School Leader of Innovation

At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential.

Position Description The School Leader of Innovation is a founding member of Rocketship's Innovation School, a first-of-its-kind lab school opening in Fall 2026 within an existing Rocketship campus. Reporting to the Director of Innovation School, the School Leader of Innovation is responsible for the day-to-day execution of a new instructional model, ensuring that the school's vision for personalized, AI-enabled, and joyful learning translates into excellent classroom practice, every day, for every student. At its core, this is an School Leader role: the School Leader of Innovation School drives data analysis cycles, observes classrooms regularly, provides continuous feedback, and co-plans units and lessons aimed at increasing educator effectiveness. What distinguishes this role from a traditional School Leader is its proximity to a fast-moving, still-being-built school model. The School Leader of Innovation School leads teachers, tutors, and instructional support staff through new rotations, tools, and routines as they're implemented and refined in real time, and uses student data and adult feedback to flag what's working — and what isn't — to the Director of Innovation School. Reports to the Director of Innovation School. Direct reports may include teachers, enrichment center coordinators, instructional support staff, and tutors.

At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential.

Position Description The School Leader of Innovation is a founding member of Rocketship's Innovation School, a first-of-its-kind lab school opening in Fall 2026 within an existing Rocketship campus. Reporting to the Director of Innovation School, the School Leader of Innovation is responsible for the day-to-day execution of a new instructional model, ensuring that the school's vision for personalized, AI-enabled, and joyful learning translates into excellent classroom practice, every day, for every student. At its core, this is an School Leader role: the School Leader of Innovation School drives data analysis cycles, observes classrooms regularly, provides continuous feedback, and co-plans units and lessons aimed at increasing educator effectiveness. What distinguishes this role from a traditional School Leader is its proximity to a fast-moving, still-being-built school model. The School Leader of Innovation School leads teachers, tutors, and instructional support staff through new rotations, tools, and routines as they're implemented and refined in real time, and uses student data and adult feedback to flag what's working — and what isn't — to the Director of Innovation School. Reports to the Director of Innovation School. Direct reports may include teachers, enrichment center coordinators, instructional support staff, and tutors.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.

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