School Director

Lake Lure Classical Academy - CFA
Lake Lure, NC
Contact Information
Julia Phillips
Phone: 828-625-9292
Email:

Duties

The school director is instrumental in the school’s success, providing instructional, operational, and administrative leadership necessary to ensure success. The director wears many hats, serving both as a school principal and superintendent, in many cases. The director works with the school board, the school leadership team and the TeamCFA network to drive the school’s vision and impact student learning. He or she is responsible for creating a culture of possibility that facilitates learning and that empowers staff and students to reach their full potential.

The school’s director is responsible for providing the instructional, operational, and administrative leadership necessary to ensure the success of the school. He or she organizes, administers, supervises, and evaluates all aspects of the school’s design within the school and the greater school community. The school’s director will be held accountable for the continuous improvement of the school and its staff and for increased student achievement.

The school’s director is responsible for planning improvements that directly address the school’s Critical Points of Accountability:

• student performance
• school design / instructional process
• financial management
• customer satisfaction
• systems growth

Achieving outcomes in these five areas of accountability requires strong leadership. School leadership is demonstrated in three distinct roles:

1. Instructional leader
2. Site-based manager
3. Builder of school culture

Accordingly, our performance standards for directors are listed in three categories below:

The director as instructional leader will:

• guides the school’s vision for learning;
• set standards for student achievement;
• provide leadership, direction, and support to the implementation of the school’s instructional and program plans;
• provide instructional leadership in advancing proven teaching and learning practices;
• provide leadership in the formulation and annual adjustment of the school’s instructional and program plans;
• observe—and ensure that teachers observe—instruction regularly;
• monitor—and ensure that teachers monitor—student growth and achievement;
• support the development of a network of student support systems;
• supervise and evaluate staff to ensure quality instruction and student achievement;
• support and monitor the professional development plans of lead teachers, team teams, and curriculum coordinators to continuously improve instruction;
• ensure that continuous improvement is guided by student academic standards, school performance standards and concrete data from school, state, and local assessments; and
• ensure that continuous improvement processes address the achievement of all students

The director as site-based manager will:

• develop and manage the school budget;
• supervise all operations involving the management of the school, including school funds, district funds, payroll, purchases, inventories, and office operations;
• maintain complete and accurate records of the entire school program;
• manage student recruitment and enrollment process;
• recruit, select, and hire school staff, including teachers and school-based support staff;
• continually monitor progress on all measures of school and staff performance, including
formal staff evaluations;
• work with lead teachers and professional development specialists to address team needs;
• ensure a safe and orderly environment;
• ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and policies (unless otherwise waived);
• establish and maintain close working relationship with the school’s Board/trustees; and
• work with accountability agent to complete and present the annual school’s progress report to stakeholders – staff, students, families, board and community

The director as builder of school culture will:

• communicate the vision that supports the school’s goals and articulate the school’s values and model those values;
• develop a plan for achieving the school’s vision; achieve a common understanding with the school community;
• seek feedback on the progress of the school;
• serve as a spokesperson for the school in the community and elsewhere;
• create an effective team of people jointly responsible for the attainment of school goals and committed to achieving excellence;
• engage parents and community in planning and implementing programs, including community use of the school site;
• manage and facilitate group planning and problem-solving sessions;
• build on the strengths of staff; recognize improvement;
• support and monitor the development of all staff and implementation of program improvements; and
• provide leadership to the Board and the school leadership team.

Qualities Sought in Applicant

Minimum qualifications include an advanced degree, 5 years of appropriate teaching and/or administrative experience, and certification (or eligibility) as a School Director. Experience with the Core Knowledge curriculum is a desirable feature in a candidate.


To apply for this position, submit the following materials:
• resume with a cover letter describing how your qualifications and experience meet the requirements for the position
• 3 letters of reference
• verification that the candidate holds or is qualified to hold North Carolina certification as a school director
• college/university transcripts indicating degrees.

Submit application and materials electronically or by mail to:
Lake Lure Classical Academy
c/o Jim Proctor
2520 Memorial Hwy.
Lake Lure, NC 28746

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.