MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS (2024-2025 SCHOOL YEA

Managing Directors will spend their time focused on four primary areas.  They will:

• Develop School Leaders:  Formally developing the School Directors or School Directors In Training that they manage through structured coaching, data analysis and observations; 

• Get Results:  Driving strategic school improvements using data in order to drive results in schools and across the region;

• Be Network Leaders:  Coordinating a Home Office regional support team and contributing to strategic decision-making in the Home Office; 

• Be Community Leaders:  Building a comprehensive community engagement strategy to drive community connection in their region and equity of voice within school communities.

Development

• Meets regularly with the head of Leadership Development to reflect on and improve their own leadership practice

• Will work closely the head of Leadership Development to implement a disciplined development sequence (weekly) for the leaders they manage

• Responsible for supporting strategic learning opportunities for School Directors.

• Works to develop leaders with the expectation that the needs of the network must always be balanced with the needs of individual schools

• Responsible for succession planning at their schools

• Will identify emerging leaders for network-level development

School Improvement/Results 

• Drives improvement in DSST’s most mission critical outcomes of the schools you oversee.

• 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, guiding, problem solving, and coaching school administrators in instructional leadership, building a positive and effective school culture, and management of staff. 

• Guide, support, coach and develop school administrators with instructional practices that support the mission and vision of DSST Public Schools. 

• Responsible for overseeing the development, implementation and monitoring of all school budgets.

Network Leadership

• Network leaders who successfully balance decision-making that is in the best interest of both the network and the schools they oversee

• Coordinates a regional support team of Home Office staff that spans multiple departments including Ops, Human Capital, MAC, Special Services and others

• Collaborates with Home Office leaders on strategic priorities in support of school success

• Serve as a Home Office Liaison, ensuring a smooth flow of information between the Home Office and the schools you lead.

Community Engagement

• Builds a comprehensive community engagement strategy specific to the region/s they represent

• Represents DSST regionally with community partners

• Works to develop and deepen partnerships with community based organizations

• Invests DSST team members to engage and invest in the communities we are serving

• Ensures that schools build strong relationships with families

• Maintain and increase enrollment demand

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Directly manage School Directors at your campuses. 
• Coach and support School Directors, School Directors in Training and Associate School Directors. 
• Regularly spend time in each school, model best practices and work alongside School Directors to support them in leading the school.
• Develop professional development opportunities for school leaders.
• Assist School Directors in the development of effective school and classroom instructional practices.
• Oversee the hiring process for school administrators and evaluate school principals.
• Maintain and deepen current educational learning on an ongoing basis.
• Communicate and problem solve with parents, school staff, and administrators.
• Serve as a symbolic leader in the community, develop community partnerships.
• Oversee budgets to ensure spending and reserve targets are met.

Job Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university required

• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in teaching and administration, including a minimum of five (5) years of experience as a school administrator, at least 2 years directly leading a school.

• Evidence of driving meaningful and lasting results at the school level.

• Experience leading school community engagement strategies or events.

• Strong project management and analytical skills

• Strong presentation and communication skills

• Ability to build strong relationships across cross-functional teams

• Ability to navigate uncertainty and ambiguity and to prioritize work efforts to achieve overall strategy

WHO WE ARE

At DSST Public Schools, we are proud to be the largest and highest-performing network of public charter schools in Denver and Aurora with 100% of our students having been accepted into college or post secondary programs since our inception in 2004. When you join DSST, you play a part in ensuring ALL students at our 16 schools have access to a transformational and joyful education. We encourage you to visit our to learn more about why we’ve been selected as the 2018 Broad Prize Winner and as a Denver Post “Top Place to Work”. 

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INTERVIEW EXPECTATIONS

For most of our positions, we hire on a rolling basis. Therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as you are able! You can learn more about what to expect in our interview process. 

TOTAL REWARDS

At DSST, we know that our people are the greatest asset we have in reaching our mission of eliminating educational inequity. We work hard to build a work culture that allows our staff to not only feel fulfilled by the work they do but also feel supported to live a joyful, healthy life. We want this work to be your life’s work. and to learn how we deliver on our commitment to the human condition. 

Some Highlights:

• Excellent Healthcare Plan: We encourage you to check out our to see the ways we are committed to the wellness of our staff. We are always looking to improve how we care and, through staff feedback, we’ve been able to implement innovative new benefits such as Fertility Benefits as well as staffing a Mental Health Counselor that is dedicated solely to DSST Staff. 

• Time Off: DSST Staff enjoy + paid PTO (from Day 1!)

• Career Development: In addition to weekly coaching from a designated coach, you’ll have access to internal training and development pathways designed by our Professional Development & Training Team as well as external development opportunities. 

REFERRAL

Know someone who would be a great fit? Refer them! Anyone can refer a candidate and we offer a $500 referral bonus for every successful referral. 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

DSST Public Schools is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not exclude participation in, deny benefits to or discriminate on the basis of, race, color, religion, National origin, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, or gender identity), Age (40 and older), Disability, Genetic information (including employer requests for, or purchase, use, or disclosure of genetic tests, genetic services, or family medical history), retaliation for filing a charge, reasonably opposing discrimination, or participating in a discrimination lawsuit, investigation, or proceeding in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching throughout the day. The employee must lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds. The employee must have sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.