Director: School Support

Position Summary
Title Code
Director: School Support

Job Summary
Works directly with individual principals and school teams to ensure that schools create the structure, leadership, and culture necessary to accelerate all students and eliminate all gaps. Supports the Anne Arundel County Public Schools leadership pipeline by working with the Office of School Performance Team to ensure that all schools have effective leaders and leadership teams.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Provides direction, support, and resources to school leaders to create, implement, and monitor school improvement plans.
• Collects and analyzes student, school, and district achievement data and systematize best practices to improve student performance.
• Assists schools in establishing effective leadership teams to respond to student performance data.
• Assists with the design and the implementation of collaborative planning in schools.
• Assists with creating and implementing professional development opportunities to build leadership capacity in instructional leaders.
• Presents oral and written progress reports to the Regional Assistant Superintendent as needed.
• Serves as a grade-level specific facilitator of principal meetings and a liaison between other system offices such as Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Data, and Student Support Services.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the same classification or lower.

Minimum Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education

• Master's Degree in school leadership, school administration or related field of education from a regionally accredited college or university required.

Experience

• Five (5) years successful teaching experience, particularly with notable accomplishment required; and
• Five (5) years experience in assessing student data, professional development, and improvement planning required; and
• Seven (7) years management experience (i.e. principal, manager, or coordinator) particularly with notable accomplishment required.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities deemed sufficient to prepare the employee to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities And Other Characteristics

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively present to a variety of audiences (board members, senior management, school faculties, and parent/community groups).
• Knowledge of current practices in eliminating the achievement gap, instructional pedagogy, assessment, building teacher capacity, leadership, and professional development delivery options.
• Be committed to our work to accelerate all students and eliminate all gaps.
• Employs technology in instruction and professional development such as document cameras, presenters, and SmartBoards, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work and communicate with diverse populations (students, parents, school system staff, and the community).
• Demonstrated proficiency with business technology applications (e.g. Video/Web Conferencing, Microsoft Office Suite -Word, Excel, Outlook, and/or PowerPoint preferred).

Licenses and Certifications
Employee must retain active licenses, certifications, and enrollment as a condition of employment.

• Hold or be eligible for Educator Certification: Advanced Professional Certificate (APC) issued by Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) preferred.
• Hold or be eligible for Educator Certification: Administrator I Certificate issued by Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) preferred; or
• Hold or be eligible for Educator Certification: Administrator II Certificate issued by Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) preferred.
• Hold or be eligible for Driver's License (DL) Class C Non-Commercial issued by Maryland or State of Legal Residence (MVA/DMV) required; and
• Daily access to reliable transportation.

Driving Requirements

• Driving is required to conduct bona fide Board business that is within the scope of employment in this position.
• Personal Vehicle

LEADERSHIP ROLE

• First level supervisor

People Management

• This position acts as the manager for direct staff.
• This position acts as the manager for indirect staff.
• This position manages departments.

Management Duties/Responsibilities

• Interviews, selects, and trains employees.
• Sets/adjusts pay rate and work hours.
• Directs the work of employees.
• Maintains records for use in supervision.
• Assess employees' performance (productivity/efficiency) to make promotional recommendation/other status changes.
• Handles employee complaints/grievances.
• Disciplines employees.
• Plans the work.
• Determines the techniques to use.
• Apportions the work among the employees.
• Determines the type of materials, supplies, machinery, equipment or tools to be used of materials or merchandise to be brought, stocked and sold.
• Controls the flow and distribution of materials or merchandise and supplies.
• Provides for the safety and security of the employees or the property.
• Plans and controls the budget.
• Monitors and implements legal compliance measures.

Vision
The vision demands with correction described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• No special vision requirements

JOB INFORMATION
Approved Date:
6/26/2024
Established Date:
3/1/2016
Title Code:
C05474
Title:
DIRECTOR: SCHOOL SUPPORT
Alternate Title:
Director: School Support
Reports to Generic:
Associate Superintendent
Reports to Specific:
SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATE: SCHOOL PERFORMANCE & SUPPORT

ORGANIZATION
Division:
Academics
Business Unit:
School Performance & Support
Department:
Negotiated Agreement:
N/A

HR JOB INFORMATION
Unit:
VI
Days Worked:
260
FLSA Exemption Status:
Exempt
Grade:
EG02

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Essential Job:
Months Worked:
12
Hours Worked:
8
Job Family:
Instructional Services
Sub-Function:
Instructional Directors

VR# 26087