Application Requirements:

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To be considered for this position, applicant must complete the following prior to the job closing date.

1. Add a cover letter
2. Add Administrator certificate information and upload a copy of Valid WA Administrator certificate
3. Add education information and upload a copy of your unofficial Bachelor transcript
4. Add relevant administrator and/or teaching experience for past 10 years
5. Add 3 references (e.g. current supervisor, past supervisor(s), co-worker).  NO PERSONAL REFERENCES ACCEPTED.
6. Upload a resume – Include current and previous supervisor(s) contact information
7. Complete Qualification Questions
8. Complete Educator's Professional Inventory (EPI)

Starting Salary:  $132,644.00 annually

Position Goal:            

The Director of Secondary Education assists the district with realizing the vision of students of the Marysville School District are prepared for further education, technology, economic change and social realities because they

• Think critically,
• Create and Innovate,
• Collaborate with others,
• Communicate effectively, and
• Care compassionately.

While many factors outside of our direct control affect student learning, the district’s ability to support high-quality teaching in every classroom is essential. Along with the teacher, principals play a primary role in improvement of learning at scale. MSD is focused on improving how it supports principals and the schools they lead. The Director of Secondary Schools is focused on supporting district and school improvement efforts (district’s strategic plan) through building the capacity of principals using the AWSP Leadership Framework to guide the work. 

This position will work closely with the Director of Elementary Schools and Executive Director of Schools to align practices, processes and procedures that will build principal capacity through providing urgency, support and differentiation based on needs of the individual principal as well as school. The focus will be developing a culture of support and continuous improvement for principals and the schools they lead. Performance in this position will be measured through growth in principal performance and progress towards school improvement goals. 

Organizational Goals

• Provide equitable access to rigorous, standards-based instruction, high-quality instruction for all students
• Focus on professional learning and collaboration, investing in our people so they continuously fine tune their craft and grow in their profession
• Develop strong partnerships with families and community, schools can’t do it alone, better when students, families, community and educators work hand-in-hand
• Strive to be culturally responsive organization, our diversity is a strength and an asset, committed to equity, excellent service for all, and continuous improvement

Primary Performance Duties and Responsibilities Instructional Leadership:

This central office position is designed to be a master teacher of principals, helping them increase their instructional leadership capacity as a means of supporting and improving teaching and learning in each school. The Director of Secondary Schools will spend the majority of her or his time on this responsibility. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid Washington State Administrator’s certificate with Principal or Program Administrator endorsements
• Degree in educational administration, public administration or related field 
• 3-5 years of successful experience as a middle and/or high school principal position in diverse settings or comparable experience, demonstrating the candidate’s own growth as an instructional leader
• Demonstrated ability to coach adults to build their capacity and show instructional growth as a result 
• Demonstrated ability to know and apply instructional practice and strategies that enhance student achievement
• Washington State driver’s license or evidence of mobility

Desired Skills: 

• Demonstrated success as a principal in middle and/or high school resulting in improved achievement
• Demonstrated excellence as a teacher of adults, professional developer, instructional coach or curriculum director
• Demonstrated skills in planning and organizing professional development with strategies used in the context of adult learning
• Ability to manage budgets and supervise staff
• Highly effective oral and written communications
• Ability to listen to and partner with students, staff, and community members from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and view decisions through an equity lens

Essential Job Functions: 

This list of essential job functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.  Depending upon individual assignment, the employee may perform all or a combination of several of the following duties:

• Instructional Leadership:
• Work one-on-one with principals as partners to grow their instructional leadership capacity through differentiated support as aligned to the Leadership Framework
• Develop principal professional learning communities focused on principals’ growth as instructional leaders
• Provide and broker professional development for principals based on individual and group learning needs
• Model effective practices as one means of building principal capacity. Provide transparent, meaningful and on-going feedback to principals through frequent formal and informal structures
• Ensure principals understand their data and how to use it to improve practice, strategies and results
• Collaborate with ILED colleagues to share ideas and provide coherent support to principals
• Articulate a vision for high quality instruction and use this definition as a lens through which to gauge practice
• Evaluate principals using the AWSP Leadership Framework
• Provide recommendations for principal and assistant principal hires to the superintendent
• Additional Roles that Support Schools:
• Assist Principals to build capacity of their Assistant Principals to prepare them to become instructional leaders based on the AWSP Leadership Framework
• Develop tools, processes and systems to assist principals in school-wide efforts
• Support or assist schools in implementing curriculum, assessment, intervening and acceleration strategies
• Assist principals in identifying student learning/achievement goals that align to school need and district vision, including their SIP (School Improvement Plan) and Indistar/State Improvement Plan
• Assist principals with interpreting relevant federal and state laws as they relate to school issues
• Assist principals in staffing, scheduling and budgeting as needed
•  Support principals in connecting with other Central Office departments to respond to operational and other needs
• System-wide and Team Roles: 
• Work with the Executive Director of Schools and other system leaders to implement the district’s strategic plan, its intent and metrics
• Collaborate with other members of the District Leadership Team to support the improvement of instruction at all schools and implement sound strategies across content and programs
• Provide recommendations and support the implementation of major instructional and educational strategies, including partnering with evaluating their effectiveness
• Work collaboratively with the colleagues in aligning critical components of the work and creating common messages across the system
• Assist in the interpretation of district policies, rules and regulations and make recommendations regarding their formulation or modification
• On occasion, perform such other related duties and assume such other related responsibilities as may be assigned
• Maintain consistent attendance and conform to regular work hours specified under contract
• Comply with all district policies and procedures
• Comply with the Code of Professional Conduct
• Perform related duties as assigned

Marysville School District complies with all federal and Washington State rules and regulations and will provide equal employment opportunity and treatment for all applicants and staff in recruitment, hiring, retention, assignment, transfer, promotion and training.  Such equal employment opportunity will be provided without discrimination with respect to race, creed, national origin, age, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.  The district will provide equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society.  The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:   Civil Rights Coordinator - Gregg Kuehn, Risk Management Supervisor, gregg_kuehn@msd25.org, 360-965-0110; Title IX Officer - Jason Thompson, Deputy Superintendent, Jason_thompson@msd25.org , 360-965-0004; Section 504 Coordinator, Nancy Smith, Director of Categorical Programs, nancy_smith@msd25.org, 360-965-0051; ADA Coordinator – Ginger Merkel, Executive Director of Special Education, ginger_merkel@msd25.org, 360-965-0174.  Address:  4220 80th Street NE, Marysville, WA 98270.  Website: www.msd25.org   Marysville School District is a drug- and tobacco-free workplace.