Superintendent

Job Description

Job Description

State Street Academy is hiring a Superintendent to join the team.

We are hiring an experienced and motivated Superintendent to help lead our district forward. The academy is a tuition-free, Pre-K to 12th-grade academy located in Bay City that offers highly qualified teachers, free transportation, one-to-one student technology, a rigorous curriculum that is both standards-based and culturally responsive, and boasts one of the states only CTE Lineman programs.

Responsibilities:

• The strong desire and commitment to achieve outstanding results in a short amount of time
• The ability to create and execute clear, logical plans
• The skill to foster collective responsibility by mobilizing structure, strategies, practices, and the use of resources for the ongoing evaluation and improvement of instruction
• The motivation and drive necessary to ensure that instructional-specific conversations are taking place throughout the district through practices intentionally designed to focus conversations and efforts on improving the growth and achievement of every student
• The drive to prioritize student-learning needs over the customs, routines, and established relationships that can stand in the way of necessary change
• The ability to motivate others
• The ability to exert his/her influence for results
• The ability to develop trust and rapport with stakeholders
• The adeptness to ensure a strong connection between district systems, building-level routines, and classroom instructional practices;
• The ability to hold others accountable and practice reciprocal accountability including creating capacity for individual success
• The motivation and drive necessary to ensure that instructional-specific conversations are taking place throughout the district designed to focus district conversations and partnering efforts on improving the instruction of every teacher
• The fortitude to stay visibly focused and self-assured despite the barrage of personal and professional attacks common during rapid systemic reconfiguration
• The courage to achieve results by taking healthy calculated risks and thinking outside the box
• The aptitude to sustain an effective system of shared leadership and responsibility throughout the district
• The willingness and commitment to collaborate with others including the authorizer, MDE, ISD/RESA, and the Educational Serve Provider (Management Company)
• The competence to collect and analyze appropriate data sources to inform decisions;
• The skill to challenge all aspects of the district’s status quo to determine their alignment with the Success/Turnaround Plan
• The capacity to rigorously create and sustain a well-orchestrated system of ongoing data collection and analysis to inform a continuously responsive and adaptive system of tiered instruction attentive to students’ specific academic needs
• The skill to use student-specific data to inform instructional practices
• The talent to build a professional environment of mutual respect
• The capacity to foster problem-solving in others
• The commitment to allocating higher percentages of funds towards the direct instruction of students and job-embedded, teacher-specific professional development (classroom-based coaching)
• The will to maintain his/her drive for results by demonstrating persistence.
• The ability to monitor and plan ahead
• The ability to create and execute clear logical plans

Minimum Qualifications :

• Master's degree in administration, supervision, curriculum, or related areas.
• Meet the State school administrator’s certification or continuing education requirement.
• Three years of successful teaching experience or related experience with students.
• Demonstrate advanced organizational and communication skills with students, parents, and staff.
• Demonstrate successful school turnaround competency and experience
• Possess a positive work history.
• Possess a solutions-oriented and innovative attitude.
• Able to manage multiple, complex projects at one time.
• Demonstrated success with meeting school enrollment targets.

Company Benefits:

• Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, & Dental Plans

• 4% 401(k) company match

• Life, ADD, STD, LTD 100% paid by the employer

• Voluntary Plans Available

For more information on State Street Academy, please visit our website at

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