Dean of Academic Operations (24-25 School Year)

WHO WE ARE

Intrepid College Prep is a network of free, college preparatory public charter schools located in the Antioch area of Greater Nashville, Tennessee. We educate scholars at two campuses: Opportunity Academy Middle School and Independence Academy High School. Our 5-12 model ensures that scholars have the opportunity to engage in a rigorous, college-preparatory education for eight years prior to their transition to college and the professional opportunities that follow. We are an open-enrollment school, which means that our scholars do not have to take an entrance test or pay tuition to enroll.

Our Mission:

Intrepid College Prep is committed to ensuring our scholars, educators, and families have the opportunity to unlock an unlimited future. By providing rigorous academic instruction and creating powerful relationships amongst our community’s members, we ignite passion, seek knowledge, and inspire the bravery needed to have a profound impact in our world.

Our core values are Ignite Passion, Seek Knowledge, and Inspire Bravery. While we ground our instruction in these values, we also strive to live them out as adults in our interactions with one another. We believe that professional development and intentional coaching can allow any person to develop the skills necessary to be an effective team member, but we know that rests upon the bedrock of these essential values.  

WHO YOU ARE

Our Core Value: Ignite Passion 

What does this core value mean to Intrepid? 

You are DISCIPLINED. 

You hold yourself to a high standard and you take pride in your ability to take initiative. You have strong personal organization skills and are intentional about how you use your time. 

You are MISSION ALIGNED. 

You believe in helping to unlock the unlimited potential in all students through a college preparatory education. You believe that each and every student, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, gender identity, religion, or immigration status is deserving of an excellent education and capable of achieving it. 

Our Core Value: Seek Knowledge 

What does this core value mean to Intrepid? 

You are HUNGRY FOR FEEDBACK. 

You want to grow as a person and a professional. You want to learn from your peers and your coaches, even when it challenges you to put aside your ego. 

You are NERDY. 

You have a deep love for your area of expertise and a genuine excitement to share it with others. 

Our Core Value: Inspire Bravery 

What does this core value mean to Intrepid? 

You are DRIVEN BY EQUITY. 

You are committed to being actively anti-racist in your interactions with fellow staff, students and families. You believe that education is inherently social justice work that requires us to begin with ourselves and our own biases. 

You are INTROSPECTIVE. 

You are committed to personal development and prioritize your own wellness. You are reflective about your impact on others and feel comfortable acknowledging your own mistakes and quirks.

Qualifications:

- Holds a B.S. / B.A degree with a minimum GPA of 2.5

- High level of professionalism and organization

- Well organized with strong time management practices

- Preferably 3-5 years of secondary teaching experience (preferred but not required)

- Speaks Spanish (highly preferred) and/or has experience working with Spanish speaking students & families

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Scheduling and Enrollment:

- Owns family/student communication around course catalog, graduation requirements, pathways, and transcripts.

- Alongside OA/IA Ops teams, leads introductory scheduling sessions with 8th graders and 10th graders; possibly coordinates family meetings.

- Promote IA to families at every opportunity as the best high school in SE Nashville for academics and student experience.

- Guide interested families through the application and paperwork process; follow-up on missing paperwork or transfer requests.

- Communicate new student schedules and information to teachers

- Manage updates to the Year-Long Enrollment Tracker for withdrawals and new students

- Track students flagged for risk and retention concerns alongside Culture and Counseling teams; schedule and attend family meetings

- In collaboration with Culture team, schedule and complete exit interviews for those withdrawing/transferring for reasons other than moving out of county/zone

A. In collaboration with support team, upload and complete withdrawal/transfer requests after family exit interview

- Manage and own the system for updating, storing, receiving, and transferring student cume files

Assessment:

- Create and lead implementation of assessment logistics for quarterly Interims (Illuminate/DnA), TCAP, ACT/Pre-ACT, and ELPA.

- Roster students and assign staff online for above assessments

- Ensure staff are trained on test security, platforms, and assessment logistics and have signed appropriate forms

- Maintain security and organization of test materials prior to and after test days; re-organize and ship off materials as needed

- Attend building test coordinator and other relevant trainings

- Lead distribution of student assessment reports and family communication for assessments

Grading:

- Quarterly Report Card Pick-up – pull/organize data; send communications to families; assign ownership and deadline to staff. Share honor roll information with Culture. Print and distribute report cards.

