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Leadership Fellow Full Time | Atlanta, GA Liberty Classical Schools is currently accepting applicants for its Leader Fellowship program. This is a full-time, paid position located in the Atlanta, GA area. After successful completion, the candidate will be on track to potentially assume the Head of School position at the next LCS school.
About Liberty: Liberty Classical Schools is an Atlanta-based nonprofit operator of K-12 American classical charter schools. Liberty founded and supports
Atlanta Classical Academy ,
Northwest Classical Academy (Kennesaw, GA), and Cherokee Classical Academy (Canton, GA) , and each are "Member Schools" of
Hillsdale College's Barney Charter School Initiative . The Mission of Liberty's schools is to develop students in mind and character through a content-rich, American classical curriculum that emphasizes virtuous living, traditional learning, and civic responsibility. Atlanta Classical Academy, Liberty's flagship school, is a two-time winner of the
Salvatori Prize , a national award for excellence in teaching among K12 classical schools. The
Charter School Growth Fund recently invited Liberty to join its network and is supporting Liberty's growth.
Who should apply? Liberty seeks accomplished professionals with a minimum of ten years of professional experience. Strong candidates may include accomplished teachers or school leaders who have succeeded in positions of increasing responsibility within a school, or other Mission-committed professionals with demonstrable success in organizational leadership like career military officers or nonprofit or corporate executives. Liberty will highly regard success within a classical school. Before assuming the Head of School role, candidates must either have a Master's Degree or be enrolled in a Master's degree program.
Application requirements for Head of School and Leader Fellowship Program: - Cover letter describing the candidate's interest in the role/program; 500 word maximum;
- Statement of educational philosophy; 500 word maximum;
- Three (3) letters of recommendation;
- Undergraduate and graduate school transcripts;
- If applicable, descriptions of plans to complete advanced degree to include the degree title, school, timing of the program, and outstanding cost to earn the degree;
- Acknowledgement that the program requires the candidate to reside in the Metro Atlanta area; that much of the Fellowship would occur at our schools (with travel to conferences, school visits, etc.), and that the ultimate location may require the Fellow to move again (reimbursable moving expenses are negotiable).
Fellowship Description The Leader Fellowship is a one-year program designed to prepare the future Head of School to launch an American classical charter school within the Liberty Classical Schools network. Liberty currently holds an approved charter petition in Fayette County and is actively petitioning for new schools in the Metro Atlanta area.
While training will be individually adapted according to the experience of the candidate, the Leader Fellowship will prioritize:
- Instructional leadership in Hillsdale-affiliated, K12 American classical charter schools;
- General organizational leadership within the Liberty Classical Schools network; and
- Time and potential partial funding for the completion of an advanced degree in the liberal arts/sciences or educational leadership may be applicable.
Over the course of a school year, the Fellow will complete a rotational program designed to optimize experience and exposure in these areas. In every phase, the Fellow will have a primary point of contact and clear learning objectives and accountability.
Instructional leadership training priorities include: - Knowledge of the Hillsdale Program guide; resources available to Member Schools; roles and responsibilities of Hillsdale's instructional support team; attendance at Hillsdale Summer, Leadership, and Governance conferences; special emphasis on phonics, mathematics, and writing programs;
- Practicum: establishing and maintaining discipline and school culture grounded in the Mission, excellence in teaching and learning, community and partnership, and the pursuit of school virtues: courage, courtesy, honesty, humility, perseverance, self-government, and service;
- Visits to schools in the Hillsdale and Charter Schools Growth Fund networks;
- Required reading and prescribed online coursework;
- Practicum in instructional leadership: teacher recruiting and selection, in-service training, teacher feedback, instructional coaching, interventions, and the use of data to improve instruction;
- Student information systems, enrollment, and scheduling;
- Weekly/daily academic schedule and its impact to culture and learning;
- Essentials of IDEA, special education, MTSS, RTI, EIP, 504, ESL programs; and
- Authorizer requirements: Georgia Comprehensive Performance Framework; Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSEs); standardized testing requirements and administration, and Georgia's College and Career Readiness Performance Index (CCRPI).
Organizational leadership training priorities include: - Governance, board policies and handbooks;
- Entrepreneurs Operating System (EOS): Integrator Course;
- Strategic planning and mission-centric leadership;
- Liberty's organizational structure, roles and responsibilities;
- School's organizational structure, roles and responsibilities;
- Communications seminar: from advancing the Mission as primary storyteller to managing emergency communications plans;
- Primer in advancement, development, and fundraising;
- School safety and emergency response;
- Operations management rotation;
- Systems overview, processes & procedures manual;
- Master calendar management;
- Rotation to support major school- and volunteer-led events of the school;
- School finance, budgeting, purchasing;
- Human resources: hiring and the employee lifecycle;
- Required reading and online courses.
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