Elementary Regional School Superintendent; SY

Position: Elementary Regional School Superintendent (SY26-27)
Location: Roxbury

Boston Public Schools seeks an Elementary Regional School Superintendent.

Reports to:

Chief of Schools

Boston Public Schools serves 48,000 children in 119 schools. We fundamentally believe that schools are the unit of change where our school leadership teams and educators create rigorous, supportive, and safe environments for every child to reach their full potential. Our work as a district is to ensure this is possible at every one of our schools.

Position Overview:

The Elementary Regional School Superintendent (ERSS) will design and lead a professional learning community of ~15 preK-8 schools to be innovative, high performing learning environments that provide the highest quality learning opportunities for every child. With the support of an Operational Leader and a regional team, the ERSS oversees and ensures the continuous improvement and development of all school leadership and instructional leadership teams to drive results for students.

In partnership with the regional team and the Schools Department the ERSS identifies, designs, and leads collaborative professional development opportunities across the region.

The ERSS leads the development and monitoring of each school's QSP in three critical areas (MTSS and literacy instruction, culture and climate and attendance) and identifies interventions or areas to augment learning. The ERSS is the ultimate supervisor of these school leaders by conducting the performance management. The ERSS is ultimately responsible for outcomes in these ~15 schools. The ERSS is then responsible for coordinating the strategy, deployment of resources, and support to schools within the portfolio.

The ERSS will lead Boston Public Schools to truly be an organization focused on providing differentiated service to schools, focused ongoing learning, and guided at all times with an equity agenda.

Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership:

* In collaboration with Chief of Schools, set the vision for school leadership in learning network elementary schools

* Collaborate with BPS central office departments to design the process for the annual school planning and approval process (Quality School Plan - QSP):
Universal Expectations,QSPs, autonomies, and goals for each school in the portfolio

* Set the goals and expectations for school leaders performance, growth and development

* Set the vision for school leader professional development

* Set the vision and expectations for central office support to schools (tools, resources, and liaisons) with Department Heads

* Build the next level of learning for school leaders at Boston Public Schools, designing the new support structure that will empower school leaders with the skills, tools, and conditions to thrive

* Align the overall strategy for the portfolio of elementary schools to ensure college, career, and life success for all BPS students.

Support:

* Design the scope and sequence of school leader professional development (focus on tools, resources, peers)

* Lead a regional team to support and accelerate improvement within the portfolio

* Facilitate adult learning, enabling direct learning and collaborative opportunities for growth

* Support schools in diagnosing needs, designing, and implementing annual QSP, including staffing, budget, and operational plan, ensuring that staffing, student-grouping plans, scheduling, and organizational structures are appropriate to meet desired student outcomes

* Conduct quarterly school visits to monitor the fidelity of implementation of QSP plans (checking for quality of implementation, opportunities, etc.)

* Monitor instructional leadership of school leaders with particular focus on instruction, supervision, intervention, and data-driven decision-making

* Provide expertise and coaching if, when monitoring school performance, concerns arise

* Provide differentiated expertise and coaching for new principals

* Ensure and support communication with school communities, neighborhoods, and stakeholder engagement, working with the Office of Family and Community Advancement to assist in building partnerships with families and the community that support student learning

* Act as primary liaison to regional schools to advocate for and support BPS strategy and initiatives

* Support school leaders in engaging with BPS families and community members

Accountability:

* Ensure innovative and effective instructional practices consistent with EQL observation tool to improve student achievement for all subgroups

* Hold schools accountable for school performance and student outcomes

* Provide support and hold the regional team and school leaders accountable for fidelity of QSP implementation

* Ensure school leader effectiveness in meeting standards, goals, and implementing plan

* Provide support and hold school leaders accountable for supervision and evaluation of staff

* Provide support to and hold regional team accountable for designing and executive effective collaborative learning opportunities focused on the three QSP priorities

* Ensure that all schools…