STEM Director of Curriculum and Instruction

Invictus Academy is a high performing independent public charter school located in El Cerrito, and we are seeking leadership team members who want to join our team and create an exceptional school.

Invictus creates joyful, rigorous classroom cultures where students understand the importance of the content they are learning, and how it connects to their everyday lives and ambitions. We work to ensure that in every lesson, the heavy lifting is done by our students.

We build trusting, authentic relationships with students, families, and colleagues. With these relationships as our foundation, we work closely with each other to support students in meeting the highest academic and behavior expectations. At Invictus, we are eager to learn about and implement restorative approaches to support students to be their best selves.

Invictus Academy of Richmond embodies humility and constantly strives to strengthen our knowledge, skills, and practice. We crave feedback and welcome opportunities to grow through observations, coaching meetings, and professional development.

We are fiercely solutions-oriented. We never shy away from a problem that we must solve to achieve our mission, but always bring potential solutions to the table.

The Director of Curriculum and Instruction (DCI) at Invictus is relentless about strong student outcomes and identifies ways to continuously impact student learning. As a DCI, you hold the vision for great teaching and learning and take action to realize this vision.

Great teaching is the determining factor in realizing our school’s mission and the DCI supports teachers in creating and maintaining a rigorous, productive, and joyful classroom climate through effective coaching and feedback.

We are seeking exceptional individuals to execute the following essential job functions and professional responsibilities:

• Build trust with teachers in service of supporting their development, using strong interpersonal skills
• Develop and support all aspects of new teacher onboarding
• Conduct regular classroom observations
• Provide consistent, high-leverage, actionable feedback for teachers to improve practice
• Leverage diverse coaching strategies to support teacher development
• Support teachers in using data to inform instruction
• Ensure a high level of academic rigor and consistency of classroom management across classrooms
• Develop and implement systems of accountability to evaluate teacher performance
• Define academic rigor by content area and support teachers in achieving this in their classrooms
• Support the Academic Counselor with the grading system and report cards compilation
• Lead testing coordination and logistics.
• Develop and lead professional development and teacher collaboration focused on instruction, intellectual preparation, and classroom management
• Support professional development and coaching related to student supports and culturally responsive pedagogy
• Evaluate and oversee implementation of grading policies and systems
• Plan and design summer school programming, in collaboration with Student Supports Team
• Support continuous growth of school program through identifying school-wide challenges and working towards solutions
• Coordinate all benchmark, finals and standardized testing, including data analysis protocols and re-teaching plans
• Design, implement, and sustain seamless execution of school wide routines, systems and operations in collaboration with Leadership Team members
• Collaborate with Leadership Team members to design and execute events related to the academic program, such as the Semester Awards Night
• Serve on the Instructional Leadership Team and the Leadership Team to make key decisions related to the academic and overall school program
• Support the coordination and oversight of standardized state testing, including SBAC, CAST, and MAP
• Actively supervise students during transitions such as arrival, homeroom, passing periods, lunch, and dismissal.
• Attend and participate in school-wide events including Back to School Night, Parent/Teacher conferences, End of the Year events, Grade Level Meetings, Department Meetings, Summer Professional Development, weekly Professional Development…