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Head of School/Principal Fellow
Excel Academy Charter SchoolsCampus TBD, Massachusetts, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Feb 2025
About the role
Organization Overview
Excel Academy is a network of 5 schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that prepares students in grades 5-12 to succeed in high school and college and engage productively in their communities. The majority of our 1,700 students identify as Latinx or Hispanic and will be the first in their families to graduate from college. Families choose Excel because our students consistently outperform their peers in growth and achievement and are 5x more likely to graduate from college. At Excel, we believe that every student—regardless of race, zip code, or economic status—deserves access to a free, high quality holistic education. During their middle school journey with us, students grow at a pace faster than most peers in their state. This is possible through a combination of high expectations, rigorous instruction, and individualized support. At our nationally ranked high school, students achieve at the highest level and are poised for success in their chosen college or career path. About our Team Everyday, our team members choose to be positive, drive their own growth, uplift one another, and hold the highest possible beliefs for what students can achieve.
About the RoleThe Head of School Fellow will support the Head of School in setting and driving the vision for the school and will have overall accountability for the success of the school. The Head of School works closely with the administrative team to manage the school’s culture, academic program, and operations. Though the Head of School will lead a school that adheres to the core Excel systems, culture and philosophy, they will be empowered to innovate and adapt the model as needed. Excel believes that its distinctive performance is rooted in the quality of its school leaders, and Excel’s organizational philosophy centers on investing in people—starting with and flowing from Excel school leaders. See below for the full list of responsibilities the program prepares you for: Excel seeks candidates with the qualities and skills to become an outstanding Head of School. These competencies distinguish Excel School Leaders:
Excel Academy is a network of 5 schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that prepares students in grades 5-12 to succeed in high school and college and engage productively in their communities. The majority of our 1,700 students identify as Latinx or Hispanic and will be the first in their families to graduate from college. Families choose Excel because our students consistently outperform their peers in growth and achievement and are 5x more likely to graduate from college. At Excel, we believe that every student—regardless of race, zip code, or economic status—deserves access to a free, high quality holistic education. During their middle school journey with us, students grow at a pace faster than most peers in their state. This is possible through a combination of high expectations, rigorous instruction, and individualized support. At our nationally ranked high school, students achieve at the highest level and are poised for success in their chosen college or career path. About our Team Everyday, our team members choose to be positive, drive their own growth, uplift one another, and hold the highest possible beliefs for what students can achieve.
About the RoleThe Head of School Fellow will support the Head of School in setting and driving the vision for the school and will have overall accountability for the success of the school. The Head of School works closely with the administrative team to manage the school’s culture, academic program, and operations. Though the Head of School will lead a school that adheres to the core Excel systems, culture and philosophy, they will be empowered to innovate and adapt the model as needed. Excel believes that its distinctive performance is rooted in the quality of its school leaders, and Excel’s organizational philosophy centers on investing in people—starting with and flowing from Excel school leaders. See below for the full list of responsibilities the program prepares you for: Excel seeks candidates with the qualities and skills to become an outstanding Head of School. These competencies distinguish Excel School Leaders:
- Strong collaboration with other middle school campuses to ensure alignment in intellectual leadership and programmatic vision; translate the big-picture vision into measurable goalposts for day-to-day implementation
- Creating the culture and conditions for productive adult learning
- Modeling Excel norms, culture and behavior through their own actions
- Acting as an effective leader and ambassador for the organization beyond the school’s walls
- Understand how your identity markers (including race, class, and gender) impact your leadership.
- Demonstrates understanding and respect for the cultures and languages of our communities.
- Solicit and welcomes collaboration and feedback from colleagues, students, families and the surrounding community.
- Understand the impact of historical and structural racism and use this lens in your decision-making.
- Take action to demonstrate personal reflections and growth/ be responsive to feedback and lessons learned.
- Support the Dean of Curriculum and Instruction (DCI) and Dean of Student Support (DoSS) to drive excellent teaching for all learners in Excel classrooms;
- Support the DCI and DoSS to ensure that they observe classes regularly and give written and verbal feedback to teachers.
- Ensure frequent points of contact with all direct reports. Develop structures to ensure presence in all classrooms weekly at a minimum. Meet with all direct reports bi-weekly at a minimum, sending agendas in advance and supporting teachers to develop agendas to maximize the utility of meetings;
- Support the DCI and DoSS to ensure that Excel classes are engaging, challenging, and accessible to all learners.
- Support the Network Department heads, DCI and DoSS to ensure that the school’s mission and philosophy are reflected in instructional approach and curriculum;
- Support DCI and DoSS to drive purposeful use of assessment data and feedback;
- Collect, analyze, share and interp
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