Director of Technology

Position Overview:

The Director of Technology reports to the Director of Finance and Operations and is a member of the school Administration Council. He/she provides strategic leadership on information technology, facilitates technology projects, and manages department operations to ensure the delivery of robust and reliable technology resources.

Responsibilities:

Administration:

• Attend administrative leadership team meetings and contribute to consultative discussions.
• Inform division heads and department directors of the work of the IT department (both school and Temple).
• Partners with different administrators (admissions, communications, development, business office) to provide efficient workflows for school operations and enhance the school’s web presence and communications.
• Collaborate with administrative team members to ensure consistency and coordination of technology activities such as planning with the Temple and school such as JAGnet (Blackbaud K12), report cards, and teacher webpages.
• Manage the current technology operations budget and forecast future budgetary needs.
• Work with the communication department to support website changes.
• Manage school policies that relate to appropriate and legal use of technology by students and employees.
• Meets weekly with the Director of Innovation and Curriculum Integration to address student and faculty technology needs and collaborate on professional development.

Vision and Planning: 

• Work with the Temple to establish priorities, initiate projects, and set policy regarding information technology services.
• Develop technology plans that stay abreast of new developments and support the school.
• Define and deliver cost effective, reliable, and secure technology solutions to the school.
• Consult with school leaders and end users to understand how information technology can better support academic and administrative needs.
• Develop and administer long range strategic planning for the technology program along with Director of Innovation and Curriculum Integration and Lower, Middle, and Judaic Studies Directors.
• Deliver annual presentations to the Budget Committee

Technology Professional Development: 

• Define basic proficiency rubric for all teachers Preschool through 8^th
• Oversee training on Blackbaud, teacher pages, report cards, attendance, and all our JAGnet functions.
• Train all faculty on basic proficiency.
• Participate in the school’s strategic planning process to anticipate the technology needs for new and/or upgraded learning spaces.
• Teach and support Yearbook middle school elective.

Technology Administration: 

• Oversee:
  • hardware and software deployments
  • JAGnet (Blackbaud K12 SIS, LMS, CMS)
  • school blogging platforms
  • school content filtering system
  • shared technology spaces/equipment scheduling
  • teacher webpages

Operations: 

• Supervise the management of:
  • school’s network infrastructure.
  • school’s onsite and cloud servers.
  • school’s data information systems (Blackbaud/JAGnet).
  • deployment of faculty/student technology devices and software.
• Lead the procurement of IT equipment and services.

Miscellaneous: Other responsibilities as assigned by the head of school.

Conditions of Employment: Successful completion of fingerprint clearance and TB screening.

Additional Salary Information: DOE. Benefits and time-off package.