Job Description
Job Title: HOLLA School Co-Administrator Leadership Structure: HOLLA School Board of Directors and HOLLA School Executive Director act as direct supervisors to the Co-Administrators. The HOLLA School Leadership team is composed of the Executive Director, Director of School Design and Culture, and the Co-Administrators. This group collaborates in a spirit of shared leadership on projects, vision, problem solving, and planning for HOLLA School, with distinct responsibilities within each role. The HOLLA School Board of Directors provides a checks and balances system with the Leadership Team and advises when needed. Salary and Benefits: Starting salary for this position is $75,000 dependent on relevant experience including teaching experience, administrator experience, staff management, professional development, licensure, and areas of endorsement. In addition to salary, HOLLA School provide medical, dental, and vision insurance, and PERS retirement benefits. About HOLLA School: HOLLA School is a public, tuition free K-5 charter school sponsored by the Reynolds School District. Mission & Vision To change the academic narratives of Black, Brown and Indigenous youth by honoring lived experiences, catalyzing genius and centering joy. To explore student identities, nurture their curiosity, ignite their criticality and orient them in the world. To systematize the use of a comprehensive anti-racist, culturally and historically responsive instructional framework that centers relationships through mentoring, literacy, agriculture, entrepreneurship and the contributions of our communities. Philosophy: We believe ALL children are inherently abundant, brilliant & creative. We believe culturally responsive & sustaining instruction and curriculum benefits ALL children. We believe in the power and potential of Black, Brown & Indigenous Youth. HOLLA School’s philosophy includes examining our Pedagogy, Policies and Practices. These concepts are the underpinning of HOLLA School’s commitment to anti-racist education. We define these in the following ways: -Pedagogy - The beliefs, knowledge, and skills that we apply to the practice of teaching and learning. This includes but is not limited to a racial, socio-political, and historical context. -Policies - The rules, expectations, processes and governing principles that determine the ways in which schools operate. -Practices - The implementation of our policies and pedagogy encompassed by teaching and learning through a culturally responsive lens. Educational Model: Centers relationships with our students, families & staff. Elevates student, family & community voice. Centers family literacy and engagement. Consistently showcases Black, Brown, and Indigenous brilliance. Monitors academic achievement and implements tiered interventions. Uses data to interrogate and remove barriers for academic success. Inspires entrepreneurship through urban farming and financial literacy. Real world applications/Place-based. About The Position: The HOLLA School Co-Administrators will supervise, coach, provide feedback and direction, and support HOLLA School staff. Successful HOLLA School Co-Administrators will enjoy working collaboratively, creatively solving problems, and engaging in lifelong learning along with HOLLA School students and staff. Additionally, the Co-Administrators understand equity as an ongoing consciousness journey that requires continuous reflection, a cycle of inquiry and being able to give and receive feedback throughout the process of learning. Central to these roles is the ability to work within RSD and ODE compliance systems and structures required for HOLLA School, while identifying adaptable areas to fully embody the school’s mission, vision, and values in an effort to create a culturally honoring ecosystem, allowing for the academic narratives of Black, Brown, and Indigenous scholars to be rewritten. This role requires a high level of organization, consistency, and ability to communicate clearly through both written and verbal paths. As a person representing HOLLA School to community and education partners, as well as HOLLA School scholars and families, the role requires the embodiment of HOLLA School’s mission and values of identity, skill development, intellectualism, criticality, joy, and orientation in the world. Experience and Approach: Embody the HOLLA School mission and set an excellent example for students and staff by encouraging values like empathy, collectivism, community, understanding, respect, love, and kindness E