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ALTA VISTA INNOVATION HIGH SCHOOL

Full Time, Monday - Friday;

This position will oversee schools and educational programs across a diverse region, including the High Desert, Inland Empire, and Los Angeles.

Help Us Change Lives

We live by the motto that “There is a Student in Front of Everything We Do” and we are very passionate about it. Do you have a passion to work with students? If so, then this is an exciting opportunity for you! You’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of students supporting their growth and development. Remember the person who made a difference in your life? Now it’s your turn.

Learn more about us at https://learn4life.org/

How You Will Make an Impact

The Area Superintendent provides educational leadership in developing and implementing Organizational goals, standards and accountabilities, priorities, guiding principles, and program improvement. This position will develop, implement and evaluate strategic instructional plans ensuring that students achieve high academic standards in accordance with applicable laws, Board Rules, regulations, charter school policies, and procedures. This position reports to the Superintendent of Schools or Designee.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: This list is illustrative only and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of tasks performed by this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Provide leadership and direction for the planning, evaluation, improvement, and implementation of the instructional program at the charter school.
• Create and implement processes to continuously improve educational leadership.
• Develop goals and instruction plans that ensure students achieve high academic standards and superior academic performance results.
• Oversee and direct the administrator's activities, ensuring compliance with policies and directives.
• Review and use student and school data to direct resources to support improving educational programs and services.
• Collaborate with Charter Authorizers on school updates, changes, and requests. Confer with organizational executive leadership on making recommendations.
• Liaison with local government officials, authorizers, and local Board.
• Administer a program of professional development that builds the capacity of the administrator and school staff to reach student achievement goals.
• Evaluate administrators for leadership effectiveness; conduct special studies as needed.
• Collaborate with school designees on the review of the school petition and renewal process and accreditation review.
• Manage school budget and ensure fiscal responsibility.
• Resolve complaints and concerns of teachers, students, and parents that are not resolved at the school site level.
• Responsible for meeting student enrollment, student retention, and graduation goals.
• Keep members of the School Board and executive leadership informed on issues and needs.
• Maintain positive School Board and community relations.
• Lead and participate in meetings, trainings, and audits.
• Perform administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities that may be assigned or changed from time to time.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: Manage, coordinate, supervise, coach, and direct the hiring, training, and timely performance evaluations of team members, oversee their daily activities, and oversee the daily workflow of the department. Handle employee discipline and termination.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of Public-School District organizational structure and functions
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, colleagues, and community representatives, diverse groups of people
• Appropriate interpersonal style and methods to guide individuals and groups toward task accomplishment and effect positive change in staff and programs
• Ability to represent the school with responsible, mature judgment, tact, and decisiveness
• Ability to plan, organize and administer programs and projects
• Leadership skills, including consensus building and conflict resolution

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working in a school setting
• Five years experience in leadership/management required
• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership or related field preferred
• Valid California Teaching credential with English Language Authorization or Valid California Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) credential required
• Valid California Administrative Services Credential Required and/or Certificate of Eligibility or enrolled in an Administrative Services Credential Program required
• Knowledge and/or experience in project management, program development, organizing, prioritizing, coordinating, implementing, and managing multiple programs, projects, tasks, and building teams preferred
• Proficient in student information systems (SIS) or educational applications
• Skilled in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)
• Ability to travel in the performance of job duties is required
• Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull objects weighing up to 10 pounds

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Mental Demands: high workflow management, high project coordination, and high people engagement
• Finger Dexterity: primarily using the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together
• Talking: especially where one must accurately, loudly, or quickly convey detailed or important instructions or ideas
• Average Hearing: able to hear average conversations and receive ordinary information
• Average Visual Abilities: ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery
• Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required
• Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures