Middle School Division Director

University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established educational institution seeks a dynamic Middle School Division Director to lead and inspire a team in a progressive learning environment. This role involves overseeing curriculum development, fostering faculty growth, and enhancing student engagement. The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional leadership and communication skills, ensuring a collaborative atmosphere that promotes academic excellence. Join a vibrant community dedicated to innovative education and make a significant impact on students' lives. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits, starting July 1, 2025.

Benefits

Excellent benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 9+ years of classroom experience with administrative leadership preferred.
• Experience working with middle school students is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the Middle School division, ensuring alignment with the school's mission.
• Foster team building and effective communication among faculty and staff.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Curriculum Development

Conflict Resolution

Team Building

Education

Master’s degree in education

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Falk Laboratory School, a coeducational K-8 school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, seeks a full-time Middle School Division Director. The Division Director is the academic and administrative leader of the Middle School division and is responsible for working with students, parents, faculty, staff, curriculum, and program. This is a 12-month position with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025.

Responsibilities And Duties

Instructional Management

Monitor curricular content, classroom practices, and pedagogical approaches to ensure that program activities are commensurate with Falk’s mission, vision, and values as an inquiry-based, constructivist, progressive laboratory school for children in middle school grades (6-8).

• Provide instructional resources, materials, and formative and summative professional feedback to support faculty in delivering instruction that aligns with Falk’s mission, vision, and values as an inquiry-based, constructivist, progressive school for children in middle school grades.
  
  

Team Supervision and Leadership

Foster collegiality and team building between and amongst faculty and staff. Encourage their active involvement in decision-making in their respective areas of concern.

• Serve as a primary liaison between the middle school division and the Director, faculty, staff, students, parents, and larger communities (Falk, SOE, University of Pittsburgh).
• Communicate and promote expectations for high-level performance to faculty and students. Recognize excellence and achievement.
• Ensure the effective and quick resolution of conflicts.
  
  

School Strategy

With the Director and other members of the administrative leadership team, build a shared vision for school improvement with faculty and staff. Overseeing the planning of activities and putting programs in place to ensure the attainment of the School’s progressive educational mission and philosophy.

• Identify, analyze, and apply research findings (e.g., practical school correlates) to promote school improvement.
  
  

Faculty Recruitment, Retention & Growth

Chair search committees to fill teaching vacancies within the middle school division and work with the leadership team to orient new faculty to the School and its culture/systems.

• Establish annual goals with faculty concerning professional development and growth, instructional strategies, classroom management.
• Communicate with the various constituencies that make up the School community.
• Observe teachers in their practice, record observations, and conduct pre- and post-observation debrief conferences with individual teachers.
• Make recommendations to the Director on retention, promotion, termination, suspension, or non-renewal of faculty.
• In collaboration with the Director and administrative leadership team, work to establish goals for and plan professional development activities and weekly faculty meetings.
• Stay up-to-date on the University of Pittsburgh faculty collective bargaining agreement concerning current and future personnel matters.
  
  

Student and Family Concerns

• Work with faculty and students to develop student discipline management systems that result in positive student behavior, enhance the school climate, and remain firmly within Falk’s progressive educational mission and ethos as a school.
• Ensure student discipline is appropriate, equitable, and just, and follow the Student/Family Handbook and Code of Conduct, as well as within Falk’s progressive educational mission and ethos.
• Conduct conferences about student and school issues with parents, students, and teachers.
  
  

School and Community Relations

• Confidently articulate and share the school’s progressive mission, vision, and values with and to the community.
• Demonstrate awareness of school and community needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.
• Use appropriate and practical techniques to encourage community and family involvement, including composing semi-regular middle school newsletters and other communications.
• Assist with prospective family school tours during the admissions season. Attend admissions and/or advancement-related outreach events and activities, such as the welcome back family picnic, parent night, prospective parent information events (daytime and/or evening, where applicable), family nights, reunions, and so on.
• Participate in other community events related to Middle School, such as high school fairs, graduation, etc.
  
  

Professional/Personal Demeanor, Comportment, and Growth

• Continue developing and attaining the necessary professional skills appropriate to the senior leader position in a school setting.
• Demonstrate professional, ethical, and responsible behavior at all times. Serve as a role model/exemplar for all faculty and staff.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills and have the ability to lead meetings with a variety of stakeholders.
  
  

Additional

• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Working Conditions

Maintain emotional control under stress; frequent prolonged and irregular hours, with the ability to be on call in high-intensity/crises after-hours. This role requires the individual to move around the school to various rooms frequently.

Salary range is competitive and commensurate with experience. Falk Laboratory School, a department in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, offers excellent benefits. Please direct questions to the search committee chair, Dr. Jill Sarada, at [e-mail]. The review of applications will begin in the Summer of 2024 and continue until the position is filled.

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree in education.
• Minimum 9 years of classroom experience; administrative leadership experience preferred.
• Experience working with middle school preferred.
  
  

Materials can be uploaded to join.pitt.edu. For full consideration, please submit:

• Letter of application
• Resume
• An educational philosophy
• Three recent letters of recommendation (not older than two years)
• Unofficial transcripts (candidates may be requested to provide official transcripts at the time of hire)
• Copy of PA instructional certificate or equivalent
  
  

Offer of employment is contingent on the candidate satisfactorily obtaining and passing the following before commencement of appointment: Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Child Abuse History Clearance, Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Record Check, and FBI Criminal Record Check. If hired, candidates must also submit proof of a negative TB test before their first work day. Also, as Act 168 of 2014 requires, the candidate must satisfy the requirements on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Release Form.

Falk School

Assignment Category

Full-time regular

Bargaining Unit Eligibility

This position may be bargaining unit eligible

Campus

Pittsburgh

Child Protection Clearances

The following PA Act 153 clearances and background checks are required prior to commencement of employment and as a condition of continued employment: PA State Police Criminal Record Check, FBI Criminal Record Check, PA Child Abuse History Clearance.

Required Attachments

Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae, Letters of Recommendation, Teaching Statement, Other (see posting for additional details)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Education and Training

• Industries

  Higher Education

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