Vice President of Student Services

Position type:
Full time, exempt, 12 Month

• Direct Manager:
  Chief Schools Officer (CSO), accountable for school leader supervision and overall school performance (academics, culture, student support, and operations).
• Direct Reports:
  Leaders responsible for regional student experience systems, including postsecondary readiness and nursing/health services.
• Key Collaborators: VP of Academics & Instruction, Regional Director of Operations, Special Populations leaders, school leaders, and family engagement partners to ensure student experience systems are aligned, operationally viable, and effectively implemented across campuses.

• This role owns regional student experience strategy and quality across attendance, culture/SEL, MTSS/behavior, postsecondary readiness, and health services. The VP SSE sets standards, tools, and operating rhythms; manages and develops regional teams; and partners with school leaders to support high-fidelity implementation. The VP SSE holds accountability for system effectiveness and continuous improvement, using data to drive strategic adjustments.

• Set and steward the regional strategy for student experience systems, including attendance, culture and climate, SEL, MTSS/behavior, postsecondary readiness, and nursing/health services.
• Develop regional frameworks, standards, and tools that define high-quality student experience practices across schools.
• Lead and manage regional teams responsible for postsecondary readiness and nursing/health services; set clear performance expectations and build leadership capacity.
• Design and oversee professional learning for student support roles (e.g., counselors, behavior specialists, postsecondary advisors, nurses) to strengthen implementation of student experience systems.
• Partner with school leaders to support implementation, monitor fidelity, and address barriers to effective student support systems.
• Establish and monitor data systems to track attendance, behavior, student engagement, health service utilization, and postsecondary outcomes; use insights to drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with Operations and Special Populations leaders to ensure student experience systems are compliant, operationally feasible, and integrated with school schedules and services.
• Build and maintain partnerships with higher education and community organizations to strengthen postsecondary pathways and wraparound supports.
• Serve as the Title IX and Disciplinary Hearing Officer for the region.

• Region-wide implementation of coherent, high-quality student experience systems (culture/SEL, MTSS/behavior, postsecondary readiness, health services).
• Measurable improvements in attendance, behavior, student engagement, well-being, and postsecondary readiness outcomes.
• Effective leadership and performance of regional teams overseeing postsecondary readiness and nursing/health services.
• Strong alignment between student experience systems and academic priorities, resulting in increased access to learning and improved student outcomes.
• Demonstrated improvement over time based on data-informed strategy adjustments and implementation support.

• Managing through ambiguity.
• Ability to make contingency plans and “see around corners” to determine appropriate course(s) of action.
• Execution of crucial conversations.
• Outline ambitious goals and driving results.
• Design and lead instructional professional development.
• Use of data to drive continuous improvement.
• Leads teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Ability to drive results in a K-12 district.

• Designing and leading professional learning for student support roles to strengthen implementation of student experience systems.
• Designing and leading postsecondary readiness systems and overseeing student health and wellness services, including supervision of specialized staff (e.g., nurses).
• Leading MTSS/behavior and SEL systems that protect…