Executive Director/Principal at Adelante Charter School of Santa Barbara

About the Employer

About Us: Located next to the Franklin Elementary campus in Santa Barbara, Adelante Charter School is a Spanish-English immersion elementary school, where every child enters as a second language learner and every child graduates bilingual and bi-literate. Adelante’s two-way immersion (TWI) program design is the most effective way to teach a second language to all learners. Children who are bilingual demonstrate a cognitive advantage that could last a lifetime, affecting skills related to planning, problem-solving, mental focus, and memory. Within this language and culture-rich environment, Adelante implements an outstanding academic program with an emphasis on science, math, technology, and the arts.

Job Summary

Job Summary

Under direction of the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will serve as the chief administrative officer of the school and work in partnership with the Leadership Team to serve as the instructional leaders to create an outstanding dual-language learning environment that encourages students of all backgrounds to become bilingual, biliterate, and multi-cultural lifelong learners. In this role, the Executive Director will direct the formulation and implementation of operational procedures and practices for the Charter organization; plan, develop; ensure that financial functions are carried out within the guidelines established by the Board of Directors, and carry out public and community relations programs and activities; and other related functions. S/he/they will work to support the Leadership Team to plan, develop, and implement instructional objectives; implement procedures to evaluate instructional program effectiveness; assist in the planning and implementation of staff development and training programs. QUALIFICATIONS Expertise in: • "Two-Way" Spanish/English Immersion Programs; • Second language acquisition processes and methodologies; • Culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy; • Full understanding of equity and social justice. Practices and behaviors to effectively establish a respectful and equitable community in a highly diverse setting; • Effective strategies to outreach and engage under-participatory families; • Principles, techniques, strategies, goals, and objectives of public education; • Philosophical, economic, and legal aspects of public education; • Procedures, methods, and strategies of organization, management, and supervision; • Modern innovative and creative curriculum and instructional trends regarding the elementary age child; • Curriculum development, instructional program delivery strategies, and program supervision, assessment, and evaluation; • Result and performance evaluation techniques pertaining to program

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