Assistant Superintendent Of Schools

Position Type:
Administration/Assistant Superintendent
Date Posted:
11/27/2023
Location:
Central Office
Date Available:
01/29/2024
Closing Date:
12/22/2023
FLEMINGTON-RARITAN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Pre-K to Grade 8
Assistant Superintendent of Schools
The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and interpersonal skills, and be capable of continuing the board's commitment to providing educational excellence for all students.
Qualifications:

• Master's Degree, Doctorate preferred.
• New Jersey School Administrator Certification or Certificate of Eligibility required.
• Principal / Director and classroom teaching experience required.
• Strong knowledge and experience in curriculum and instruction.
• Strong knowledge and experience in analyzing and interpreting data.
• Experience with leading district-wide knowledge of current educational trends, methods, research, and technology.
• Central Office experience preferred.

Job Goal:
To assist the superintendent by providing leadership to the professional staff to plan, implement, articulate, and evaluate all instructional programs and school district operations.
Performance Responsibilities:
General Administration

• Assists the superintendent in supervising the district's instructional programs and school services.
• Responsible for serving as administrative liaison to the Board Instruction and Programs Committee, which includes preparing agendas and minutes.
• Seeks opportunities to promote the District's educational programs and initiatives as approved by the superintendent.

Curriculum and Instruction

• Provides leadership and guidance in the process of curriculum planning, implementation, and evaluation to ensure alignment with state learning standards in all curricular areas and instructional programs.
• Supervises the work of all curriculum committees to ensure curricula documents are aligned to state learning standards, include methods of formative and summative assessment, and promote the use of research-based instructional practices.
• Participates in the selection and recommendation of all instructional materials (textbooks, online programs/resources, and other supplemental instructional materials).
• Directly supervises the Bilingual/English-as-a-Second Language program to ensure compliance with federal and state requirements, equity in services throughout the District, and ongoing program improvement.

Assessment

• Serves as the District Test Coordinator for all general education, and state-mandated testing, including assessing the district-wide standardized assessment program for consistency and diagnostic value.
• Responsible for oversight of the assessment program required to identify English learners and to comply with Title III requirements as well as the use of multiple criteria in determining student entry and exit.
• Responsible for the oversight of the diagnostic assessment program for incoming kindergarten students.

Professional Development

• Develops and administers professional learning programs for staff based on district priorities for instructional improvement and achievement of student learning standards.
• Responsible for developing and implementing the District's Mentoring Program Plan, which includes planning the annual New Teachers' Orientation and after-school novice teacher workshops.

Technology

• Assess and prioritize technology infrastructure needs on an ongoing basis. Develop long-term goals and action plans that ensure a dependable, robust, and secure infrastructure capable of supporting instructional and operational needs.
• Responsible for oversight of the District's Technology Department, including the development, implementation, and monitoring of progress in meeting long-range planning goals.

Personnel

• Responsible for supporting the superintendent in implementing an effective system for the recruitment, selection, evaluation, and professional development of certificated personnel.

Budget Development

• Prepares, presents, and manages the curriculum budget based on district priorities and student learning standards.
• Prepares, presents, and manages the Technology budget, which includes all end-user devices, connections/switches, structured cabling, and necessary infrastructure software.
• Assists the superintendent in the review of school and departmental budgets as assigned.

Grant Management

• Responsible for preparing and implementing the District's original and amended applications for federal funding through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
• Responsible for preparing and submitting all ESEA grant-related reports: Title I Comparability, ESEA Final Report, and Title I, II, III, and IV performance reports.

Reporting Compliance

• Responsible for assisting the superintendent in the completion of the Instruction and Programming section of the NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) process and portions of Operations, and Personnel related to student programming and professional learning.
• Responsible for supporting the work of the Student Data Manager in completing state-mandated reports related to curriculum, programming, and assessment (e.g., State Registration Submission, Assessment Material Ordering, SSDS, Course Roster Submission, SID Management, semi-annual State Submission, and portions of CRDC).

Salary and benefits are competitive.
The School District is located in Hunterdon County. Geographically, the District covers approximately thirty-eight (38) square miles. The District's budget for the 2023-2024 school year is $72+ million.
Application Procedure:
Interested candidates must apply online at: Applitrack
Selection Procedure:
Only candidates of interest will be contacted for interviews
Human Resources Department
50 Court Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
Coleen.Devlin@frsd.us
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