Director of Academics and Special Projects; Temporary

Title:

Director of Academics and Special Projects

Division:
School Support Office (SSO)

Location:

School Support Office (SSO)

Reports to:

Chief Executive Officer

Status:
Full-time, Exempt

Salary Scale: $110,000-$139,000 (based on experience and expertise)

Caliber’s Mission is to achieve educational equity by shifting the experiences, expectations and outcomes for students in historically underserved communities. Our strengths-based educational program validates, affirms, respects and supports students, families and staff members to reach their full potential. Caliber graduates will be academically college‑ready; have emotional intelligence (EQ); be critical thinkers, and have the skills and desire to be changemakers in their communities and the world.

Caliber’s four graduate pillars – Heart, Smart, Think, Act – guide our work. We are a community-based organization and celebrate the diversity of the communities we serve. Our parents are active partners, frequently engaging through school events, restorative practices, and academic support.

Our first school, Beta Academy in Richmond, CA, opened in 2014 and Change Makers Academy in Vallejo, CA opened in fall 2016. Both Beta and Change Makers are currently TK‑8 campuses serving almost 2,000 students.

Director of Academics and Special Projects is a key member of the instructional leadership team at Caliber Public Schools, playing a crucial role in shaping and executing the network's vision and strategic plan to meet its annual goals. In collaboration with the other members of the Education Team, the director ensures Caliber Public Schools accomplishes its annual academic goals along with other special projects.

• Lead the multi-phase rollout of the Hendy Avenue Instructional Excellence Rubric across the network.
• Leadership Calibration & Alignment:
  Facilitate, monitor, and lead calibration sessions for the instructional leadership team to ensure inter‑rater calibration on all priority indicators of the Hendy Avenue Rubric.
• Ensure that Instructional Phases (based on Hendy Indicators) are implemented with fidelity across the network.
• Provide consultation to school‑based instructional leaders on fidelity of implementation of priority indicators.
• Inspect fidelity of implementation of priority indicators across the network.
• Performance Management & Goal Setting:
  Oversee the Beginning‑of‑Year (BOY) goal‑setting process, ensuring 100% of instructional staff establishes three annual professional goals during their Beginning‑of‑Year One‑on‑One meetings.
• Manage the ongoing coaching and development process to ensure at least 50% of instructional staff progress at least one full level toward or past “Proficient – Level 3” on the Hendy Avenue Rubric by the end of the academic year.
• Evaluation Compliance:
  Direct and audit the End‑of‑Year (EOY) evaluation cycle, ensuring all instructional staff receive a fully calibrated, complete EOY rating across all indicators of the Hendy Avenue Rubric by year‑end.

• Accountability & Compliance Management:
  Implement and oversee the weekly coaching tracker to ensure team‑wide compliance, holding staff accountable to a 90% fidelity rate according to the priority Exit Ticket schedule:
• Grades K–1:
  Math (1 per week)
• Grades 2–8:
  Math (1) and ELA (1) per week
• Grades 5–8:
  Science (1) and Social Studies (1) per week
• Instructional Leadership & Performance Tracking:
  Lead and coach instructional leaders to ensure their staff analyze weekly data trends, ensuring teaching interventions yield an increase from priority exit tickets in Math and ELA (Grades 3–8).
• Strategic Growth & Evaluation:
  Monitor, evaluate, and support the instructional team’s execution of remediation strategies, ensuring they drive student growth from the beginning to the end of each unit in Math and ELA (Grades 3–8).

• Lead or support other time‑bound projects aligned to strategic priorities, as assigned by the Senior Leaders of the School…