Release Date:  June 25, 2025       Application Deadline:  July 9, 2025

Requisition: 11473

POSITION:    Academic Dean II 12 Month - Chesapeake Public Charter School

REPORTS TO:     Chesapeake Public Charter School Education Director

LOCATION:   Chesapeake Public Charter School

SALARY: The salary for this EXEMPT position will be based on SMASA salary schedule for 11 and 12-month employees – Range D ($111,929 - $146,042)

EFFECTIVE: July 2025

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Qualified applicants, including current employees of St. Mary's County Public Schools, must complete a TalentEd online application.   In addition to the online application, any support documentation (copy of certification where applicable) must be scanned and uploaded to the TalentEd application.  The online application and any support documentation must clearly demonstrate that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications, including information about the applicant’s background, experience, and professional qualifications.  Failure to submit all required documentation will result in your application being considered incomplete.  Incomplete applications will not be forwarded to the selection committee for review.   All online applications must be completed no later than July 8, 2025. Following a screening of credentials, interviews will be scheduled. Please contact the Department of Human Resources with questions at 301-475-5511, ext. 1 or hrd@smcps.org.

NATRURE OF WORK:

The CPCS Academic Dean, is a senior member of the instructional team at CPCS, primarily responsible for overseeing teaching and learning. The CPCS Academic Dean collaborates closely with the Education Director in overseeing curriculum development and alignment, teacher coaching and support, instructional professional development, school-wide assessments, and data analysis. During the summer months, the CPCS Academic Dean works closely with the Education Director to analyze academic data from the previous year, make necessary changes to the school’s program based on that data, identify and prepare to address specific curricular and instructional needs, and plan and conduct professional development for teachers' success. Achieving academic excellence requires that the Academic Dean work collaboratively to lead and nurture the members of the school staff and to communicate effectively with the parents and members of the community.  Inherent in the position are the responsibilities for discipline of students, supervision of staff, curriculum development, program evaluation, supervision of extracurricular activities and general operations of the school.  The CPCS Academic Dean reports to the Education Director, serves on the school’s leadership team, and directly coaches and manages teachers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ability to professionally relate to and collaborate with co-workers, students, and community members
• Ability to understand and maintain confidentiality
• Ability to use technology effectively to complete tasks
• Ability to report to work daily and on time
• Ability to organize, supervise, coordinate and establish priorities of tasks to be completed
• Ability to work independently in the absence of detailed instructions and to follow complex oral and/or written instructions
• Ability to communicate orally or in writing, courteously and tactfully, with staff, students, parents, and the community in a timely manner
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to oversee and provide direction to the designed department (personnel support for certificated and non-certificated employees)
• Ability to plan and implement short and long-range objectives which relate to the departmental and system-wide objectives
• Ability to lead, support the staff, and communicate professionally and effectively with internal and external stockholders
• Ability to exhibit a personality that demonstrates enthusiasm, and interpersonal skills to relate well with students, staff, administration, parents, colleagues, and the community
• Ability to demonstrate excellent leadership and organizational skills and the ability to motivate people and facilitate productive academic/organizational change
• Possess excellent time management skills and the ability to take initiative and make decisions within assigned responsibility in a challenging, fast-paced professional environment and be flexible in work responsibilities and hours
• Possess thorough knowledge of applicable Maryland laws, State Board of Education rules and regulations, Board of Education policies and regulations, regulations and procedures, and contractual obligations
• Possess knowledge of the programs, policies, and procedures of the St. Mary’s County Public Schools

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

School Culture

• Works closely with the Education Director to establish a positive, structured, achievement-oriented, and creative school culture with a commitment to team building and shared decision making
• Builds a cohesive, strong culture that reflects, and is in alignment with, the broader mission and vision of CPCS
• Works closely with the Education Director to design and implement fair, consistent, and effective discipline and attendance systems reflective of the CPCS core virtues
• Holds teachers and all students to high and consistent academic and behavioral expectations by modeling an openness to feedback, a desire to continue their own professional development, and willing to take responsibility for scholar outcomes and achievement
• Participates in school-based and Chesapeake Charter School Alliance Governing Board-sponsored events as appropriate 

Curriculum and Instruction

• Collaborates with the Education Director to lead a positive school culture, which engages and inspires students and ensures consistent adherence to the school's core virtues using Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
• Supervises instructional methods, evaluate lesson plans, and coach teachers to ensure effective instructional strategies
• Regularly reviews student work to ensure that it is rigorous, purposeful, and engaging
• Reviews materials of instruction annually, including textbooks, online platforms, and other instructional resources
• Assists the Education Director to ensure that Professional Learning Communities collaboratively develop integrated units and common assessments for their student cohort
• Participates in the development of all aspects of curriculum and assessment, and ensures coherence, rigor, vertical alignment, and fidelity to CPCS’s mission 

People Leadership

• Models and fosters a positive, core virtues-driven staff culture 
• Supervises the instructional programs assigned by the Education Director, evaluating lesson plans, and observing classes on a regular basis to encourage the use of a variety of instructional strategies and materials consistent with research on learning and child growth and development
• Acts as a charismatic leader able to motivate a school leadership team, teachers, and other staff
• Acts as a coach and a resource to instructional staff in their practice
• Promotes the school-wide belief that all students can learn and achieve at high levels when they are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged
• Ensures team leads and teachers have access to and participates in high-quality internal and external professional development
• Evaluates teacher performance and provide continuous feedback to improve instruction 

Data and Assessments

• Collaborates with the Education Director to design and implement systems to assess student achievement, uses data to analyze trends, and uses that information to make strategic decisions
• Prepares academic data reports for the Education Director and the Chesapeake Charter School Alliance Governing Board
• Regularly reviews student assessments to ensure that they measure student mastery of the Maryland College and Career Readiness Standards
• Ensures that appropriate intervention/enrichment for individual students is provided, based on results from assessments and other data
• Oversees the Pupil Support Team (PST), including managing 504 plans, and ensuring that students who need them receive the accommodations that will support their academic and social emotional success in order to access the learning environment 

Organizational Leadership

• Plans and leads summer professional development for teachers
• Collaborates with school leadership on decisions related to school design and oversight, including scheduling, staff recruitment and hiring, data analysis, and ensuring operational excellence
• Utilizes strong organizational skills, including the ability to multitask and prioritize while assisting the Education Director in managing, evaluating, and implementing clear and effective procedures for the operation and functioning of the school including instructional programs, extracurricular activities, advisory, family/community programming, and discipline systems
• Provides inspiration, mentoring and instructional leadership to staff, and cultivates positive relationships with all members of the school community

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Master’s Degree
• Maryland Advanced Professional Certificate
• Maryland Administrator I or II endorsement
• Minimum of five (5) years teaching experience
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in a leadership role at the school or district level 

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT:

Full-time twelve-month position.

SALARY GRADE RANGE: The salary for this EXEMPT position will be based on SMASA salary schedule for eleven and twelve-month employees – Range D.

BARGAINING UNIT ELIGIBILITY: SMASA

Updated 05.2025