Executive Director of Middle School Education

Job Description GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

Under limited supervision, performs a variety of supervisory and administrative tasks to provide leadership and coordination of curricular and instructional programs across all organizational levels. Employee is responsible for supporting and coordinating the efforts of principals as well as central office curriculum and instructional personnel. Work involves coordinating English language Arts (6-8), mathematics (6-8), science (6-8), social studies (6-8). Employee is also responsible for planning and implementing professional development related to curriculum and/or instruction.

Other responsibilities may include overseeing other areas including some of the following:
School Improvement Plans, Testing/Accountability, Exceptional Children, MTSS, Migrant/ESL. Reports to the Superintendent.

• Supervises elementary school administrators, instructional coaches and early literacy specialist.
• Initiates and oversees curricular and instructional programs designed to improve instruction and student achievement in elementary schools and facilitates vertical alignment between elementary and middle school as well as establishing a sound transition plan between grade spans.
• Coordinates and integrates the curriculum and instruction programs with principals, curriculum facilitators, regional and state personnel at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
• Provides curricular and instructional support for teachers in high need schools and coordinates efforts with principals, instructional coaching staff along and Director of Teacher Support.
• Coordinates professional development for 6th-8th grade content area teachers in collaboration with central services C&I team.
• Works towards developing an improved understanding of students' educational needs on the part of teachers, administrators, and parents.
• Initiates and maintains effective liaison with other school districts, NCPDI, Sandhills regional meetings provided through NCDPI, and SEA Alliance in order to stay abreast of state educational trends and developments.
• Assists in developing and monitoring strategic school improvement plans for the schools and district for improving student achievement and data analysis through NCSTAR.
• Works collaboratively with central services curriculum team proposes budgetary needs for school-wide, and/or district-wide implementation of instructional programs.
• Maintains various records and statistics as well as working collaboratively with school principals regarding student enrollment, student test scores, staff organization, etc.; monitors various trends, analyzes community attitudes about and involvement in schools; creates annual reports to fulfill state and local requirements including: KEA, MClass, and NC Check-ins.
• Leads the process of creating and revising curriculum guides that are inclusive of pacing, scope, and sequence, instructional strategies, sample assessment items, aligned resources, and linkage to North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
• Previews, reviews, and evaluates instructional strategies and curricular programs to determine selection and implementation.
• Assists principals with school-based staff development plans.
• Assists school staff with community relations and parent involvement issues; coordinates with various community agencies to meet the needs of students; provides information to the local media when appropriate as related to curriculum and instruction.
• Maintains open communication with all levels of the school system hierarchy; serves as liaison between schools and the various departments within Central Services; maintains regular contact with other directors to exchange ideas, share information and develop plans.
• Serves as a member of the district-wide planning teams.
• Performs other related work as required or assigned by the Superintendent.

Master's degree in Education, curriculum and instruction preferred and/or Education Administration, 6 to 9 years of experience in an educational administrative capacity; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required…