Are you interested in joining the Cypress team?

We're looking for a few great people to help us turn our vision into reality.

Starting a school from scratch is one of the most exciting, challenging and rewarding things we've ever done. Now that we are a month into our third year with students, we’re looking to put the finishing touches on our faculty.

We'd love to know more about you, but we also want to share a little about us:

• Favorite Adjectives: engaging, reflective, diverse, collaborative, creative, and focused.

• Professional Development Focus: positive teacher language, differentiation, classroom and school culture, using multiple sources of data to inform instruction, teacher collaboration, creating a learning community.

• Soapbox Issues: teachers as professionals, curriculum v. curricular materials, punctuality.

• Intrinsic or Extrinsic Motivation: Both. But over the long-term we'll take intrinsic 9 out of 10 times.

• Would we send our kids to Cypress? Yes, in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, they are too old.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise the creation/revision of schoolwide behavior plan;

• Supervise the consistent and fair implementation of schoolwide behavior plan and tracking of student behavior data;

• Create and help implement individual student behavior plans in conjunction with teachers, paraprofessionals and other members of the Leadership Team;

• Communicate effectively and maintain strong relationships with students, families, and colleagues;

• Communicate with parents all discipline issues, concerns and suspensions;

• Monitor and supervise students in hallways, cafeteria, playgrounds and arrival and dismissal;

• Share information about student progress with other stakeholders, including school leaders and counselors;

• Accurately and timely enter all discipline information in PowerSchool and/or the school’s student database;

• Collaborate with the Leadership Team in the analysis of discipline data, with the goal of reducing misbehaviors, suspensions, etc;

• Analyze student discipline data to understand the areas of greatest weakness and to develop systems and structures (incentive systems, schoolwide procedures, professional development for teachers) to target reductions of specific behaviors;

• Serve as liaison to parents and facilitate parent education and involvement,  including reinforcing the need for parents to support the school’s policies and  practices;

• Coach teachers on classroom/ behavior management techniques in coordination with the Director of Curriculum and Instruction;

• Implement and follow policies and procedures related to maintaining a positive school culture of learning - especially those related to Conscious Discipline;

• Facilitate faculty and staff development related to Conscious Discipline, school culture and behavior plan implementation;

• Supervise Cypress Safe Place;

• Respond quickly to incidents of students in crisis and use appropriate techniques to keep everybody safe while de-escalating crises;

• Organize school events and promotions as designated by the Head of School;

• Undertake administrative and instructional duties as the Head of School may assign; and

• Model the school’s values and standards for professional conduct; consistently demonstrating best practices for communicating with students, staff, and families.

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• 4-yr college degree;
• Experience and demonstrated ability in working with children;
• Demonstrated organizational skills;
• Demonstrated ability in data management and presentation;
• Exhibited leadership in working with professional staff, students, and the 
community; and
• Agreement with Cypress Academy academic goals and philosophy.

Cypress Academy does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.