School Director, Youth Empowerment Services

Posted by on June 29, 2009

[posted 6/27/09]

Youth Empowerment Services – School Director.

Youth Empowerment Services is seeking a School Director for the Center for Art, Media and Communication, a new credit recovery school for high school dropouts. The CAMaC school will be a small, year-round, accelerated high school that combines academics, media arts and project-based learning.  It will be a School District of Philadelphia Alternative High School run by YES in partnership with the Allegheny West Foundation.

The CAMaC model is a new initiative, and the School Director will have a major role in creating the instructional model, media programs and school environment.  S/he will provide inspiration, leadership and direction to a team of community partners, teachers, counselors and others in order to meet youth where they are and support them to meet high achievement standards.  The successful candidate will be a true innovator, passionate about educational reform, and skilled in organizational development. The position is year-long with a start date of August 1st.  Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.  Interested candidates should email [email protected].


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