OPPORTUNITIES

TITLE: Associate Director of Special Education
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Uncommon Schools is a nonprofit organization that starts and manages outstanding urban charter public schools that close the achievement gap and prepare low-income students to graduate from college.  Uncommon builds uncommonly great schools by developing and managing regional networks that are philosophically aligned and highly accountable.  Uncommon currently manages sixteen schools serving approximately 3,000 students in New York City, upstate New York, and Newark, New Jersey.  Seven new schools will open within Uncommon in the fall of 2010.  Uncommon will grow to include nearly 30 schools serving 8,000 students within five years and, ultimately, more than 30 schools, serving 11,000 K to 12th grade students.  Uncommon has achieved outstanding academic results based on internal assessments, statewide exams, and graduation milestones.  Its schools consistently outperform their district schools and are among the highest-performing urban schools in their cities and states.

Reports to: Uncommon Schools Director of Special Education

GENERAL SUMMARY: The Associate Director of Special Education will work to ensure that students who are at-risk for academic underperformance due to academic, emotional, and/or physical challenges can succeed in the rigorous academic programs within Uncommon Schools. The Associate Director of Special Education is a full-time employee of Uncommon Schools; she/he is hired, supervised, evaluated by the Uncommon Schools Director of Special Education, in consultation with Uncommon’s Chief Operating Officer, Managing Directors, and network-based Chief Operating Officers. The Associate Director of Special Education must be certified as a Special Education teacher or administrator.

TO APPLY:
If you are passionate about improving educational opportunities for historically underserved children and communities, please visit our website at www.uncommonschools.org and apply online at www.uncommonschools.org/usi/careers/.

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.