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STEM Preparatory Academy

High School Academic Dean of Humanities

School Leadership & AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNashville, TN, USA$65k - $90kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree in Education or a related field is required.
  • An active Tennessee teaching license, or the ability to transfer licensure from another state, is required.
  • At least three years of successful teaching experience in a tested subject area is required.
  • Demonstrated content expertise in History, World Languages, and/or Elective courses is required.
  • School leadership experience or equivalent experience leading adults and teams is required.
  • Ability to hold adults accountable while building and maintaining strong relationships is required.
  • Willingness to engage in difficult conversations and resolve conflicts effectively is required.
  • Strong organizational and project-management skills are required.
  • Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and anti-racist practices is required.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities with a student-first mindset is required.
  • Flexibility to work outside traditional school hours as leadership responsibilities require is required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the instructional vision for Humanities departments, including History, World Languages, and Electives.
  • Conduct weekly classroom observations and provide actionable, standards-aligned feedback.
  • Coach teachers through lesson internalization, instructional planning, and execution.
  • Facilitate professional learning communities, data meetings, and instructional planning cycles.
  • Support teachers in implementing rigorous, grade-level curriculum and assessments.
  • Analyze student achievement data and drive strategic interventions.
  • Lead Intellectual Prep Protocols and Data-Driven Practice Protocols.
  • Support teacher onboarding, development, evaluation, and retention.
  • Serve as an instructional exemplar and model best practices.
  • Design and facilitate high-quality professional development aligned to school goals.
  • Create opportunities for teachers to practice and refine instructional techniques.
  • Build teacher capacity through coaching cycles, feedback, and professional learning.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and reflective practice.
  • Hold adults accountable while maintaining strong relationships and high levels of support.
  • Maintain content-area dashboards to monitor weekly, quarterly, and annual performance.
  • Analyze formative and summative assessment data to identify trends and instructional priorities.
  • Lead weekly data meetings that build teacher ownership of student outcomes.
  • Support teachers in setting goals and tracking progress toward end-of-year targets.
  • Celebrate student growth and achievement while responding swiftly to areas of need.
  • Support strong classroom culture and management systems, student attendance, engagement, and academic success, family communication and partnerships, schoolwide culture initiatives and celebrations, and the school's commitment to equity, inclusiveness, joy, and belonging.
  • Build strong relationships with students, staff, families, and community partners.
  • Collaborate with school and network leaders to drive continuous improvement.
  • Support teacher recruitment, selection, and hiring.
  • Facilitate quarterly family engagement and academic workshops.
  • Support school operations, testing, scheduling, and event coordination.
  • Maintain visibility during arrival, dismissal, transitions, and other key school moments.
  • Serve as a liaison or proxy for the Principal when appropriate.
  • Attend evening and weekend family and community events as needed.
  • Model the school's core values of Integrity, Imagination, Drive, Collaboration, and Inquiry.

Desired Qualifications

  • Outstanding performance as a classroom teacher with results exceeding district and state expectations.
  • Proven success coaching adult learners and improving instructional practice.
  • Experience designing and facilitating impactful professional development.
  • Demonstrated success leading teams toward ambitious performance goals.
  • Strong family and community engagement experience that drives student success.
  • A Master's degree in Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Leadership, or a related field.

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