Director - Leadership Development

Position Purpose

The Director of Leadership Development is responsible for the execution and delivery of district leadership development initiatives aligned to the systems, priorities, and leadership academies designed and led by the Senior Executive Director of Leadership Development.

This role ensures high-quality implementation, coherence, and participant experience across leadership professional learning for principals, assistant principals, and aspiring leaders. The Director does not own system-level strategy, leadership academy design, or district-wide outcomes, but plays a critical role in ensuring initiatives are executed with fidelity, consistency, and urgency at scale.

• Design and facilitate leadership professional learning experiences aligned to district priorities and instructional expectations.
• Develop session materials, tools, and resources that support defined learning objectives.
• Support the planning and facilitation of monthly principal meetings as directed, ensuring alignment with established agendas and priorities.
• Implement summer and back-to-school leadership professional learning designed by the Senior Executive Director.

• Executes, facilitates, and supports the district s leadership academies in alignment with the vision, structure, and expectations established by the Senior Executive Director of Leadership Development.
• Designs and refines academy components, session content, learning experiences, and facilitation materials within the academy framework and parameters established by the Senior Executive Director.
• Facilitates academy sessions, learning labs, and cohort-based experiences to ensure high-quality adult learning, coherence, and consistency across campuses and participant groups.
• Coordinates logistics, schedules, materials, participant communication, and operational supports necessary for successful academy implementation.
• Implements academy experiences as designed and directed, ensuring fidelity to system priorities, instructional expectations, and leadership competencies.
• Monitors participant engagement, attendance, completion, and implementation of learning; collects qualitative and quantitative feedback to inform continuous improvement.
• Synthesizes implementation insights and participant data to provide actionable feedback to the Senior Executive Director.
• Does not hold responsibility for academy strategy, system-level design, entry or exit criteria, budget authority, or district-wide outcomes.

• Collect and analyze participant feedback and implementation data to inform continuous improvement.
• Prepare summaries, reports, and implementation insights for review by the Senior Executive Director.
• Track participation and completion of leadership development offerings.

• Partner with principals, assistant principals, and internal departments to support effective delivery of professional learning.
• Communicate clearly with participants regarding expectations, schedules, and learning outcomes.
• Build strong working relationships to support implementation fidelity and responsiveness.

• May supervise assigned staff or project teams as designated by the Senior Executive Director of Leadership Development.
• Supports training, coaching, and evaluation of staff involved in leadership development initiatives.

• All Fort Worth ISD employees must maintain a commitment to the District s mission, vision, and strategic goals.
• Exhibits high professionalism, standards of conduct and work ethic.
• Demonstrates high quality customer service; builds rapport/relationship with the consumer.
• Demonstrates cultural competence in interactions with others; is respectful of co-workers; communicates and acts as a team player; promotes teamwork; responds and acts appropriately in confrontational situations.

• Performs all job-related duties as assigned and in accordance with Board policies and regulations.
• Complies with lawful directives in situations requiring coordinated team effort.

• Knowledge of federal and state…