Assistant Superintendent of Schools

Position Type:
Administration/Assistant Superintendent

Date Posted:
5/24/2023

Location:
Central Office

Date Available:
07/01/2023

Closing Date:
05/31/2023

2023-2024 School Year

Job Function:
Using considerable discretion and independent judgment, under direction of the Deputy Superintendent and in collaboration with the Teaching and Learning Team, the individual in this position is responsible for oversight of all aspects of teaching and learning in assigned District 300 Schools, including staffing, budgeting, student achievement, student discipline, operations, and principal supervision. The individual in this position will spend at least 50% of the work week in school buildings.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Explicitly models, through communication and actions, the core values and beliefs in the district’s goals and mission.
• Trains and assists principals in the development of site planning and accountability to meet identified school targets.
• Collaborates with principals and other District departments to develop and implement ongoing program evaluation and improvement of instructional programs with an emphasis on increasing student achievement.
• Collaborates with principals and other District departments on the professional development needs of each school and administrator.
• Supports school administrators to ensure that school based evaluations are timely and appropriate
• Collaborates and problem solves with LEAD, DESA, and DESPA leadership regarding applicable grievances, discipline and school-based issues.
• Provides leadership and direction to schools; supervises and evaluates school Principals.
• Provides support, collaborates and provides leadership in working with the federal, state and local grants department
• Provides support, collaborates and provides leadership in working with various departments to assure federal, state and local compliance
• Monitors the development and implementation of school improvement plans. Supports schools with a focus on data and instructional improvements.
• Assists school leadership with developing their annual budget. Ensures compliance with annual budget for the schools; analyzes and reviews budgetary and financial data; monitors and authorizes expenditures in accordance with established guidelines.
• Works with principals in establishing appropriate school staffing levels.
• Collaborates with District staff and departments to resolve student issues related to transfers, discipline, complaints, appeals, and investigations. Handles conflicts/problems which cannot be resolved at the school level.
• Coordinates with the Chief Technology Officer on school space utilization plans.
• Serves as liaison between schools and other District departments/divisions. In this capacity the Assistant Superintendent ensures that the needs of school are met consistently and in a timely manner to ensure positive student outcomes and staff morale.
• Works with principals to ensure the efficient and effective operation of schools.
• Leads the process for the selection of school principals in assigned buildings.
• Serves as a member of the Superintendent’s Cabinet
• Provides leadership to schools in instructional strategies.
• Attends School Board meetings.
• Coordinates collaborative decision-making among staff, parents and community groups. Ensures school level compliance with Parent Organizations.
• Supports the implementation of technology programs which enhance teaching and learning.
• Facilitate monthly and/or quarterly meetings with the following groups:
  • Building Principals
  • Building Assistant Principals
• Co-chairs Collaborative Council along with LEAD leadership.
• Attends or chairs various meetings; represents the District in collaborative partnerships, task forces, committees, businesses, and human service agencies.
• Facilitate and/or participate on district committees.
• Collaborates with the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources to develop and monitor staffing allocations, class schedules and class size limits in accordance with the LEAD 300 agreement and state guidelines.
• Ensures and monitors alignment of school programs and activities to ensure standardization across school campuses.
• Oversight of, and responsibility for, the following:
  • Scheduling handbook
  • Monitoring fidelity of instruction
  • Parent-teacher conferences, including online tools for scheduling conferences
  • Student handbooks
• Flawless opening and flawless closing procedures.
• Assumes additional duties as delegated by the Deputy Superintendent and/or assigned by the Superintendent.

Education

• Valid Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with General Administrator and/or Principal Endorsement

Knowledge

• Understanding of continuous improvement processes
• Knowledge of all applicable Federal and State education requirements
• Knowledge of School Code requirements
• Experience in the development and implementation of social skills lessons and activities.
• Experience in the development and implementation of individual education plans related to appropriate goals and benchmarks.
• Experience in the development and implementation of progress monitoring including data collection, analysis and reporting.

Abilities

• Ability to work effectively with diverse groups of individuals, ranging from employees to parents of students; Ability to effectively lead/facilitate group processes.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with administrators, faculty, staff, students and external entities to raise academic performance.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-performing, and at times, unpredictable environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Demonstrate strong work ethic, accept responsibility, and the ability to be self-motivated.
• Ability to take the initiative to resolve problems without direction
• Ability to process large amounts of information and organize the information to present it to various individuals who do not possess firsthand knowledge of the situation
• Ability to work well with other people in a team oriented environment
• Ability to analyze and interpret data for decision making
• Ability to incorporate and translate organizational and department missions into day-to-day practices
• Ability to use effective instructional strategies and techniques.
• Ability to effectively contribute to the accomplishment of organization and department goals as outlined in the district strategic plan.
• Ability to assess the effectiveness of programs and activities.
• Ability to maintain complete and accurate records and statistics and to develop meaningful reports from them.
• Ability to use computer-driven work processing, spreadsheet and file maintenance programs and software.
• Ability to interpret educational policies and procedures.
• Ability to take the initiative to resolve problems without direction
• Ability to effectively lead a group of people in day-to-day activities, contributing to the accomplishment of organization and department goals
• Ability to review and analyze assessment data collected by the District and Illinois State Board of Education
• Ability to make tough decisions and support principals in making tough decisions

Skills

• Possess excellent leadership skills
• Possess enthusiasm and positive interpersonal skills.
• Possess excellent documentation skills
• Possess excellent organizational skills
• Possess excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Possess practical problem solving skills and solid troubleshooting skills
• Demonstrate ability to effectively and efficiently utilize technology
• Possess a desire to learn new things
• Exhibit self-motivation and ability to work with minimal supervision

Performance Evaluation/Accountability:

• Performance evaluated annually in accordance with Illinois School Code and D300 Administrative Procedures

Salary and Benefits:

• 261 days, including paid legal holidays
• 25 vacation days
• 12 sick days
• 2 personal days
• Monthly mileage stipend of $200
• Medical, dental, optical insurance-employee choice of high deductible PPO/HSA, PPO or HMO
• Life insurance
• Doctoral tuition reimbursement
• Level B – Salary Range: $136,218 -$147,447

Position Reports To:

Deputy Superintendent

Application Procedure:

In order to be considered for this position a candidate must complete the entire online application.

District 300 is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Disclaimer: The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Attachment(s):

• Assistant Superintendent of Schools.pdf