2018-2019 Director of Curriculum & Assessment

The posting

1.0 FTE Continuing Position (8.00 hours per day, 260 days per year)

The position start date is July 1, 2018

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

Starting Salary: $132,644.00 annually

Salary Schedule: Admin A Salary Schedule at http://www.msd25.org/employee-groups.

Position Goal:

The Director of Curriculum and Assessment will work with the Assistant Superintendent to provide positive, collaborative leadership for improvement of student learning in the areas of curriculum and assessment through regular curriculum material adoptions coupled with professional development focused on increasing the instructional and assessment capacity of staff. The Director will do so through:

• Developing a system providing equitable access to regularly adopted rigorous materials,
• Providing a system based on results-focused professional learning and collaboration, Investing in our people so they continuously fine tune their craft and grow in their profession,
• Strengthening partnerships with teachers, staff, families and community, and
• Striving to be a 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:

The primary responsibility of the Director is the daily improvement of classroom instruction that results in high levels of student academic performance. The Director is responsible for all aspects of the district instructional program related to curriculum materials, instructional capacity and assessment to achieve high standards for student academic performance and to do so with a high level of integrity.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid Washington State Administrator certificate
• Valid Washington State Teaching certificate
• Experience as a principal or assistant principal preferred
• Washington State driver’s license or evidence of mobility
• Experience and/or training with cultural, ethnic, and language diversity preferred

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrated instructional leadership roles that resulted in improved student learning
• 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 use and present student assessment data with building instructional staff to improve practice, strategies and results
• Knowledge of best practices in in formative and summative assessment to inform instruction
• Knowledge of state assessments and timelines associated with completion of annual requirements
• 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 intended as a representative list of essential job duties and by no means exhaustive. Duties may be supplemented as necessary. Depending upon individual assignment, the employee may perform all or a combination of several of the following duties:

• Work with others to create a shared vision of instructional excellence; develop the partnerships, resources, and capacities to make the vision a reality
• Identify best practices in implementing curriculum for students; learn, teach, model, coach, and do whatever it takes to build capacity of instructional staff and implement curriculum materials with fidelity
• Lead the process to adopt rigorous curriculum materials that support principals, teachers, and students in achieving state standards
• Partner with schools to obtain, analyze, and apply diagnostic assessment data; design action research, program evaluation and formative feedback that leads to continuous improvement
• Coordinate and implement district and state student assessment programs
• Collaborate with district and school staff to develop School Improvement Plans informed by student achievement data
• Produce summary reports of assessment data for presentation to staff, Board, and other audiences as requested or when appropriate
• Represent the district at relevant state and regional curriculum and assessment and/or accountability-related meetings and professional organizations
• Manage resources to meet legal requirements and equitable access to quality curriculum and instruction
• Professionally interact with students, staff, and public
• Comply with all district policies and procedures
• Comply with the Code of Professional Conduct
• Perform other related duties and assume other related responsibilities as may be 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, [email protected], 360-965-0110; Title IX Officer - Jason Thompson, Deputy Superintendent, [email protected] , 360-965-0004; Section 504 Coordinator, Nancy Smith, Director of Categorical Programs, [email protected], 360-965-0051; ADA Coordinator – Ginger Merkel, Executive Director of Special Education, [email protected], 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.