2024-2025 Interim Dean (TK-8th) - California Montessori Project at California Montessori Project
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Job Summary
Job Summary
NATURE AND SCOPE OF JOB Under the direction of the Principal, a Dean helps support the school's mission and ensures a safe, effective learning environment. This includes helping manage the school's daily operations, implementing and enforcing school policies and procedures, teacher guidance and support, classroom observations, managing student discipline, parent engagement, and more. This position is for an Interim Dean for the 2024-2025 school year and is expected to last just one year.
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The California Montessori Project (CMP) has made a commitment to staff to develop leadership from within its own learning community. Since the 2008-2009 school year, CMP has supported the creation of an assistant administrator position titled Dean of Students. This position is available at each campus, pursuant to campus enrollment. At some campuses, the Dean of Students may still maintain a percentage of involvement in the classroom environment. This position will include elements of site leadership and administrative training.
Requirements: Successful candidates must possess a minimum of a Clear California State Teaching Credential along with the ability to demonstrate successful leadership/administrative experience in a public Montessori elementary setting.
Successful candidates will also possess a Montessori Certificate from an accredited teacher training program.
Some of the duties for this position may include:
• Oversight of Special Education implementation and management.
• Oversight of Student Disciple, Academic Intervention, and Student Activities/Events.
• Facilitation of Extra-Curricular Activities, Parent Meetings, and Student Study Teams.
• Curriculum Implementation and Professional Growth in alignment with Montessori pedagogy and state standards.
• Oversight and Implementation of Special Projects, as assigned
• Other duties, as required
Specific duties will be developed locally based upon the identified needs of each campus. Applicants from all campuses are encouraged to apply with the possibility of site re-assignment in the Fall. Campus assignment will be determined once final candidates are selected.
This is a professional exempt position with scheduled days during intersessions and summer break. Some limited local travel is required. For consideration for employment, please submit online Ed-Join profile with current resume and cover letter outlining professional goals and leadership experiences to the CMP Human Resources Department as listed in this posting.
Questions can be submitted to campus principals or to CMP's Human Resources Manager.
Requirements / Qualifications
Requirements / Qualifications
This position requires a California teaching credential and preferably an Admin credential and at least one Montessori certificate.
WHAT DO I NEED IN MY APPLICATION? Be sure to also completely fill out the application and attach all of the following. Please note that failure to follow directions could lead to non-consideration.
- Copy of Transcript
- Letter of Introduction
- Letter(s) of Recommendation (3 recent letters of reference attesting to your professional attributes)
- Other (3 professional references, with at least one from someone in a supervisory role)
- Resume
- Administrative Services Credential (preferred)
- Multiple Subject Teaching Credential - General Subjects
- Other (Montessori Credential)
This position requires a California teaching credential and preferably an Admin credential and at least one Montessori certificate.
WHAT DO I NEED IN MY APPLICATION? Be sure to also completely fill out the application and attach all of the following. Please note that failure to follow directions could lead to non-consideration.
- Copy of Transcript
- Letter of Introduction
- Letter(s) of Recommendation (3 recent letters of reference attesting to your professional attributes)
- Other (3 professional references, with at least one from someone in a supervisory role)
- Resume
- Administrative Services Credential (preferred)
- Multiple Subject Teaching Credential - General Subjects
- Other (Montessori Credential)
Comments and Other Information
California Montessori Project is a public, tuition-free, TK-8, charter school network in the Greater Sacramento Area. We have over 2,800 students at our six schools, which are authorized by the four school districts in which they geographically reside.
The California Montessori Project provides a Montessori curriculum, integrated with the California state standards, to provide hands-on education in a child-focused format. Our classrooms are multi-grade, have small class sizes (averaging 24 students per class), and most have both a lead teacher and a teaching assistant. We encourage peer-to-peer collaborations, small-group learning, and independence.
California Montessori Project offers an environment which has the tools, programs, resources and support to enable students to become educated to high international academic standards and to develop themselves to their fullest capacity as competent, happy, productive individuals, family members, workers, and contributors to a better society and a peaceful world.
Comments and Other Information
California Montessori Project is a public, tuition-free, TK-8, charter school network in the Greater Sacramento Area. We have over 2,800 students at our six schools, which are authorized by the four school districts in which they geographically reside.
The California Montessori Project provides a Montessori curriculum, integrated with the California state standards, to provide hands-on education in a child-focused format. Our classrooms are multi-grade, have small class sizes (averaging 24 students per class), and most have both a lead teacher and a teaching assistant. We encourage peer-to-peer collaborations, small-group learning, and independence.
California Montessori Project offers an environment which has the tools, programs, resources and support to enable students to become educated to high international academic standards and to develop themselves to their fullest capacity as competent, happy, productive individuals, family members, workers, and contributors to a better society and a peaceful world.
Application Deadline
Until Filled
Date Posted
11/4/2024
Contact
Heather Fetterolf
916-971-2432 134
916-971-2432 134
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Pay Range
$85,000 - $107,675 Annually
$85,000 - $107,675 Annually
Add'l Salary Info
Plus possible stipends
Length of Work Year
212 Days
Employment Type
Full Time
Location
Carmichael
FTE
1.0
School Year
2024-2025