Director of School Leadership (Secondary)

Qualifications

• Master's Degree or Specialist Certificate in Educational Administration or related field
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Administrative License - K-12 Principal
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Administrative License - Director of Instruction
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Administrative License - Superintendent (willingness to pursue upon hire and obtain within 2 years)
• Minimum of three (3) years of successful building level leadership experience or its approved equivalency

Essential Functions

• Fulfills obligations in a dependable manner and accepts consequences
• Promotes efforts on diversity, establishes best practices and utilizes skills to remove barriers for students of diverse backgrounds
• Maintains confidentiality in verbal, written, and electronic communication
• Works to improve continuity and consistency across schools to promote equitable experiences for all students
• Works in partnership with others to lead and support collaborative cultures throughout the district through the coaching, training, leadership development, supervision and evaluation of principals
• Provides necessary support and leadership for the identification and elimination of achievement gaps ultimately leading to improved student outcomes for all
• Assists in instructional program implementation and evaluation in assigned areas
• Assists in the district staffing process
• Assists in the development and implementation of policies, procedures and administrative rules in assigned areas
• Cooperates in providing input into an accurate projection, preparation and implementation of school budgets
• Provides follow-up on Department of Public Instruction (DPI) initiatives and directives
• Provides input to the Board of Education, as requested by the Associate Superintendent of Continuous Improvement and/or Superintendent of Schools and Learning
• Works closely with other departments in cross-functional teams to transform and improve instruction and instructional programs
• Assists in the development of short and long-range goals and time lines to manage instruction and student support for achievement outcomes
• Makes recommendations for continuous improvement based on disaggregated school achievement data
• Monitors the implementation of instructional leadership and instructional delivery closely and provides instructional guidance and feedback to teachers and principals continuously
• Works collaboratively with the Teaching and Learning Department to assist in the development of coaches, leaders and other instructional staff who support teaching and learning in schools
• Works cross-functionally on teams to set data targets and models data analysis and support for school administrators to build their own data literacy
• Assists school principals in the development of annual budgets; determining the feasibility of proposed projects, and ensures sound fiscal management of all programs and projects
• Assists in the management of relationships with community partners to advance programs at the assigned level
• Communicates the vision of student learning to all schools