- Biweekly progress reports (slips) – print, sort, distribute

- Manage gradebook through biweekly gradebook audits 

A. Communicate gradebook concerns or trends to leaders and GLTs; share data analysis  with content and grade team leaders

B. Communicate deadline and manage locking gradebooks each quarter/semester

- Train and assign leaders for gradebook entry into Infinite Campus (IC) for S1/S2

- Enter Dual Enrollment and other external grades into IC

Credit Recovery:

- Each semester and as new students are enrolled, audit transcripts to determine the need for credit recovery. Communicate/meet with families and students impacted, and roster students into the correct courses in Edgenuity. 

- Regularly track and communicate progress of students to families (and EE/EL case managers, if applicable); flag for senior leaders which students are at risk of not graduating on time.

Attendance/Truancy:

- Pull weekly absence and tardy reports and enter students hitting thresholds into tracker (5 days absent, 10 days absent, etc.)

A. Identify those frequently tardy to school to parents and message parents

- Send truancy letters and TalkingPoints messages to families for students hitting thresholds 

- Schedule and lead Attendance Plan meetings with families and students

- Own the truancy court process as needed

- Celebrate those showing improvement and those with perfect attendance

- Share truancy data and communicate those on plans regularly with grade level and Culture leaders

Technology:

- Track and manage the Chromebook cart, calculator, and headphone request system. 

A. This includes student requests for loaner computers or graphing calculators – tracking numbers and returns. 

B. Oversee monthly audits of Chromebook carts, providing feedback to coaches to resolve stewardship concerns

- Maintain storage and repair of returned or damaged staff laptops, chargers, headphones, cameras, or Chromebooks

- Address issues with projectors, HDMI cords, laptops, student logins in the moment

- Create and turn on alternate bell schedules for testing, events, etc.

- Create and reset student emails/passwords and staff accounts 

- Request app updates and additions as well as lockdown browsers through TechLab

- Manage vendor relationship and troubleshooting with TechLab

- Create new staff or student badges, input card numbers into NetAXS, and send badge #’s to the People & Strategy department

Families + Students:

- Send regular communication to families regarding upcoming assessments or other important events

- Schedule and/or design social media posts as additional touch-point for all communications

- Hang flyers and/or input morning announcements for upcoming assessments or other items related to role

Ops Team Player:

- Support Ops team members as needed – answering doorbell, phone, and family/student requests; finding students for dismissal; unjamming copiers and refilling paper; providing lunch breaks; setting up for test days.

- Cover front office at least 3 hours/week

- Attend weekly Ops team meetings and full staff PDs as required

- Assist with key operational systems – arrival, lunch, dismissal – and acts as a stand-in for absent staff as needed

- Responsible for maintaining organization of:

1. Ops Closet (security and storage of test materials)

2. Ops office cabinets

3. FO Tech Closet

- Assist with event set-up (during and after school)

- Hang flyers and other signage throughout the building, and removes those that are outdated

- Establish strong relationships and trust with students, families, and staff

- Model excellent customer service, safety, and kind honesty with vendors, external partners, staff and families.

- Address building safety concerns in the moment – e.g. spills, clogged toilets, stuck paper towels, adjusting A/C, flipping breakers.

Commitment to Diversity

Intrepid College Prep is an equal opportunity employer. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Compensation

We offer a generous compensation package, including full health benefits.  All staff members are equipped with the tools needed to succeed, including a dedicated work space, laptop computer, email, high-speed internet access, and all necessary supplies. Compensation is highly competitive; teachers are eligible to participate in the MNPS Retirement System.

Base salaries are determined by the ICP salary scale. Placement on the salary scale is determined by years of relevant, teaching experience. We do not negotiate salaries because of research that demonstrates the resulting impact of inequitable pay, primarily for women and people of color. Placement on the salary scale is solely determined by relevant experience.

Starting salary (Year 0) for a teacher with zero years of experience starts at $51,292. Please reach out to the hiring team for inquires regarding the salary scale.