Managing Director of Academics: Extracurricular Programming (NY)

Who We Are Excellence Community Schools (ECS) is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) supporting schools in the Bronx, NY and Stamford, CT.

Our programs are based on a proven, nationally recognized model, which originated in our flagship school, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, a National Blue Ribbon School.

Our Mission and Vision Our schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development.

We accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation.

To achieve this, our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students.

Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers Job Description This position is for a person interested in helping students expand the academic instruction they receive during the school day and home in on personal interests.

Specifically, the role requires someone who can spearhead high-quality experiences (plays, debate, science fairs, journalism, etc.) that become seminal components of the ECS Scholar experience.

These experiences will be held to the same standards as our academic expectations.

The successful candidate will work at ECS's network level and report to the Chief Academic Officer.

This is a full-time opportunity that requires travel to our sites across the Bronx and Connecticut.

Job Duties * Executing special projects identified by the CMO for each school within the network including, but not limited to: * Plays and theatrical productions * Debate events * Science fairs * Math tournaments * Content-aligned field trips * Identifying talent at each school site to support special projects * Identifying resources and presenting budgets for special projects Candidate Profile * Deep knowledge of high-quality experiences for students, particularly in the tri-state area * Attention to detail with experience planning events * Deep experience in one of the following areas preferred * STEM * The Arts * Journalism * High enthusiasm and appreciation for extra-curricular events Requirements * Minimum of three years teaching experience at the elementary or middle school level Compensation: * The salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Starting Salary $150,000.

* Health Insurance, dental, vision & 403b Retirement Plan * Paid Time Off/Paid Sick Leave/Parental Leave/FMLA * Short-term, Long-term Disability benefits and Life Insurance