Executive Director, Schools Elementary JobID: 11508 + Position Type: Administrative/Leadership - Superintendent Dept/ School Leadership Executive Director + Date Posted: 12/19/2024 + Location: Educational Support Center + Closing Date: 01/17/2025 Executive Director, Schools FULL SALARY RANGE: Level 24 (minimum: $126,702- mid-point: $156,422 - maximum: $186,142) The maximum placement for new hires is based upon experience and typically does not exceed the mid-point of the range. STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40 FTE: 1.0 MONTHS PER YEAR: 12 JOB CODE: 3092 POSITION TYPE: REPLACEMENT Location: Thornton, CO Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission toelevate student success for every student every day in every classroom.Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area. SUMMARY: Lead efforts to improve student learning through the direct supervision of school administration. Responsible for supporting, guiding, problem solving, and coaching school administrators in instructional leadership, building a positive and effective school culture, and management of personnel. Guide, support, coach and develop school administrators with instructional practices that support the mission and vision of the district. Directly responsible for assisting a school(s) in all efforts to improve a school’s leadership, culture, systems, structures, instructional practices and philosophies, for the purpose of ensuring student academic growth. Responsible for supporting strategic learning opportunities for the principals during ERD or PD opportunities. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 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, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 1. Coach and support administrative staff in instructional leadership. Responsible for monthly level meetings for both principals and assistant principals. These meetings are focused on the dissemination of information and the continued development of school leaders. 2. During weekly school visits two to three days per week, will examine the instructional practices and district initiatives that the school is engaged in alongside the principal and other school leaders, followed by reflective conversations. 3. Develop professional development opportunities for school leaders in collaboration with the executive director team. 4. Assist principals in the development of effective school and classroom instructional practices. 5. Oversee the hiring process for school administrators and evaluate school principals. 6. Maintain and deepen current educational learning on an ongoing basis. 7. Communicate and problem solve with parents, school staff, and administrators. 8. Uphold and apply state laws, contractual obligations and district policies while ensuring due process. 9. Manage assigned classified support personnel. 10. Perform other duties as assigned. EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE: • Master’s degree in education, curriculum or school leadership plus additional course work required for certification or licensure. • Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in teaching and administration, including a minimum of five (5) years of experience as a school administrator. • In-depth knowledge of elementary or secondary curriculum, depending upon area. • Experience with current school improvement strategies preferred. • Experience with teaching adults preferred. LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS: • Colorado Principal License. • Criminal background check required at hire. • Supervisory responsibilities include hiring, disciplining, terminating, directing work, assigning work, training and evaluating. BUDGET AND/OR RESOURCE RESPONSIBILITY: • Responsible for overseeing the development, implementation and monitoring of all school budgets. • Supervise budget development, assignment of resources and reconciliation for each site. • Develop and administer grant budgets for Title VI-D (class size reduction grant). • Develop and oversee internal budget for operations and staff development of executive directors. APPLICATION INFORMATION: All applicants (current district employees and external applicants) should list any and all work experience, including current district experience, when completing the employment application. Please include job titles and duties that you held while doing that job. Since the Human Resource department uses the application to screen for minimum qualifications required for each job, it is important to have a complete application so you will be considered for the position you are applying for. SALARY INFORMATION: The salary listed is for full time positions (1.0 FTE). This salary will be adjusted, as needed, based upon the FTE. Administrative employees' salary will be commensurate on the employees’ education and/or work experience. For additional information, please review ourAdministrative Compensation Program (https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1644330247/adams12org/byozfuoccsaiwtartzju/2021-10AdminCompProgram.pdf) or review ourAdministrative Salary Schedule (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/careers/lead) . BENEFITS INFORMATION: Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date). To learn more about our benefits, including paid time off, please see ourBenefits Overview. (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/human-resources/benefits-overview) THIS POSTING IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION. Rev 7/24