Assistant Superintendent

Assistant Superintendent

The mission of Marion P. Thomas Charter School is to build culturally rich, transformative educational spaces that cultivate successful, lifelong innovators who use their passions, character, and intellect to better themselves, the greater Newark community, and the world beyond.

You are a visionary and systems-oriented educational leader who is committed to advancing academic excellence across all schools through high-quality curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional learning, and continuous improvement.

You are an instructional leader who builds the capacity of school leaders and teachers by fostering collaboration, ensuring accountability, and supporting the implementation of district priorities. You are skilled in using data to improve student outcomes, leading organizational change, ensuring compliance with state and federal requirements, and developing systems that promote equitable educational opportunities for all students.

You possess exceptional communication, organizational, and leadership skills and are committed to creating a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and academic excellence.

Supervises:

District Academic Departments and Assigned Central Office Personnel

Work Year: 12 Months

Position Summary

The Assistant Superintendent serves as the district's Chief Academic Officer and as a member of the Superintendent's Executive Leadership Team. The position provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and oversight for curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional learning, school improvement, academic accountability, and continuous improvement across Marion P. Thomas Charter School. In collaboration with the Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendent helps develop and implement district goals, strategic priorities, Board initiatives, and organizational improvement efforts that promote high levels of student achievement and organizational excellence.

The Assistant Superintendent assists the Superintendent in providing leadership and support to school administrators while supervising assigned central office personnel. The position collaborates with district leaders to implement the Board's vision, strategic priorities, and organizational goals through high-quality instructional leadership, data-driven decision-making, and operational excellence.

The Assistant Superintendent oversees district curriculum, instructional programming, assessment systems, professional development, leadership development, charter accountability, New Jersey Department of Education compliance, grant implementation, academic partnerships, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring alignment among curriculum, instruction, assessment, and student achievement.

The successful candidate demonstrates exceptional instructional leadership, strategic planning, organizational management, and the ability to build collaborative relationships that promote academic excellence and student success.

• Serve as the district leader responsible for curriculum, instruction, assessment, academic programming, and instructional improvement across all schools.
• Develop, implement, and monitor a coherent PreK–12 instructional vision aligned with New Jersey Student Learning Standards, charter goals, Board priorities, and the district strategic plan.
• Provide executive leadership for curriculum development, curriculum adoption, instructional frameworks, pacing guides, intervention systems, and academic programming.
• Ensure alignment among curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional learning, and student achievement.
• Lead district wide instructional improvement initiatives designed to increase student achievement, eliminate achievement gaps, and improve educational outcomes.
• Analyze district, school, subgroup, and student performance data, including state assessments, benchmark assessments, interim assessments, graduation indicators, and growth measures to guide instructional decision-making.
• Develop and monitor district academic performance goals and accountability measures.
• Establish systems to monitor…