Executive Director, Elementary Schools

• Master's degree or higher required from an accredited institution
• Certification in Educational Leadership, School Principal, or Administration/Supervision required (Florida Professional Educator Certificate)

• Minimum of seven (7) years of educational leadership experience, of which at least four (4) years must have been as a school principal
• Demonstrated success supervising, coaching, and developing school-based administrators, preferably including experience supervising other district-level supervisors or directors
• Demonstrated success as an instructional leader with measurable evidence of improving student achievement at the school and/or division level
• Experience in a large, diverse public school district preferred
• Possess a valid Florida Driver’s License; if a holder of any other valid US state-issued Driver’s License, agree to acquire a Florida Driver’s License within thirty (30) days of employment, except in a case where accommodation is required

• Deep knowledge of elementary instructional practice, curriculum implementation, and B.E.S.T. Standards
• Fluency with Florida accountability frameworks including FAST, school tiering systems, MTSS, school grading, and federal Title I requirements
• Demonstrated ability to build the capacity of other supervisors to analyze school-level and classroom-level data, identify root causes, and prioritize school improvement actions
• Proven ability to coach and develop district-level leaders — not only school-based leaders — through structured observation, feedback, and professional growth
• Strong skills in difficult conversations, formal supervision, and performance management of both Directors and, by extension, school principals
• Ability to build trust and maintain high expectations simultaneously across a multi-portfolio elementary division
• Strong strategic and organizational skills to manage division-wide priorities, resource allocation, and cross-functional coordination

To serve as the division-level leader of elementary school improvement, supervising and developing the Directors of Elementary Schools, building a coherent system of principal supervision and accountability across the elementary portfolio, and ensuring every elementary school has the conditions necessary for student success. The Executive Director of Elementary Schools is a school improvement leader first — an executive who builds the capacity of the Directors of Elementary Schools to supervise, coach, and hold principals accountable;

who uses division-wide data to drive strategy and resource allocation; and who holds the elementary division accountable for results while developing the leadership pipeline beneath it. This is a Teaching, Leading & Learning leadership position. The Executive Director does not manage curriculum or direct instructional programming at the district level; rather, they ensure the elementary division has the leadership structures, supervisory coherence, and conditions to implement the district's curriculum and achieve high outcomes for all students.

• Formally supervise, coach, and evaluate all assigned Directors of Elementary Schools in accordance with district performance standards and Florida statutory requirements
• Build the capacity of Directors of Elementary Schools to supervise, coach, and evaluate their assigned elementary principals with consistency and rigor across the division
• Conduct regular calibration and co-observation visits with Directors to ensure feedback to principals is timely, specific, evidence-based, and consistent division-wide
• Differentiate supervisory support to each Director based on their developmental level and the performance profile of their assigned school…