Assistant Superintendent - Teaching and Learning

Position: Assistant Superintendent - Teaching and Learning (260130001)
BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 100-C

JOB DESCRIPTION - ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT

Our Community

The City of Bremerton is located on Puget Sound in Western Washington. Against the backdrop of the snow-covered Olympic Mountains, Bremerton is a waterfront community with miles of enticing shoreline and parks. The city has undergone an extensive revitalization over the past several years. The downtown has new hotels, a conference center, a county government facility and beautiful landscaping. It is dotted with small parks, including the award-winning waterfront Fountain Park and newly opened Quincy Square.

There is a wide variety of charming local events:
The Admiral Theatre, First Friday Art Walk, St. Patrick's Day Parade, Bremerton Community Theatre, Farmers' Market, Bremerton Brewfest, Armed Forces Festival and Blackberry Festival. A relaxing one-hour ferry ride to Seattle provides a vast array of shopping, theater and sporting events (or use the fast ferry and get there in half the time)! As a well-recognized anchor for the community, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard provides a strong Navy influence which is celebrated throughout the community.

Our District

The Bremerton School District strives to support the aspirations of all of our students. We have an unwavering commitment to engaging all learners and ensuring that students are healthy, safe, supported, and challenged. We are dedicated to making certain that each student leaves our schools with the tools necessary to thrive. We are Bremerton and together we work to empower our students toward excellence.

Values

High Levels of Learning for All, Equity, Relationships, Integrity, Commitment, and Empathy

Vision

As lifelong learners, our students will develop the confidence, skills, and perseverance to choose their future and become thriving, contributing members and leaders of society.

Mission

The Bremerton School District, together with families and community members, provides equitable education opportunities and supports for all students to provide them the foundation to live productive and rewarding lives.

Beliefs

* Highly effective teaching that responds to diverse learners is crucial to learner success.

* Our students and communities deserve facilities that are safe, efficient, and multifunctional.

* Our students will be prepared for life, career, and lifelong learning.

* Comprehensive leadership that focuses on equitable access, family and community partnerships and the attention to the whole student on all areas of development.

Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning

The Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning plays a critical role in shaping instructional vision, supporting building and district leadership, and ensuring high-quality teaching and high levels of learning for all students. We want a leader who builds trust, communicates clearly, and stays closely connected to the work happening in our schools and in our community.

Consequently, we seek an Assistant Superintendent who:

Instructional Vision & Systems Leadership

* Leads through the development, alignment, and continuous improvement of district wide instructional systems that accelerate student learning and reduce variability between schools and classrooms.

* Serves as a transformational change agent who challenges the status quo, thinks innovatively, and leads adaptive change while honoring what is already working.

* Develops and communicates a clear, compelling vision for high-quality teaching and learning aligned to the district's strategic plan.

* Ensures coherence among curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional learning, and accountability structures.

* Is well-grounded in evidence-based instructional practices while remaining visionary about future-ready learning.

Equity, Access & High Expectations

* Leads for inclusive access and excellence for all students, including students receiving special education services, multilingual learners, and students impacted by poverty.

* Commits to culturally responsive teaching and ensures equity is embedded in instructional decisions, not treated as an add-on.

* Holds high expectations for student learning and adult practice while providing the support and structures needed to meet those expectations.

* Rejects deficit-based thinking and ensures socio-economic status is never an excuse for underachievement.

Teaching & Learning Expertise

* Possesses strong knowledge of effective instruction and instructional frameworks (e.g., CEL 5D+, Marzano, DuFour/PLC, AVID) and the ability to scale these practices district wide.

* Leads the implementation and refinement of standards-based teaching and learning across all grade levels and content areas.

* Ensures instructional consistency while honoring professional judgment and local school context.

* Uses knowledge of highly effective instruction to guide staffing, leadership development, and professional learning priorities.

Professional Learning & Adult Growth

* Designs and oversees a coherent, job-embedded professional…