and vision. • Supervise faculty and staff, setting standards for performance and holding employees accountable to deliver against them. • Cultivate future leadership of the school and make intentional investments to help them grow. Guide, motivate, and empower faculty and staff to grow professionally. • Promote a team spirit among faculty and staff in support of the school’s mission. • Manage all aspects of the school’s operations. • Lead a team of professionals responsible for development, marketing, admissions and administration. • Maintain the highest standards in safety, both physical and cyber. Ensure that safety protocols are established and updated. Communicate those protocols to the community to instill confidence and a sense of security. • Maintain, and ultimately increase, student enrollment through effective recruitment and retention efforts. Oversee the school’s “Tangle Protocol” to solve learning, social and other challenges in a timely manner. • Ensure the school and faculty have all appropriate certifications and comply with all associated regulations, without exception. • Address and manage unplanned or unexpected situations by bringing in the appropriate people—both inside school and outside experts; communicate openly, provide transparency and leadership, and act with care and consideration. • Ensure the effective maintenance of the existing facilities and technology.
FISCAL MANAGER: Head of School will ensure the long-term financial viability of the school. • Collaborate with the Board of Trustees to increase the school’s revenue. • Manage the school’s finances within the budget. • Work with development professionals to cultivate and effect generous financial support of the school. • Make wise investments that improve the school and deliver superior learning to Mirowitz students. • Make strategic organizational decisions while safeguarding the educational experience of the students.
LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS: Head of school will have these traits • Dynamic, inspirational, charismatic leadership style. • Deep knowledge of current best educational practices and innovative approaches to learning. • Display sound judgement and strong approach to decision making steeped in logic and facts. Proactively and effectively engage the expertise within the school’s community to inform decision making when appropriate. • Lead with compassion and consistency; model the values of kavod and kehilla to students, employees, parents, donors and all school stakeholders. • Apply and connect Jewish principles and learnings to daily situations. • Collaborate with and seek guidance from the community in solving problems and shaping the future of the school and the local Jewish community. • Be entrepreneurial, act with a sense of ownership for the institution and its community, openly recognize potential problems and conflict, and take the necessary steps to resolve them in a way that ensures the school’s continued success. • Embody a love of learning. Celebrate curiosity and inquiry. Empower staff and faculty to be continuous learners, to deliver superior programs and be part of a collaborative team that pursues excellence. • Recognize the importance of communication in building community and take care to use words thoughtfully and with consideration. • Effectively manage a team by listening actively, identifying strengths in others, and enabling teachers and staff in their own leadership capacities