Jobs at Uncommon Schools

Supports the Dean of Students in building a positive, structured school culture and ensuring students meet academic and behavioral expectations. Responsibilities include supporting teachers, communicating with families, maintaining student records, assisting school leadership, and leading cultural systems such as detention, mediation, lunch, and arrival. The role requires strong organization, communication, perseverance, teamwork, and a commitment to student achievement and anti-racist education.

The Dean of Students partners with school leadership to build an inclusive, achievement-oriented culture. Responsibilities include behavior management, crisis intervention, individual behavior plans, teacher support, attendance and homework systems, student and family engagement, and participation in school-wide events. The role models school values, supports academic and personal development, and promotes culturally responsive practices.

Leads and manages a high school athletic program, including department vision, coaching staff recruitment and development, student-athlete academic support, family communication, budgeting, scheduling, transportation, safety, compliance, events, media, and fundraising. The role partners with school teams to support diverse students, collegiate pathways, and whole-school initiatives while maintaining athletic and academic excellence.

Leads curriculum and instruction across a K-12 charter school, using student achievement data to guide assessment, teacher coaching, professional development, and academic systems. Conducts classroom observations, provides feedback, develops action plans, facilitates data and team meetings, and supports school-wide instructional initiatives. Partners with the Principal and regional teams to improve teacher effectiveness, student outcomes, and school culture. May also support staffing, operations, inspections, and direct instruction as needed.

Provides basic healthcare to students and staff, manages vaccination records and medical histories, supports injury and acute illness response, promotes communicable disease prevention, maintains a safe school environment, and ensures compliance with applicable health laws. The role requires nursing credentials and supports LPNs pursuing RN certification through tuition reimbursement.

Manages a school’s special education program, including IEP evaluations, meetings, records, compliance, accommodations, and reporting. Provides individualized, small-group, pull-out, and push-in instruction to students with disabilities. Collaborates with teachers, school leaders, students, and families to support academic and social-emotional growth, analyze assessment data, differentiate instruction, and develop IEP goals. Participates in professional development, mentoring, coaching, and school-wide culture-building activities.

Leads curriculum and instruction across a school by analyzing student data, coaching teachers and instructional leaders, delivering professional development, managing academic systems, and supporting school-wide initiatives to improve student achievement and teacher development. Partners with the Principal and regional teams on assessment cycles, instructional strategy, teacher evaluations, onboarding, and network initiatives.

Leads curriculum and instructional improvement at a high school by analyzing student data, coaching and observing teachers, delivering professional development, managing academic systems, and supporting school-wide achievement and culture initiatives. Partners with the principal and instructional leaders to develop staff, implement assessment responses, facilitate meetings, and advance regional and network instructional priorities.

Coordinates and delivers special education services, including IEP and 504 development, evaluations, meetings, differentiated instruction, and student support. The role ensures legal and educational compliance, maintains records, analyzes academic progress, collaborates with teachers and families, and advocates for students with disabilities. The coordinator also contributes to school culture, professional development, and student social-emotional growth.

Manage school office operations, serving students, families, staff, and other stakeholders. Responsibilities vary by specialty and include communications, enrollment, attendance, student records, bill payment, accounting, procurement, supply management, event logistics, and maintaining student information systems. The role requires strong organization, communication, accuracy, multitasking, time management, and professionalism. Spanish-speaking ability is preferred, and a bachelor's degree is required.

Coordinates school operations and special projects across events, assessments, food service, technology, decor, transportation, extracurricular activities, enrichment programs, and field trips. Ensures testing compliance, manages vendors and stakeholders, supports school systems, and oversees projects from planning through execution while meeting deadlines and maintaining a professional, collaborative environment.

Leads the school’s special education program, ensuring IEP services, accommodations, behavior plans, evaluations, and compliance. Manages Special Education Coordinators and collaborates with teachers, social workers, families, and school leaders to support students’ academic and social-emotional development. Coaches staff, leads professional development, uses assessment data to improve instruction, reinforces behavioral expectations, and may teach classes or small groups.

Coordinates school-wide projects and operational systems, including family events, assessments, food service, technology, transportation, visual environments, extracurricular activities, enrichment programs, and field trips. Ensures testing compliance, manages vendors and stakeholders, supports students and staff, and executes initiatives that advance school operations and student achievement.

Build relationships with Camden community leaders, elected officials, partners, and families; coordinate school tours, parent advocacy, voter engagement, and community events. Support board governance through meeting preparation, communications, documentation, and logistics. Manage regional social media, website updates, newsletters, purchasing, invoices, and event operations while strengthening access to high-quality public education.

Supports Teaching & Learning operations through professional development event logistics, scheduling, venue and virtual setup, materials coordination, inbox and calendar management, assessment quality checks and platform entry, documentation, tracking systems, and stakeholder support. The role identifies operational risks, coordinates filming and invoicing, and helps educators and staff execute meetings, retreats, and instructional initiatives efficiently.

Manage governance and board relations, regional communications, and stakeholder engagement for Uncommon NYC. Coordinate Trustee activities, oversee social media and website content, run project management systems, pull and translate data for storytelling, and support planning and compliance related to charter reporting and policy. Work across school leaders, Trustees, and partners to execute communications and complex projects.

Manage accounting for multiple schools including general ledger maintenance, journal entries, monthly accrual-based financial statements, reconciliations, AP/AR oversight, bank and credit card reconciliations, fixed asset and lease accounting (GASB 87), audit and 990 support, Workday system training, and liaison with schools, vendors, and external partners.

Provide administrative and operational support in a K-12 school: data entry, photocopying, restocking supplies, supervising students briefly, assisting with health and safety protocols, supporting arrival/meal/dismissal systems, and other duties as assigned.

Manage a portfolio of high-capacity donors to cultivate, solicit, close, and steward six- and seven-figure gifts. Develop individualized engagement and proposal materials, identify and qualify new prospects, maintain pipeline data in Salesforce, forecast revenue, and collaborate with internal leaders to align donor interests with organizational priorities.

Partner with the Co-CEOs to lead strategic initiatives, annual cross-functional planning, and board governance. Manage Board of Trustees operations and communications, oversee executive-level messaging, and lead network-wide projects. Supervise and develop a Specialist, coordinate across Finance, Talent, Operations, and Schools, and design systems that improve information flow and organizational decision-making.