Director of Student Success & School Operations

Excel Prep; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Vision insurance

Job summary

ExcelPrep is a Champaign, IL day school dedicated to supporting neurodiverse children through targeted instructional programs and data-driven practices. The Director of Student Success will oversee daily operations, align teacher evaluation, lesson planning, and compliance, and collaborate with the Head of School to foster a nurturing, outcome-focused environment for students and families.

The role emphasizes staff development, PBIS implementation, and progress reporting, with direct reports

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education. PhD preferred.
• Ability to manage difficult situations and maintain confidentiality.
• Knowledge of education law and current practices in education
• Professional Educator Licensure (PEL)

Responsibilities

• Orient staff to job description and delivery.
• Ensure that staff are working within their designated roles.
• Serve as teacher support and first level problem solver to support parent and student challenges.
• Support staff development in co-planning professional development and coaching needs.
• Support staff development and compliance within, toward, and for state requirements and any regulating bodies including Illinois State Board of Education and Clinical Service delivery.
• Create weekly and monthly reports that capture data reports of student learning and progress.
• Develop and log student maladaptive behavior data.
• Lead and collaborate with leadership in publications including student success and performance data.
• Orient new staff to their roles and conduct ongoing training to their roles.
• Train staff use of and expand the use of PBIS for individual student and progress.
• Assist in research proposal writing and development for (grant writing).
• Develop new school programs (short or long term) that benefit student and community success + collaboration.
• Provide feedback to staff regarding job performance including timeliness, attendance, student engagement, and promotion of prosocial behaviors in students.
• Utilize and enhance intervention protocols to support quality assurance of student learning outcomes.
• Model Direct Instruction lessons or utilize class as a model classroom for instructional methods
• Meet with teachers and teams weekly to review student progress and performance.
• Document teaching performance evaluations and weekly meetings as they relate to teaching performance and student success
• Ensure quarterly parent meetings with teachers take place to review learner performance and progress.
• Lead and support student transitions from area schools or parent enrolled learners.
• Ensure that student learning goals and individual plans are developed and staff teams are assigned
• Train staff in quality assurance in conducting and coordinating progress meetings with parents and schools
• Maintain a smaller teaching caseload of no more than 10 students in area of specialty- certification
• The successful candidate is highly motivated and believes in the power of teaching.
• Punctual and dependable
• Values parent communication
• Computer savvy - comfortable with google suite, with learning technologies,
• Creative and flexible - open to learning how to teach students with learning differences
• Can develop, instruct , and model instructional best practices within student plans
• Understands the importance of ongoing data collection and analysis
• Collaborative in communication, planning, and writing

Skills

Staff management

Data reporting

Instructional coaching

Collaboration

Parent communication

Education

Master’s degree in education

PhD

Professional Educator Licensure (PEL)

Tools

Google Suite

Learning technologies

Job description

ExcelPrep is a Champaign, IL day school dedicated to supporting neurodiverse children through targeted instructional programs and data-driven practices. The Director of Student Success will oversee daily operations, align teacher evaluation, lesson planning, and compliance, and collaborate with the Head of School to foster a nurturing, outcome-focused environment for students and families.

The role emphasizes staff development, PBIS implementation, and progress reporting, with direct reports