CICS ChicagoQuest Student
Development Specialist Position Posting
Position Title: CICS ChicagoQuest Director of School Life
Reports to: CICS ChicagoQuest School Director
Background
CICS ChicagoQuest
opened in September, 2011, with 6<sup>th</sup> and 7<sup>th</sup> graders. CICS
ChicagoQuest is a priority program investment of The John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation and offers a rigorous, engaging, and interactive
curriculum that is organized around systems-thinking and game design. This
curriculum is content-rich and aligned with the Illinois State (soon to be
Common Core) and College Readiness standards.
CICS ChicagoQuest
will measure its success by our graduates' abilities to design creative
solutions to complex problems, think critically and independently, collaborate
effectively and productively, use technology purposefully and wisely, and
explore, engage in, and express their interests and talents using multiple
platforms and media. Our success also will be measured by our students'
abilities to excel on the state and national assessments that determine access
to selective post secondary options. We are committed to preparing all of our
students to earn 4-year degrees at the college or university of their choice.
In addition to
our families and communities, the MacArthur Foundation, and Quest to Learn
(NY), ChicagoQuest is fortunate to be partnering with DePaul University,
YouMedia (Chicago Public Library), the Digital Youth Network, the Institute for
Play (NY), and the newly formed HIVE Chicago Learning Network.
ChicagoQuest Student
Development Specialist
ChicagoQuest
seeks a Director of Student Development to provide leadership and support for
building a positive, relationship-based, school culture that is organized
around supporting every student's success.
The CQ Director
of Student Development will report to the CQ School Director and will have
responsibility for leading the development of rituals, routines, and language
that reinforce school-wide identity, providing school and classroom-based
supports for the development of community, co-creating a proactive framework
for discipline that employs a restorative justice approach, supporting the
integration of social-emotional learning throughout the curriculum, overseeing
the provision of specialized social support services, co-leading the Response
to Intervention Team, and collaborating with others to develop meaningful ways
to engage families and community partners. The ideal candidate will have proven
leadership capacity and experience in creating school-wide approaches that
support student development and academic success, leading student support
teams, working closely with teachers, and supervising interns.
Experience
The Director of Student Development will
have demonstrated some combination of experience:
- Serving on a school-wide leadership team
- Leading RTI and Exceptional Needs teams
- Developing proactive discipline approaches
- Coaching/consulting with teachers to increase
student success
- Supervising Masters level interns
- Designing and delivering effective
social-emotional supports to students
- Developing SEL curriculum
- Developing effective ways to engage parents
- Coordinating outside providers and case
management
Qualities
The following
qualities and skills will strengthen an applicant's candidacy:
- Commitment to holding the highest standards of learning for every
student
- Strong collaborator able to lead and facilitate effective teams
- Knowledge of best practices for social-emotional learning and
student support
- Capacity to lead at a school-wide level
- Flexible thinker open to the use of technology and digital media to
facilitate learning
- Critical friend able to provide constructive feedback that
inspires and supports the improvement of practice
Credentials
The
ideal candidate will have all of the following credentials:
- Masters in School Social Work
- License in Clinical Social Work
- Minimum of 3 years experience
working in urban schools
- At least 2 years experience in a
school-based leadership or coordination role
- Specialized training in SEL
To Apply:
Please follow the
application instructions posted on our application website at
http://www.applitrack.com/chicagoquest/onlineapp/default.aspx
About
Chicago International Charter Schools
Chicago
International Charter Schools operates a network of 14 campuses across the city
of Chicago serving more than 8,000 students in Pre-K through 12th grade. In
August 2010, CICS opened its first campus in Rockford, IL. The organization was
founded on the belief that every child has the right to a high quality
education. The mission of Chicago International Charter Schools is:
To provide,
through innovation and choice, an attractive and rigorous college-preparatory education that meets the
needs of today's students.
We expect the best of every student
and, in turn, provide the support each student needs to achieve his or her
best.