Director of Education

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Full Time Rochester, NY, US

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $90,000.00 To $ Annually

Villa of Hope partners with individuals, families, and communities to Rebuild relationships, Recover potential, and Renew Hope for their future.

JOB TITLE: Director of Education

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM:Education/Villa of Hope School (Operational Leadership Team)

SUPERVISOR: Chief Program Officer

FLSA: Exempt

SALARY RANGE: $90,000-$100,000 (commensurate with education, certification, and experience)

STANDARD WEEKLY

HOURS:

35 (12-month)

JOB SUMMARY:Under the general direction of the Chief Program Officer, the Director of Education is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Villa of Hope School. Ensuring school compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, NYS Education Department (NYSED) regulations, and agency policies is required. Ensures compliance with the Villa of Hope and the NYS Justice Center Code of Conduct.

• Cultivates the desired organizational culture of integrated Sanctuary Modeland DEI&B in all aspects of essential functions and performance of duties.
• Leads and partners in the strategic planning process for the school in alignment with agency-wide strategic objectives. This includes monthly, quarterly, and annual planning, project management, and monitoring and reporting of progress and results via membership in the Operational Leadership Team and other work groups, teams, or committees as assigned.
• Provides operational leadership to the school, including a framework for compliance and continuous quality improvement, policies and procedures, staffing, robust educational and vocational programming, and responsibility for financial and quality performance of the program.
• Ensures the highest quality of inter-disciplinary care and customer service for students and families through the intake, admission, enrollment, and discharge processes. This includes building a therapeutic relationship with every student and family, being a visible presence throughout the school, implementing NYS course and curriculum requirements, and overseeing the CSE process and provision of IEP services for all students.
• Coordinates and “owns” the process and compliance for all aspects of NYS testing: assessing needs, ordering exams, compliance with exam security and testing accommodations, scoring, and return of exams to districts.
• Ensures trauma-informed compliant processes and outcomes for incident management, including documentation, disciplinary outcomes when warranted, and communication to families, district representatives, and school staff.
• Functions as the hiring manager for the recruitment and hiring process, with attention to the value of diversity in the workplace. Ensures, supports, and provides (as needed or assigned) training, bi-weekly supervision, and professional development for all school staff. Develops and maintains acceptable standards of professional practice for all school staff.
• Builds and maintains collaborative partnerships with all stakeholders. Internal stakeholders include but are not limited to: nursing department, clinical leadership of school social workers, facilities operations, purchasing, talent & culture, training department, etc. External stakeholders include but are not limited to: NYS school districts; BOCES; NYSED; NYS Justice Center; 853 Coalition; COFCCA; and other human services organizations.
• Continuously and systematically pursues information and trends affecting the special education field and the operation of an 853 Day School in NYS.
• Partners with agency Grant Writer and/or outside providers/funders to fulfill reporting responsibilities for existing program grants. Assists in identifying and/or developing content for applications for new school grants.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:Masters degree in Education. NYS School District Leader or School Building Leader Certification required. Additional certification in Special Education…