Assistant Superintendent for School Transformation and Leadership

Assistant Superintendent For School Transformation And Leadership

The Assistant Superintendent for School Transformation and Leadership serves as a district leader responsible for driving significant and sustainable improvement in student achievement across elementary, middle, and high schools within the transformation network. Working under the direction of the Chief of Schools, this position provides direct supervision, guidance, and accountability to transformation school principals, ensuring that every school in the network is led with urgency, instructional focus, and a relentless commitment to results.

The Assistant Superintendent develops the capacity of principals to improve student outcomes and teacher effectiveness through direct coaching, rigorous accountability, and a comprehensive, strategically designed professional development system. This role also leads the development and implementation of a district-wide leadership development strategy that builds the capacity of principals, assistant principals, and teacher leaders to drive transformation at every level of the school.

This position demands a results-driven, outcomes-oriented leader who is committed to developing people, making courageous decisions, and leading meaningful change in complex, high-need school environments.

Reports To:

Chief of Schools

Salary

Schedule:

305

Work Days: 250

Education and Experience

Required:

• Master's degree in Education or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• Ten (10) years of successful experience in education, including significant experience in high-need or turnaround school settings.
• A minimum of four (4) years of principal experience with demonstrated results in improving student achievement, closing performance gaps, and building teacher and leadership effectiveness.
• Multi-year senior-level administrative experience in an educational setting, with demonstrated success leading school improvement, professional development, and leadership development at scale.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Preferred:

• Doctorate (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) from an accredited college or university in Education or a related field.
• Experience leading school transformation or turnaround work in a large urban school system characterized by multi-ethnic and cultural diversity.
• Experience designing and leading comprehensive leadership development systems for principals, assistant principals, and teacher leaders.

Licenses, Certifications, and other Requirements

Required:

• Valid Georgia Professional Teaching certification in Education.
• Eligible for a clear renewable Georgia (GaPSC) Leadership Certification (Tier II)
• Must have a valid driver's license and reliable transportation.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Drives continuous school improvement across the transformation network by directly supervising, monitoring, and holding principals accountable for the execution of strategies aligned to district and school improvement priorities.
• Recruits, selects, supervises, monitors, and evaluates the performance of transformation school principals, ensuring leadership talent is aligned to the demands and expectations of turnaround school environments.
• Establishes clear, non-negotiable expectations and deadlines for principals related to compliance with district, state, and federal policies, laws, and transformation priorities.
• Develops principals' capacity to lead instructional improvement, build school culture, and drive student achievement through direct coaching, targeted feedback, structured observation cycles, and differentiated support.
• Ensures principals establish clearly defined, measurable action steps that are directly aligned to strategic priorities, campus improvement goals, and student achievement targets, and monitors progress toward those goals with consistency and urgency.
• Monitors school performance data across the transformation network, using results to drive decisions, identify patterns, address performance gaps, and ensure equity of outcomes across all student subgroups.
• Designs, leads, and continuously improves a comprehensive professional development strategy for principals, assistant principals, and teacher leaders that builds leadership capacity, strengthens instructional practice, and accelerates student achievement across transformation schools.
• Leads high-quality professional learning experiences for school leaders that are grounded in evidence-based practice, responsive to the specific needs of transformation schools, and connected to measurable outcomes for teachers and students.
• Builds a coherent leadership development pipeline by providing differentiated support and growth opportunities for principals, assistant principals, and emerging teacher leaders that prepares them to lead effectively in high-need environments.
• Works collaboratively with the Office of Human Resources to align leadership recruitment, hiring, placement, and evaluation…