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The Sacramento City Unified School District seeks a dynamic and innovative leader to guide teaching and learning at our collaborative and nurturing Theodore Judah Elementary School. Theodore Judah staff, students, and families form a kind, generous and inclusive community who care deeply about all aspects of children's development. The Theodore Judah Learning community is as diverse as it is unique. As the oldest continuously operating school in Sacramento, Theodore Judah has a legacy of serving students from varied backgrounds and is the center of the neighboring community. Currently, of the 454 students enrolled, 52% of students are white, 27% are Hispanic, and 11% are two or more races. Additionally, 15% of students at Theodore Judah receive Special Education Services and 28% are identified as socioeconomically disadvantaged. Theodore Judah has a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.6% which will need to be addressed by a leader with a restorative and trauma informed approach to meeting students and families where they are at. Theodore Judah believes in embedding critical thinking and collaboration across all content areas. Staff work diligently to meet the diverse needs of students across the learning spectrum. They achieve this through UDL practices and small group instruction across all grade levels, GATE cluster model, school-wide implementation of SEL and data driven MTSS strategies. Team members at Judah strive to bring their best each day to serve the Theodore Judah learning community and seek a leader who is ready to support them in this work and invest in their own professional growth through compassionate professionalism, clear and equitable communication, distributed decision making, and innovative ideas to improve teaching and learning. Students and families at Theodore Judah expect a leader who can balance the demands of leadership while building positive relationships and demonstrating critical thinking and problem solving skills in partnership with the community. The next leader for Judah should be experienced, dynamic, and ready to invest time and energy into bringing Judah forward as a leading destination school serving the whole child through enrichment and equitable academic experiences. As an organization with an equity lens and social justice core, Theodore Judah’s educational partners value diversity and seek a diverse pool of candidates for this role. Candidates with unique backgrounds, identities, and experiences are highly encouraged to apply. If you are passionate about helping students to be empathic learners, thinkers and problem solvers, and if you are committed to instilling in them the resiliency skills they will need to take on adversity and build consensus through teamwork, the Theodore Judah team would like to invite you to apply.