Jobs at Uncommon Schools

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.

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.

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.

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.