Academic Dean - Foreigner

This is an administrative position reporting to the Director. 

 The Academic Dean has specific responsibilities in the following areas:

• Reviews and analyzes existing Aims-Methods-Contents curricula for grades k-12 and corresponding Common Core standards or others and benchmarks.
• Meets with grade level and department faculty to review and discuss the concepts of content standards, benchmarks, and indicators.
• Explains the need for and advantages of a standards-based curriculum.
• Revises standards and benchmarks for clarity in specificity.
• Revises benchmarks for clarity and specificity.
• Become familiar with texts and learning resources in subject areas of Reading, Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies, in grade K-12.
• Integrates standards, benchmarks, and learning materials to identify curriculum content indicators for each subject at each grade level K-12.

Staff Development:

• Designs and implements periodic workshops as needed in areas such as Child Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Learning Styles, Student Assessment, Classroom Management, and Teaching Methodology.
• Conducts department and grade level meetings for the purpose of educational planning and progress.
• Provides guidance to individual and group faculty concerning academic curriculum standards.
• Assists individual faculty seeking advice.
• Coordinates and implements staff development needs.
• Works with the faculty to continuously improve the teaching-learning process.

Faculty Assessment:

• Assists the School Director with Faculty Assessment
• Performs periodic classroom observations.
• Provides recommendations for improved performance.
• Follows-up recommendations with individual faculty and groups.

Technology:

• Recommends improvements for parent-faculty communication.
• Introduces possible learning strategies for faculty through technology.