Director of Elementary Schools

Essential Responsibilities

• Serves as a mentor and coach to school-based administrators surrounding the systems, programs, and practice of leading schools.
• Collaborates with the professional learning department to ensure principals and assistant principals receive appropriate leadership development opportunities to enhance their skills.
• Affords assistance in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the Level Associates’ CIP (Continuous Improvement Plan).
• Affords assistance in the division in the recruitment, selection, and orientation of school-based administrative personnel.
• Develops meaningful and timely professional development programs for school leaders, based on data and need.
• Serves as the respective Level Associates’ designee, in the overall management of the flow of information from the Associate’s Office to leaders fostering collaboration and coherence.
• Manages instructional programs and all affairs related to school administration/program, including, but not limited to, human, material, and financial resources necessary to ensure equity, compliance with school division policies and legal requirements, and alignment with the Strategic Plan.
• Serves as an instructional and administrative leader, providing leadership, direction, high-quality feedback, and support to school-based administrators.
• Affords assessment of school/program needs and effectiveness and collaborates with administrators to develop long- and short-range plans for assigned areas.
• Works with school-based administrators to identify, develop, implement, and progress monitor school improvement plans using the continuous improvement framework, analyzing, and synthesizing data to ascertain student academic achievement and school progress towards other CIP goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a master’s degree in school administration.
• Work experience requirements: equivalent to at least seven years.
• Progressively more responsible experience in teaching and administration or supervision, with a minimum of four years administrative experience, some at the principal level.
• Educational administrative and supervisory experience required at the related level for this position.
• Postgraduate Professional License with endorsement in Administration & Supervision PreK-12 required.