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The Chief of Schools Officer serves as the primary supervisor and coach for a cohort of K-12 building-level principals. This role is responsible for ensuring system coherence, ensuring that the district's strategic goals and curriculum standards are executed with high fidelity across all buildings.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Instructional Coaching: Provide ongoing professional development and coaching for school leaders in instructional leadership, staff management, and school culture to enhance leadership practice and student achievement.
• Management Support: Coach Principals in effective building-level hiring practices and staff evaluation techniques.
• Continuous Improvement: Cultivate instructional leaders to guide systematic improvement and increase desired outcomes through rigorous problem-solving and data-driven decisions.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct regular "Instructional Rounds" and learning walks with principals and assistant principals to observe and provide feedback on classroom teaching.
• Curriculum Fidelity: In partnership with the Teaching and Learning Department, ensure literacy and math interventions are implemented consistently across all assigned buildings.
• Instructional Outcomes: Ensure that building leaders guide school communities toward outcomes that directly impact student achievement and instructional practices.
• Performance Evaluation: Directly evaluate and rate principals using the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) frameworks.
• Academic Access: Identify and remove administrative barriers to ensure all qualified students have access to Advanced, Honors, AP, and Gifted programming.
• Data Analysis: Analyze district and state data platforms (e.g., PSSA/Keystone scores and attendance) to pinpoint and eliminate performance deficits.
• Root Cause Analysis: Apply rigorous Root Cause Analysis to disaggregated student data to address achievement and opportunity gaps.
• School Improvement Plans (SIPs): Assist principals in writing and executing measurable SIPs, with a focus on creating and managing high-performing systems that provide educational opportunities for all students.
• Systemic Discipline Management: In partnership with the Student Services Department, monitor discipline data and implement effective alternatives to exclusionary discipline to maximize time spent in the classroom.
• Leadership Development: Develop and lead an inspiring principal’s program to cultivate a pipeline of high-performing leaders.
• Engage in relevant professional development to enhance performance and support the building of leaders
• Performs such other duties as requested/assigned by direct supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Educational Leadership or a related field. Doctorate preferred
• Valid Pennsylvania administrative certification required - K-12 Principal required and/or Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility preferred.
• 5-7 years of successful experience as a Building Principal or District Level Administrator
• Proven track record of improving student achievement data and school performance
• Mastery of the Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System (SAS)
• Deep experience with Multi-tiered system support (MTSS)
• Strong communication and conflict-resolution skills for managing adult performance and addressing complex organizational issues
• Experience in a public urban school setting preferred
• Bilingual and Biliterate in English/Spanish preferred.