Executive Director

District or Organization:
East Ramapo Central School District

Due Date:
November 11, 2026

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Executive Director of School Transformation provides strategic leadership for the East Ramapo Central School District’s efforts to accelerate improvement in schools requiring intensive, differentiated support. Reporting to the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, the Executive Director leads the design, implementation, and monitoring of a comprehensive school transformation strategy focused on producing measurable and sustainable improvements in student achievement, school leadership, instructional quality, student experience, and organizational effectiveness.

The Executive Director works directly with principals, District leaders, and school teams to diagnose root causes of underperformance, develop and execute evidence-based improvement strategies, align District resources and supports to school needs, and establish clear expectations for implementation and results.

This position serves as a critical link between District priorities and school-level execution, ensuring that schools receive the differentiated support, resources, accountability, and leadership capacity necessary to achieve ambitious outcomes for students.

• Leads the District’s comprehensive strategy for the transformation and sustained improvement of identified schools, including schools designated for additional support under New York State accountability requirements.
• Develops and implements a differentiated school-support model based on student outcomes, school performance data, leadership capacity, instructional needs, and implementation evidence.
• Works intensively with principals and school leadership teams to diagnose root causes of underperformance and develop coherent, actionable school transformation strategies.
• Ensures transformation strategies align with District priorities, the District Comprehensive Improvement Plan (DCIP), School Comprehensive Education Plans (SCEPs), applicable New York State requirements, and other District improvement commitments.
• Establishes ambitious, measurable goals and leading indicators for each identified school and monitors progress toward academic, operational, climate, attendance, and student-success outcomes.
• Conducts regular school-based reviews, learning walks, instructional rounds, and progress-monitoring meetings to evaluate implementation, identify barriers, and accelerate improvement.
• Provides direct coaching, strategic support, and constructive feedback to principals leading transformation efforts, with particular emphasis on instructional leadership, organizational management, culture, talent, and execution.
• Partners with school leaders to establish strong instructional systems, including effective professional learning communities, data cycles, intervention systems, collaborative planning, coaching, and monitoring of instructional practice.
• Leads the development and implementation of transformation strategies addressing persistent challenges, including chronic absenteeism, student engagement, academic achievement, graduation, college and career readiness, multilingual learner achievement, students with disabilities, and other identified student needs.
• Works collaboratively with Teaching and Learning, Pupil Services, Multilingual Learner programs, Special Education, Talent Management, Operations, Finance, Family and Community Engagement, and other District offices to ensure coordinated and differentiated support for transformation schools.
• Establishes cross-functional school support teams that organize District expertise and resources around the specific needs and priorities of identified schools.
• Identifies systemic…