Moral Focus (Character Education) Lead
2 days ago
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Summary
National Heritage Academies (NHA) is seeking a Moral Focus (Character Education) Lead to join their team in Grand Rapids, MI. The role involves leading the vision and implementation of NHA's character education program across all K-12 schools.
About the Role
As the Moral Focus (Character Education) Lead, you will be responsible for enhancing and supporting a world-class character education program for K-12 students. Your duties will include improving the curriculum, supporting its implementation, collaborating with NHA leaders, assessing program effectiveness, providing strategic support to schools, and managing a character education specialist. You will also lead cross-departmental projects to increase program visibility and research best practices in character education and social-emotional learning.
About You
Required:
- Minimum of a BA required, with an advanced degree in education or business preferred.
- A minimum of 5 years of overall professional experience, including experience in K-12 schools.
- Experienced leadership in leading system-wide projects that positively impact schools and classrooms in the K-12 environment.
- Knowledge and understanding of current research-based pedagogy, practices, and requirements with respect to character education and social-emotional learning.
- Outstanding presentation and communication skills.
Preferred:
- Collaborative with demonstrated ability to work with both internal staff and external stakeholders.
- Believes in and exemplifies NHA's core values and the importance of character education.
National Heritage Academies
National Heritage Academies (NHA) partners with community groups to build and operate public charter schools. Founded in 1995, today NHA partners with over 95 schools in nine states, serving more than 60,000 students K-12. NHA’s system of schools is designed to eliminate the achievement gap and provide school choice to families so their children are prepared for success in high school, college, and beyond.
Grand Rapids, MI