Director of School Improvements & Transformation

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

• Collaborates with the school improvement team and LEAs to design and facilitate high-quality professional learning to build LEA capacity to develop and implement evidence-based, equitable, and best in class programs, services, instructional practices, and policies.
• Spearheads MSDE’s collaboration and coordination with diverse communities and stakeholders to analyze programs and strategies that promote and sustain evidence-based and culturally responsive practices for schools.
• Leads the team and LEAs toward accomplishing student achievement targets in close collaboration with other offices and in the developing and implements school improvement best practices, evidence-based strategies.
• Manages and leads School Support Managers and School Support Coordinators, to ensure thorough program administration and excellent customer service and engagement with the internal and external stakeholders, including local education agency staff.
•  Responds to inquiries regarding CSI and ATSI schools by providing ongoing, timely, and accurate communication between district and state leadership and coordinates professional development for CSI, ATSI, and other low performing schools.
• Develops and nurtures a collective vision across LEA Networks for sustaining student improvement, increasing the achievement of all students, while also reducing academic disparities within student groups.
• Oversees the allocation, administration, implementation and monitoring of 1003(a) school improvements grants to LEAs.
• Collaborates with the Division of Financial Policy, Planning, Operations, and Strategy to review and approve CSI and ATSI formula calculation and for developing the State’s ESSA Plan to allocate appropriate funding to CSI and ATSI schools. 
• Develops and maintains highly effective working relationships with MSDE staff, LEAs, various government agencies, and professional associations and convenes stakeholder groups to collaborate on reviewing and providing recommendations for the root cause analysis and improvement plan of CSI and ATSI schools.

1. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master’s degree or the equivalent of 36 credit hours of post-baccalaureate course work in Education, Education Administration Supervision, or a related area for two years of the required experience directly related to the position. 
2. The required field of education and experience are unique for this posting and are established by MSDE in accordance with Education Article, Section 2-104 of the Annotated Code of Maryland. The specific education and experience qualifications for each position are on record in the Office of Human Resources. 
3. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience at a rank of Corporal/Petty Officer or higher as a commissioned officer in Education Program classifications or Education Program specialty codes in the Education field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education, one year of which must have been in an administrative supervisory or consultative capacity.

• Knowledge of Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) and Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI).
• Knowledge of school improvement research, evidence-based practices, and comprehensive school reform strategies.
• Knowledge of the design and development of the process and materials to support the School Improvement process and the state and federal guidelines and compliance.
• Skill in managing Title I or other federally funded grant programs.
• Skill in implementing, monitoring, and evaluating educational programs, especially those focused on producing high-quality outcomes for historically disadvantaged students.
• Skill in coaching and developing individuals and teams to reach short- and long-term goals. 
• Skill managing, leading, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating education programs.
• Skill in providing high-quality and service-level-based support and technical assistance for education programs. 
• Skill collaborating with diverse communities and organizations for the purpose of implementing programs and strategies.
• Skill in developing and delivering research-based and best-in-class professional development programs. 
• Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines and set clear and high expectations while holding teams accountable to those expectations.
• Ability to interpret and apply learning standards, policies, and regulations.
• Ability to work as a team member and establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.