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Chief Academic Officer (Milwaukee Public Schools) Posted August 2008

K-12 Curriculum Literacy Coordinator/Reading Emphasis (Milwaukee Public Schools) (PDF file) Posted August 2008

Redesign Support Team (Administrative Supervisor) – 2 Positions (Austin Independent School Distric)

 

Chief Academic Officer (Reports to Superintendent)

Milwaukee Public Schools (“MPS”) seeks an exceptional, dynamic, and accomplished leader to fulfill the role of Chief Academic Officer (“CAO”) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Job Duties:
Guide the planning, development and organization of curriculum to ensure they are aligned with district and state standards and assessments.

Supervise the delivery of all curriculum and instructional programs and services to improve the academic achievement and learning of all students and ensure they are based on best practices.

Work directly with principals, teachers, and instructional leaders to implement the instructional goals, programs, and services of the district.

Supervise the development, organization, and delivery of district-wide professional development for teachers, principals, and instructional leaders that is based on best practices, standards for effective instruction, and assessment, and is aligned with district and state curriculum standards and the assessments.

Supervise the development and continuous assessment of district and state standards and the academic progress toward meeting those standards.  Coordinate the collection of real-time student assessment data and subsequent training for principals and teachers in order to use data effectively.

Work collaboratively with the Superintendent and Chief  of  Finance and Operations, and such other members of the cabinet, staff, and community as are required to attain district goals.

Create an effective learning environment in every school and every classroom in the city.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Master’s degree in Education or a related field with certification in Educational Leadership/Administration; a Doctorate degree in a related area is preferred.

Candidate should have 10 years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a school district with an ethnically diverse student body, a sizable student population of English-language learners, and a large percentage of students eligible for free or reduced lunch programs, and a large percentage of Special needs students.  

Experience in identifying, developing, and implementing quality academic/instructional programs resulting in increases in student achievement and a reduction in the student achievement gap.

Candidates should have a sophisticated knowledge of instructional programs, methodologies, best practices in instruction and assessment, and leadership development.

Demonstrated  knowledge and understanding of special education regulation and process.

Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of outcome-based performance evaluation of programs and services.

Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of student assessment and data collection and their use.

Excellent oral and written communication skills, demonstrated leadership ability; strong analytical, management, organizational skills and strong team-building skills.

Candidate should have demonstrated knowledge and understanding of issues and concerns related to public education and the administration of a large, diverse urban school district.

Ability to collaborate with area and school based administrators, community organizations, other advocacy groups, all with diverse populations.

Austin Independent School District (AISD)
Austin, Texas

POSITIONS AVAILABLE in the Office of Redesign

 

Redesign Support Team (Administrative Supervisor) – 2 Positions

The Office of Redesign at AISD seeks two Redesign Support Team members who will manage a portfolio of administrative and curricular projects at the central office and campus level that are part of the district’s comprehensive redesign initiative. 

Duties

  • Manage projects as assigned

  • Coordinate and mediate with multiple stakeholders

  • Coordinate external partners activities and processes

  • Develop vision, major goals, and action plan

  • Research best practices and apply as relevant

  • Monitor implementation

  • Identify emerging issues, barriers, and challenges and mobilize solutions

  • Initiate innovation

  • Develop tools needed to manage and monitor projects

  • Report project status to executive-level administrators and Board of Trustees using project management tools

  • Build capacity to sustain and manage complex change process

  • Develop professional learning communities with AISD departments at all levels of the organization

  • Identify internal/external support needed for successful implementation

  • Execute functional tasks routinely and with discipline (meeting notes, follow-up, etc)

  • Communicate externally and internally with stakeholders

 

Relevant Skills and Experience

  • Initiating, researching, designing and implementing programs

  • Mediating, coordinating and implementing in a complex organization

  • Managing complex issues with multiple stakeholders

  • Working on education project to redesign/reform at the secondary level

  • Producing high-quality, clear communication under extremely tight deadlines

  • Managing complex change processes

  • Writing with clarity and coherence under time constraints

  • Communicating orally with clarity and coherence

  • Analyzing, synthesizing and responding to complex issues

 

Required Skills and Experience

  • Four-year college degree

  • Minimum three-years experience managing project in public or private sector, or in an educational environment at the campus or district office level.

  • Evidence of writing skills.

  • Skills using computer programs, including Word, ExCel, PowerPoint

 

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Experience with educational reform initiative, preferably at the secondary level

  • Experience managing projects at a school district central office

 

For more information or to submit a letter of interest and resume contact:

Trent Sharp
Director of Campus Programs
tsharp@austinisd.org
(512) 414-9667

 

 

"LEADS focuses on a critical arena in school reform, and it is founded on operating principles that promote high quality practice and effective outcomes. First, all arrows point to instruction. The implicit, sometimes explicit theory guiding the work is that districts are there to support effective teaching, and every practice and policy needs to be assessed in that light. Second, it emphasizes the importance of evidence - decisions informed by careful analyses of information - which is so critical and all too rare at both district and school levels. Finally, LEADS stresses the importance of documenting knowledge that can be shared among participants and beyond. We spend too much time re-inventing the wheel in education. Learning about best practices is just as important at the district level as it is at the classroom level, and LEADS participants contribute to as well as benefit from that knowledge base."

— Deborah Stipek, Dean, Stanford University School of Education

 

 

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