Detroit Community Schools is hiring a Turnaround Superintendent. Position is immediate!

We are hiring an experienced and motivated Turnaround Superintendent to help lead our district forward. The academy is a tuition-free, Pre-K to 12th-grade academy located in Detroit that offers highly qualified teachers, free transportation, one-to-one student technology, an expansive athletic program, and a rigorous curriculum that is both standards-based and culturally responsive.

Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans; 401K plan available. Life, ADD, STD, and LTD are 100% paid by the employer!

Responsibilities:

The strong desire and commitment to achieve outstanding results in a short amount of time

The ability to create and execute clear, logical plans

The skill to foster collective responsibility by mobilizing structure, strategies, practices, and the use of resources for the ongoing evaluation and improvement of instruction

The motivation and drive necessary to ensure that instructional-specific conversations are taking place throughout the district through practices intentionally designed to focus conversations and efforts on improving the growth and achievement of every student

The drive to prioritize student-learning needs over the customs, routines, and established relationships that can stand in the way of necessary change

The ability to motivate others

The ability to exert his/her influence for results

The ability to develop trust and rapport with stakeholders

The adeptness to ensure a strong connection between district systems, building-level routines, and classroom instructional practices;

The ability to hold others accountable and practice reciprocal accountability including creating capacity for individual success

The motivation and drive necessary to ensure that instructional-specific conversations are taking place throughout the district designed to focus district conversations and partnering efforts on improving the instruction of every teacher

The fortitude to stay visibly focused and self-assured despite the barrage of personal and professional attacks common during rapid systemic reconfiguration

The courage to achieve results by taking healthy calculated risks and thinking outside the box

The aptitude to sustain an effective system of shared leadership and responsibility throughout the district

The willingness and commitment to collaborate with others including the authorizer, MDE, ISD/RESA, and the Educational Serve Provider (Management Company)

The competence to collect and analyze appropriate data sources to inform decisions;

The skill to challenge all aspects of the district's status quo to determine their alignment with the Success/Turnaround Plan

The capacity to rigorously create and sustain a well-orchestrated system of ongoing data collection and analysis to inform a continuously responsive and adaptive system of tiered instruction attentive to students' specific academic needs

The skill to use student-specific data to inform instructional practices

The talent to build a professional environment of mutual respect

The capacity to foster problem-solving in others

The commitment to allocating higher percentages of funds towards the direct instruction of students and job-embedded, teacher-specific professional development (classroom-based coaching)

The will to maintain his/her drive for results by demonstrating persistence.

The ability to monitor and plan ahead

The ability to create an

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