Superintendent of Schools Florida Scholars Academy; FSA

Superintendent of Schools for Florida Scholars Academy (FSA)

The Superintendent of Schools for Florida Scholars Academy (FSA) leads the overall management and daily operations of the academy, providing strategic direction and oversight of educational services within residential facilities serving youth in the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice system.

This role ensures the delivery of high-quality academic, career, and technical education aligned to state standards, while continuously evolving and improving existing programs to meet the unique academic and behavioral needs of adjudicated youth. The Superintendent oversees blended and in-person instructional models, integrating classroom instruction with online learning to increase access, flexibility, and student engagement. The Superintendent ensures compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies related to K–12 education, special education, juvenile justice, and online learning.

A central responsibility of this position is building and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with external stakeholders, including the FSA Board of Trustees, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice leadership, and residential service providers, to ensure alignment, accountability, and coordinated support for student success.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master's degree
• Valid Professional Florida Certificate in Educational Leadership and School Principal

Experience:

• Six years demonstrated experience in supervision, training, and development of teachers.
• Administrative, counseling, and guidance services experience for at-risk youth preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA's):

• Ability to work with and through people to establish goals, objectives, and action plans.
• Strong knowledge of online instructional strategies.
• Knowledge of school management, operation, and law.
• Knowledge of state curriculum guidelines and assessment.
• Possesses strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Possesses leadership and management experience.
• Strong organizational communication skills.
• Ability to develop others.
• Possess introspective and visionary skills.
• Ability to identify and analyze problems and make decisions.
• Strong interpersonal skills to relate well to others and respond to needs appropriately.
• Strong work ethic with the ability to multitask and meet aggressive deadlines.

Core Competencies for Success:

JOB KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Team member carries out essential job functions with accuracy, engages in ongoing and relevant professional learning, applies new knowledge effectively, and demonstrates mastery of job-specific skills

PRODUCTIVITY

Team member produces high quality work, meets organizational and departmental deadlines, balances multiple responsibilities, manages time effectively, and seeks ways to improve processes and productivity

COMMUNICATION

Team member communicates clearly in written and verbal formats, collaborates effectively, demonstrates professionalism in all interactions, exhibits strong interpersonal skills, and contributes to a positive team and professional community

CUSTOMER FOCUS

Team member addresses the needs of internal and external customers, analyzes problems effectively, contributes to innovative solutions, seeks opportunities for improvement, and successfully adapts to change

DIRECTOR COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS:

LEARNING ON THE FLY

Learns quickly when facing new problems;
Is a voracious learner;
Analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement;
Experiments and will try anything to find solutions;
Seeks out the challenge of unfamiliar tasks;
Quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of most anything

PRESENTATION SKILLS

Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports, and bosses;
Is effective both inside and outside the organization, on both cool data and hot and controversial topics;
Commands attention and can manage group process during the presentation;
Can change tactics midstream when something isn't working

PRIORITY SETTING

Spends his/her time and the time of others on what's important;
Quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many…