Description

• Responsible for ensuring all scholars in the region have access to effective, culturally responsive school leaders, who are charged to ensure rigorous, culturally responsive instruction that prepares scholars for success in college, career, and life.   
• Work with Executive Directors and engage the regional community to define the leadership pathway vision for the region that aligns with Aspire’s mission, vision, core values, and equity commitments, anti-racist stance,  and strategic plan and metrics. 
• Collaborates with the Executive Director and Superintendent of Academics, on policies and procedures affecting the instructional program and management of schools. 
• Directly supervises school leaders including supporting the budgeting, scheduling and implementation of both school operations and instructional programs.
• Supervises Managing Director(s) of schools and provides coaching and support for school supervision.
• Hosts the School Supervisor Community of Practice providing norming, frameworks and feedback to ensure alignment among principal supervisor practices.
• Organizes and/or facilitates principal and supporting administrator regional community of practice.
• Supports hosting Instructional Rounds and Learning Walks across schools with school leaders and other members of the regional team
• Observes classroom instruction to determine overall degree of implementation of the instructional program, student/school needs, usefulness of materials, and level of instruction. 
• Hosts the Regional Equity Leadership Team to develop equity focused learning for teammates and consider equity problems of practice. 
• Reviews and analyzes data regarding student performance in order to more effectively support principals and direct their activities, especially as it relates to subgroups and disproportionality. 

• Develop and maintain a vision and system of school tiering based on a clear framework and criteria 
• Support school supervisors to tier schools and identify site needs based on the criteria established
• Oversee the members of the regional team system for schools to support scholars academically, behaviourally and socially. 
• Reviews and analyzes data regarding student performance in order to more effectively support principals and direct their activities, especially as it relates to subgroups and disproportionality.
• Collaborates with the Superintendent of Academics and the Managing Director(s) of Schools to allocate members of the Instructional Leadership team to provide targeted differentiated support to schools based on need.
• Reviews and analyzes all formative and summative data reports to determine areas of strength and areas for improvement. 
• Design and refine tools, guidance and training for school leadership teams and Transformational Leadership Framework (TLF).

• Collaborates and serves as the regional contact to the Talent Director and recruiter in the region to execute a talent strategy that prioritizes candidate identification, selection, onboarding and retention. 
• Collaboratively sets a vision for ongoing teammate development which includes professional learning plans (PLPs), coaching, and professional development. 
• Supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of qualified supporting administrators and teachers and promotes a leadership pathway from teacher to teacher leaders and from supporting administrator to site leadership with an emphasis on recruiting and sustaining teammates of color  
• Supports teacher development in training and professional development for new teammates in the region in alignment with the Superintendent of Academics and the Instructional Leadership Team. 
• Supervises the Director of Teacher residency and ensures the teacher pipeline through ALDER is robust and consistent and aligned with our instructional program. 
• Work with members of the regional team to develop a resource bank to support teammate equity consciousness (including culturally responsive teaching practices), increase scholars’ sense of belonging, and disrupt racialized outcomes.  Promotes collective ownership and accountability for equity consciousness gains by all teammates.Performs related duties as required or assigned.

• Serve as a champion for the region's leadership, development, and talent program  and serve as a strong voice to make sure instructional systems are equitable, that our curricular resources are culturally responsive, as well as ensuring professional development and systematic monitoring/evaluation of equity priorities. 
• Co-leads/partners region-wide equity based programming with a focus on leadership programming on either the Regional Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Council, Regional Equity Team, or Pro-Black Programming Leadership Team.
• Provide direct coaching and support to regional teammates to drive the alignment and connection of their work to regional and school priorities to ensure effective implementation of strategies. Implement a tiered support approach, based on the instructional needs of the school and the regional and Aspire-wide goals.
• Through regular visits to school sites, provide coaching and support to direct reports, managing directors, and school leaders, that increase their efficacy in program implementation. 
• Design and manage the regional vision for principal supervision, development, and coaching of school leaders, and in alignment with other roles in the region.

• Partner with counterparts in other regions to shape and refine Aspie’s principal supervision and school support system to ensure consistent and high-quality school support and principal development.
• Ability to problem solve, project manage, talent manage  and articulate a clear vision for the region.
• Broad knowledge of the methodology, procedures, policies, and practices of the specialties required to deliver quality, equity informed,  instructional support, especially re Common Core State Standards. 
• Comprehensive knowledge of curriculum development, effective instructional practices and instructional evaluation methods and procedures.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Aspire Public Schools organization and operations.
• Ability to design, develop, and direct the implementation of plans and programs.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with parents, principals, teachers, supervisors, other responsible school, local, and state officials from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Ability to engage in conversations that might push people out of their comfort zones, especially in regards to discussions about race and educational equity.
• Has engaged in work to address individual lens of racial and social oppression, and also led work to disrupt oppression on a systemic level
• Ability to communicate skillfully, both orally and in writing, including preparing complex reports, making formal oral presentations, and participating effectively in a variety of meetings.
• Excellent human relations skills.

• Bachelor’s required
• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferred
• Possession of an administrative credential in school administration preferred.

• 7+ years of field experience in education, including experience as a teacher and in an administrative or supervisory position. 
• At least two years as a leader at the regional, network, or district level supervising region-wide instructional program and teammates with a proven track record of student success

• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces.
•  Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
• Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• Communicating with others to exchange information.
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

• Clear the Department of Justice background screening
• Authorized to work in the United States
• Provide health (TB) clearance (renewed every four years)