Director of Secondary Education

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports To: Chief Academic Officer

Supervises: Executive Secretary for Secondary Education and CTE, Coordinator of CTE

Employment Terms: 12-Month Full-time Position (260 Contracted Days)

Grade: 26

Position Summary

The Director of Secondary Education provides visionary leadership to ensure high-quality, evidence-based instruction across grades 6-12. This position directs, plans, coordinates, and monitors secondary, career and technical, alternative, and adult education programs, including curriculum, assessment, professional learning, grant administration, compliance, and reporting. The director collaborates with school leaders and instructional staff to promote instructional excellence, continuous improvement, innovation, and equitable outcomes for all students. Work is performed under the general direction of the Chief Academic Officer. Departmental supervision is exercised over Adult Education teachers, Grant Coordinators, and support personnel.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfy each essential function. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

1. Plan and carry out a division-wide program of curriculum review and development for grades 6-12.
2. Lead in the evaluation of secondary instruction methods and programs, and recommend changes and improvements as needed, using data to determine ways to improve performance.
3. Ensure compliance with state/federal regulations and other accreditation agencies governing educational programs and services within the assigned area of responsibility.
4. Develop an effective division-wide program of supervision and in-service education of the instructional staff in the secondary schools, including a high-quality program of professional development for secondary instructional staff and administrators.
5. Assist principals in developing and managing an effective program of instructional supervision; observe secondary instruction and provide feedback to principals, as requested.
6. Maintain curriculum and resources that align with VDOE Standards of Learning.
7. Coordinate writing all 6-12 curriculum for English, Mathematics, Science, History & Social Science, World Languages, and other core content areas.
8. Work collectively with instructional staff to plan and adjust curriculum as needed.
9. Coordinate creation of 6-12 common assessments that are aligned to the VDOE curriculum framework.
10. Maintain a process for collecting and analyzing all 6-12 data at the school and division level.
11. Provide system-wide protocols for building principals to implement and monitor division expectations for instruction.
12. Attend all appropriate professional development offered by VDOE and other state/federal agencies.
13. Analyze educational progress of secondary students; modify programs or instruction as needed; facilitate data dialogues with secondary principals and instructional staff.
14. Lead the evaluation, selection, adoption, purchase, and inventory of textbooks and instructional materials in accordance with division policy.
15. Ensure vertical alignment of curriculum and instructional programs across grades PreK-12 through collaboration with the Director of Elementary Education.
16. Coordinate extended learning times in all secondary schools (i.e., before and after school learning, summer school).
17. Provides oversight to the development and administration of the Carl Perkins budget.
18. Provide leadership in the development, continuous appraisal, and evaluation of a well-balanced, effective career and technical education program attuned to students' needs, career interests, employment opportunities, and high-demand career fields, in order to achieve established program goals.
19. Assist school administrators with the development of local school plans, establishing budgets, and keeping records of expenditures for career and technical education.
20. Disseminate information to the educational, business, and lay communities to keep them abreast of the purposes, needs, and scope of the educational programs.
21. Assume responsibilities for coordinating and administering grants related to secondary and career and technical education.
22. Assume responsibilities for developing, coordinating, and administering alternative programs; Algebra Readiness Grant, Transition, GED, Individualized Student Alternative Education Plan (ISAEP), Alternative Education, Adult Basic Education, Credit Recovery, and other relevant programs.
23. Initiate and maintain effective liaison with other school districts and with independent schools to keep abreast of new educational developments and ideas.
24. Research and implement current evidence-based strategies that support increased student outcomes.
25. Assume other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Chief Academic Officer.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Comprehensive knowledge of the current practices and analysis of the development of curriculum, instructional objectives, and professional development programs of secondary, career/technical, and adult education.
2. Thorough knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures of secondary teaching and learning.
3. Thorough knowledge of instructional operations in a school building.
4. Experience in supervising and providing performance feedback to professional staff, managing budgets, interpreting data, and implementing solutions.
5. Exhibits current technology skills.
6. Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
7. Ability to plan and supervise the work of others.
8. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications, Education, and Experience

1. Must possess a Master's degree in a related field and possess the administration & supervision endorsement under Virginia licensure requirements.
2. A minimum of 5 years of successful teaching experience in a secondary setting is required.
3. Minimum of 5 years of successful experience as a building administrator.
4. Possess leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary for working effectively as a team member with the superintendent, central office staff, principals, teachers, parents, and community.
5. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Physical Requirements

1. This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force.
2. Work regularly requires speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle, or feel, and repetitive motions, frequently requires standing, walking, and sitting, and occasionally requires stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling, and lifting.
3. Work has standard vision requirements.
4. Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
5. Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.
6. Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities.
7. Work has no exposure to environmental conditions.
8. Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Special Requirements

1. Possession of or ability to acquire appropriate license(s), certificate(s), and/or endorsement(s) for the position as required by the Commonwealth of Virginia or School Board.
2. Valid driver's license in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Evaluation

The performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Dinwiddie County School Board's policy manual.