Director of Student Services at Chinese American International School
Job Summary
Job Summary
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE The ideal candidate finds resonance with CAIS’s mission to Embrace Chinese, Become Our Best Selves, and Contribute to a Better World. We look for a candidate adept at supporting a community of learners with diverse gifts, exceptionally skilled at home-school partnership and collaborating with families along various stages in their parenting journeys. This candidate can engage with clarity and compassion, always keeping students at the center of decision-making and process. Our Director of Student Services will help us realize the next chapter of our story on our unified P-8 campus, as we endeavor to offer robust student services curated to our unique bicultural, bilingual setting. CAIS offers a dynamic dual culture setting in which faculty are immersed in a culture of language learners. We look for a candidate who will embrace CAIS’s work to create an equitable, inclusive environment where all faculty, students, and families are supported in their individual identities. We welcome all applicants who aim to actively support and participate in our diverse and inclusive community.
Requirements / Qualifications
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS - Teaching and/or Special Education experience - Desired: relevant degree as a Learning Specialist or similar - Ability to analyze situations accuratelyand adopt an effective course of action - Strong and compassionate written andverbal communication skills, particularly when having difficult conversations - Proficiency with collecting, organizing, and interpreting data - Commitment to the school’s mission, core values, vision, and annual strategic objectives - Commitment to the school’s approach to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging - Excellent work ethic - Flexibility, patience, compassion, resilience, and good humor -Technical/computer skills as required for job
Requirements / Qualifications
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS - Teaching and/or Special Education experience - Desired: relevant degree as a Learning Specialist or similar - Ability to analyze situations accuratelyand adopt an effective course of action - Strong and compassionate written andverbal communication skills, particularly when having difficult conversations - Proficiency with collecting, organizing, and interpreting data - Commitment to the school’s mission, core values, vision, and annual strategic objectives - Commitment to the school’s approach to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging - Excellent work ethic - Flexibility, patience, compassion, resilience, and good humor -Technical/computer skills as required for job
Comments and Other Information
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Position responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Lead and manage the Student Services Team, providing vision, oversight, and support to ensure effective P-8 student support services and collaboration
- Provide effective direct student support as a member of the Student Services team, whether as an English Learning Specialist, Chinese Language Support Teacher, or School Counselor (based on experience) as part of this role
- Oversee and manage the development and implementation of individual student learning profiles
- Serve as the lead case manager by coordinating and monitoring both in-house and external services, accommodations, and interventions
- Collaborate and communicate clearly and compassionately with teachers, support staff, administrators, and parents
- Analyze assessments to determine the best learning plan for each student
- Develop and implement streamlined systems for collecting, tracking, and monitoring data, goals, and materials for students year-after-year
- Lead the work of producing an internal and external SST Handbook
- Design an internal referral system and conditions for entry into and graduation from SST
- Serve as a collaborator and thought partner with the Education Leadership Team
- Contribute to in-house faculty professional development and Parent Education events
- Build relationships with various practitioners and organizations in the local Bay Area
- Keep an up-to-date curated list of vetted and recommended practitioners and service providers
Comments and Other Information
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Position responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Lead and manage the Student Services Team, providing vision, oversight, and support to ensure effective P-8 student support services and collaboration
- Provide effective direct student support as a member of the Student Services team, whether as an English Learning Specialist, Chinese Language Support Teacher, or School Counselor (based on experience) as part of this role
- Oversee and manage the development and implementation of individual student learning profiles
- Serve as the lead case manager by coordinating and monitoring both in-house and external services, accommodations, and interventions
- Collaborate and communicate clearly and compassionately with teachers, support staff, administrators, and parents
- Analyze assessments to determine the best learning plan for each student
- Develop and implement streamlined systems for collecting, tracking, and monitoring data, goals, and materials for students year-after-year
- Lead the work of producing an internal and external SST Handbook
- Design an internal referral system and conditions for entry into and graduation from SST
- Serve as a collaborator and thought partner with the Education Leadership Team
- Contribute to in-house faculty professional development and Parent Education events
- Build relationships with various practitioners and organizations in the local Bay Area
- Keep an up-to-date curated list of vetted and recommended practitioners and service providers