Positions Report to: Director of Inclusive Learning
Start/End Date: 2024-2025 School Year with option to renew based on job performance
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm + some out of school time responsibilities
Compensation: The salary range for this role is $80,000 - $101,342. (We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other. We take into consideration qualifications, credentials, years of experience, and one's impact on behalf of the organization - internal and external equity is taken seriously. East Harlem Scholars Academies also offers a comprehensive benefits package.)
FLSA Status: Exempt
Who We Are
East Harlem Tutorial Program (EHTP) began in 1958 as a children's reading group and has since grown into a multi-site after-school program for traditional public school students and a network of public charter schools focused on significantly increasing the college graduation rate in East Harlem. We are on track to serve at least 25% of East Harlem students by 2025, with enrollment for this year at approximately 2200 students in our schools and after school programs. In 2020, 99% of our seniors were accepted to college, and our current scholars in college are on-track to graduate at eight times the national average of their peers.
At EHTP we also aim to serve as an agent of change and thoughtfully contribute to the national fight for racial equity. Through our organization-wide commitment to anti-racism work, we prepare our scholars to effect change, challenge the status quo, and thrive in the world around them. As staff members, we face our own racial identities and conscious and unconscious biases. With this in mind, all of our professional development, curriculum, organizational materials, and processes are designed with a goal of racial justice. Read our racial equity statement here.
We ground all of our work in racial equity, in our core values, and in our four guiding pursuits: the Revolutionary Pursuit of Love, the Radical Pursuit of Knowledge, the Responsive Pursuit of Healing, and in the Relentless Pursuit of Results. These pursuits inform and are reflected in our current four key strategic priorities: to increase high-impact, high-quality academic curriculum, programming content, staff capacity, and coaching; to embrace and advance our use of technology; to deepen our embodiment of ethical and equitable radical humanity; and to efficiently operationalize teaching, learning, community, and care.
About the Opportunity
East Harlem Scholars Academy is deeply dedicated to creating inclusive learning environments that support the development of all students. The Dean of Inclusive Learning at East Harlem Scholars Academy (PreK-8,) will assist in overseeing special education and academic intervention programs at the school. This person will support the Director of Inclusive Learning, who is responsible for ensuring that students are receiving the services and supports they need and are entitled to by law. The Dean of Inclusive Learning will assist the Director of Inclusive Learning to ensure the school’s compliance with special education regulations and policies.
What Qualifies You
- You have a Bachelor’s Degree or higher and hold appropriate NYS Special Education Certification
- You have a minimum of three years of experience in relevant educational positions with expertise in inclusive learning responsibilities (differentiated/modified instruction, IEP management, progress monitoring, etc.)
- You hold yourself to high professional and ethical standards
- You enjoy and/or have experience working with diverse populations of students and communities
- You believe that every student can and will learn when provided with a quality education
- You have demonstrated success in raising the achievement levels of traditionally at-risk students
- You are willing to be flexible in your role and adapt to school and student needs
- You are committed to continuous improvement and learning through professional development
Areas of Leadership
- Support the instructional development of inclusive learning teachers, with a focus on effective co-teaching, differentiated resources and materials, accommodations, progress monitoring, and universal design.
- Support teachers and administrators in using data to improve instruction on all levels, including the development of targeted and supplementary supports following an MTSS model.
- Develop all staff members’ knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs as it relates to inclusion through a variety of professional development targeted topics and designs.
- Develop coaching plans for teachers to ensure student improvement.
- Build strong relationships with teachers, administrators, and other coaches.
- Potentially serve as a manager to a small portfolio of teachers and staff.
- Support the Director of Inclusive Learning to ensure the execution of all aspects of student 504 plans and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs,) with an emphasis on testing accommodations, academic goal tracking, teacher narrative reports, and progress reporting.
- Assist with interviewing teachers and related service professionals.
- Provide direct student services as needed, (ex. Short-term individual or small group intervention services.)
Thank you for taking the time to submit your application.
