Rocketship Public Schools

Rocketship Public Schools

School Leader of Innovation

San Jose, CA · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$130k-$135kDetected 12 days ago
Data AnalysisA/B Testing

About the role

  • Position Description The School Leader of Innovation is a founding member of Rocketship's Innovation School, a first-of-its-kind lab school opening in Fall 2026 within an existing Rocketship campus.
  • What distinguishes this role from a traditional School Leader is its proximity to a fast-moving, still-being-built school model.
  • Reports to the Director of Innovation School.

Responsibilities

  • Support a school community that fully involves parents in student achievement through multiple outlets including home visits, regular community meetings, and parent/family meetings.
  • the School Leader of Innovation School drives data analysis cycles, observes classrooms regularly, provides continuous feedback, and co-plans units and lessons aimed at increasing educator effectiveness.
  • The School Leader of Innovation School leads teachers, tutors, and instructional support staff through new rotations, tools, and routines as they're implemented and refined in real time, and uses student data and adult feedback to flag what's working - and what isn't - to the Director of Innovation School.
  • Direct reports may include teachers, enrichment center coordinators, instructional support staff, and tutors.
  • Believes that adult preparation is essential to student success, and is energized rather than unsettled by helping build that preparation from scratch.
  • Exhibits command of upper elementary (grades 3-5) content and is eager to use that knowledge to develop teachers who demonstrate excellence in their planning and execution of lessons, including lessons delivered through new rotations, tools, and models.
  • Developing Effective Educators
  • We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve.
  • Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Requirements

  • The School Leader of Innovation will at times be required to step in and teach to either model for teachers, provide assistance to teachers or the school community, or to more deeply internalize the school model.
  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
  • While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children.
  • The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
  • The employee is frequently required to stand
  • The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms.
  • Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand
  • and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high. Rocketship Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Rocketship Public Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Rocketship Public Schools expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Rocketship Public Schools' employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. Click here for our Sexual Harassment Policy. For questions, concerns, or complaints, please contact Human Resources.

Compensation

  • Ensure at least 1.5 years of progress for all Rocketeers annually through management and planning.

Company info

  • Exhibit a high level of honest and humble self-reflection, owning good and bad outcomes; effectively respond to and implement constructive feedback.
  • Rocketship Public Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
  • At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential.
  • We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country.
  • At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential.
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