Executive Director of Student Support Services

Position Type:
Administration/Executive Director of Student Support Services

Date Posted:
3/4/2019

Location:
Mary E. Devin Center for Education Support

Date Available:
July 2019

Closing Date:
When Filled

  
Geary County USD 475

Job Description

Classification: Administration

Division/Department: Teaching and Learning

Job Category: Administrator

FLSA: Exempt

Title: Exec. Director of Student Support Services

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in administration from an accredited college/university
  
• Secondary teaching and leadership preferred
  
• Current Kansas teaching license with leadership endorsement
  
• Minimum of 5 years administrative leadership experience at the district and/or building level
  
• Desire to continue career improvement
  
• Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with people
  
• Ability to analyze data to make decisions
  
• Good verbal and written skills
  
• Health certificate on file in Devin Center
  
• Current, valid Kansas driver's license
  

Reports To: Associate Superintendent for Teaching & Learning

BASIC PURPOSE:

The Exec. Director of Student Support Services provides professional leadership in program services including

coordination of all at-risk and Title programs, formulating school policies and procedures, resolving parent and

student concerns. In addition, the Director of Student Support Services supervises and leads

coordination and collaboration with other organizations and agencies.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Serves on Superintendent Advisory Council
  
• Facilitate and mediate parent, student and school concerns
  
• Coordinates all at-risk programs, reports, budgets and program evaluation
  
• Coordinates Title programs reports and budgets and program evaluation
  
• Ensure that all activities conform to district policies and guidelines
  
• Oversee 504 plans
  
• Oversee the discipline plans in the district
  
• Communicate effectively with all members of the school district and community
  
• Maintain records and provide data related to areas of supervision
  
• Work effectively with community organizations and agencies
  
• React to change efficiently and productively
  
• Support the philosophy and mission of USD 475
  
• Make periodic reports to other administrators and to the Board of Education
  

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Faculty or instructional development leadership.
• Demonstrated understanding of best practices in technology applications in education, including delivery modalities, technology tools, and assessment.
• Demonstrated understanding of best practices in mathematics and science.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships across multiple cross-functional groups.
• Demonstrated strong communication and persuasive abilities, including verbal, written and presentation skills, with an emphasis on contacts with teachers, administrators and community organizations.
• Previous administrative or leadership experience in curricular areas.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains accurate records pertaining to 504s and the implementation of plans
  
• Responsible for selected policy development and revisions
  
• Assist principals in formulating, interpreting, implementing and observing district policies concerning pupil attendance, exclusions, suspension and expulsion.
  
• Formulate school procedures
  
• Responsible for student enrollment procedures
  

• Serve as consultant to principals, parents or others in cases involving special problems in pupil adjustment, pupil placement and other parental or staff guidance referrals
  

• Act as a liaison among school personnel in the district
  
• Provide training for staff working with at-risk students.
  
• Provide institutional guidance to all administrators
  
• Assists the schools with implementation of safe and civil schools programs
  
• Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee
  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee performing the duties of this position is frequently required to walk, sit, talk, hear, bend, stoop, and reach. The employee may be occasionally required to manually lift, move, or carry up to 50 pounds. The employee is required to interact with staff and meet the demands of several different people. The employee is responsible for the work output of others. The employee occasionally works extended hours. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

CRITICAL SKILLS

1. Ability to maintain regular and good work attendance and come to work on time.
2. Ability to work constructively and cooperatively with others.
3. Ability to respond to information requests in a courteous, timely and helpful manner.
4. Ability to manage job responsibilities while meeting established deadlines.
5. Ability to access, input, and retrieves information from a computer.
6. Ability to maintain confidentiality of student and staff information.

Term of Employment: 12 Months

Salary Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Evaluation Frequency: Job performance will be evaluated a minimum of 1 time per year.

Updated 3-4-19

Notice of Nondiscrimination

Geary County USD #475 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and/or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For questions or complaints based on race, color, national origin, sex or age, please contact the USD 475 Exec. Director of Personnel Services, 123 N. Eisenhower, Junction City, KS 66441. Telephone: 785.717.4000. For questions or complaints based on disability, please contact the USD 475 Director of Special Education, 123 N. Eisenhower, Junction City, KS 66441. Telephone: 785.717.4000