Superintendent
- Employer
- State College Area School District
- Location
- State College, Pennsylvania
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- Job Category
- Administrator, Superintendent
STATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Situated in the heart of Pennsylvania, State College Area School District (6,600 students) is looking for its next superintendent. State College is a thriving educational community in a university town (Penn State University), and the district draws its students from a 150 square mile attendance area encompassing the Borough of State College and five surrounding boroughs. A community that holds high expectations for its public schools as evidenced by its consistent recognition statewide and nationally for educational excellence, State College seeks a dynamic, energetic leader who exhibits:
- Proven organizational and visionary leadership skills in public education;
- Eagerness to commit and embed oneself into the fabric of the State College community, and strengthen and increase lasting collaborative efforts between the community and SCASD;
- A record of accomplishment in driving the achievement, readiness and success of students;
- A deep sense of responsibility for developing the social, emotional, physical and intellectual skills of every child;
- A recognition that diversity, equity and inclusivity are foundational to a world-class public school district;
- A recognition that sustainability should be incorporated into the educational and operational aspirations of the district;
- Excitement about community expectations for academic excellence in a high-performing educational environment;
- Ability and work/life balance to manage the inherent demands of leadership;
- An empathic, decisive, ethical approach to executing the duties of the office;
- Advocacy skills to advance a bold agenda for public education amongst legislative leaders and representatives;
- The interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with colleagues, build cross-functional teams, and minimize group siloes;
- The intellectual rigor to engage with a broad spectrum of viewpoints, and a willingness to hear respectful dissent, especially in a university town;
- Strong commitment to clear, consistent, and transparent communication and interpersonal skills with all district stakeholders;
- An ‘urgently patient’ disposition that displays the confidence to facilitate change with the humility to interact consistently with internal and external stakeholders;
- The well-developed managerial and operational talent to meet the challenges and competing demands of 21st century public education, including program and budget evaluation, implementing high-impact staff development, and embedding accountability systems within an environment of limited public resources; and,
- A nimble competence for governance, including role clarification among school leaders; synthesizing information, driving board discussions, and communicating effectively with a diverse group of school directors.
To Apply: Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Tom Templeton, Founder and Creative Director of TEMPLETON Advantage, LLC at tom@templetonadvantage.com. (717) 636-3238. Candidates will then be given additional instructions to complete their credential files, including all documentation that qualifies one to serve as superintendent of schools in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Deadline: 9/14/22
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