Executive Director of Leadership
Las Cruces Public Schools - Las Cruces, New Mexico
SPA License Status: Licensed/Contract
SPA Probation: Exempt—Licensed Administrator
FLSA Status: Exempt
Supervisor: Deputy Superintendent of Teaching, Learning, Leadership, & Research
Supervises: Elementary, Middle School and/or High Schools Principals and other Teaching, Learning, Leadership and Research staff as assigned
Salary Schedule: Management & Administrative Support—Range 11
Terms of Employment: 8 hours / 12 months
Job Goal: The Executive Director of Leadership will provide leadership support, monitor, coordinate, and supervise building level principals and support them in the areas of school operations, including but not limited to: student achievement, staff evaluations, parent involvement, school safety, personnel decisions, principal performance, staff attendance, facility issues, school climate, data analysis and how it drives instruction, budget development, professional development for their leadership teams, leadership training, and community partnerships. The Executive Director will collaborate with all Divisions in the district to help support principals and continue to build leadership capacity within our current and future school leaders as well as seek opportunities to ensure continuous improvement of schools and student performance.
Minimum Qualifications
Valid New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) PK – 12 Administrative License
Must have at least five years of successful teaching experience
Hold a Master’s Degree or higher from an accredited university
Experience as a principal
Curriculum development and program design experience
Have a strong knowledge base, understanding, and successful experience of all aspects and complexities of the principalship, building a positive and productive school culture, developing systems and processes to support all school stakeholders, strong leadership, problem solving and relationship building skills
Up to date with the latest research related to teaching, learning, and leadership
Have experience in developing and delivering professional development.
Hold and maintain a valid driver’s license.
Demonstrate excellent organizational skills and the ability to motivate people.
Have excellent integrity and demonstrate good moral character and initiative.
Demonstrate an understanding of the regulations regarding the operations of schools and academies.
Exhibit a personality that demonstrates enthusiasm and the interpersonal skills to relate well with, motivate, and inspire students, staff, administration, parents, and the community.
Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, using proper grammar and vocabulary, multilingual preferred.
Demonstrate the ability to use current technology.
Meet such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Deputy Superintendent of Teaching, Learning, Leadership, and Research may find appropriate and acceptable.
Job Duties
Provide support, supervise, evaluate, and coach school principals, assistant principals, and other staff as assigned.
Provide specific support to the Division of Teaching, Learning, Leadership, and Research in the areas of the teacher support, curriculum development, professional development, and supervising programs and staff as assigned.
Be familiar with and follow all current practices and procedures in supervising and evaluating principals and staff.
Work with principals/assistant principals in creating leadership needs assessments to identify strengths and areas of growth to assist in developing principal action plans for continuing professional growth.
Meet and collaborate with principals in schools to provide leadership and instructional support and guidance as needed.
Support building leaders with identifying systems and approaches in building collaborative and engaging cultures within our district schools.
Coordinate professional development for building leaders and provide support in creating shared leadership structures in schools.
Keep abreast of current trends and practices in all areas of school leadership and disseminate professional information and materials to school leaders.
Assist in the interpretation of New Mexico State Standards, board policies, administrative procedures and all other areas of need in reference to school leadership, teaching, and learning.
Assist school leaders in securing resources and materials needed to build leadership capacity.
Coordinate and lead professional learning communities for building leaders.
Assist in developing and implementing a strategic plan for the teaching, learning, leadership, and research division
Participate in developing and delivering learning opportunities for school leaders, identifying future school leaders, and work to develop aspiring administrator opportunities.
Participate in identifying and selecting future school leaders.
Make recommendations to the Deputy Superintendent of Teaching, Learning, Leadership, and Research regarding leadership and instructional needs at buildings.
Prepare materials for Board of Education adhering to the Superintendent’s office timelines, including drafting, and editing of resolutions that require research and citation to statutes or rules.
Prepare, review, and revise job descriptions on an annual basis as assigned.
Adhere to relevant procurement statutes and NM Public Education Department (NM PED) rules in the purchase of goods and services.
Adhere to applicable NM PED Manual of Procedures (PSAB) and district policy regarding budget accountability.
Collaborate with all district stakeholders to support the district mission and goals.
Agrees to fulfill performance responsibilities in location(s) assigned.
Exhibit professionalism by maintaining good attendance and adhering to established work schedule.
Comply with the Code of Ethics, administrative directives, board policy, state and federal statutes and rules and regulations.
Communicate and display courteous and professional behavior toward students, the public, the Immediate Supervisor, School and District Administrators, staff and peers.
Safeguard the confidentiality of information pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and other applicable state and federal statutes.
Working outside of established work schedule may be required.
Perform such other duties as may be assigned within the parameters of the job description and job analysis.
MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND WORK TOOLS
Various machines, equipment, work tools commensurate with the responsibilities of the job and scope of work.
WORKER TRAITS—Aptitudes
Verbal ability required to understand oral and written instructions
Motor coordination required to coordinate eyes, hands and fingers when operating machines and equipment essential to the job
Manual and finger dexterity required to operate machines and equipment precisely and rapidly
For further information regarding worker traits, please see attached job analysis