Embody, advocate and operationalize the mission, vision and strategic direction of the Schenectady City School District. Support the Office of Teaching and Learning and District schools to achieve the District’s goals for student and graduate success by ensuring equitable student and school access to all programs, resources, and high quality instruction.  Assist the District team in establishing District-wide practices that promote equity attending to the need for an antiracist, culturally responsive curriculum.

The Assistant Director leads the development, organization, implementation and coordination of specific services and supports for multilingual learners, bilingual education,  and students studying world languages throughout the district. Guided by the district's vision, mission and goals, they will provide instructional leadership and support to school leaders, teachers and staff. 

Primary responsibilities (provide assistance to the Teaching and Learning team):

• Provides districtwide leadership for Pre K-12 Bilingual Education (including ENL Programming), World Language and CRE instructional, curricular and professional development initiatives;

• Oversees data collection and analysis for planning, scheduling and leads in the use of language proficiency data with state level assessment and achievement data to improve the overall achievement of students;

• Implements a comprehensive program for increasing English language acquisition and academic achievement for all multilingual learners;

• Researches, promotes and supports the development of and the effective implementation of  Bilingual/ Dual Language programs;

• Collaborates with District administrators and the ENL Department Chair to integrate effective language acquisition instruction into all classrooms and the development of necessary bilingual programming;

• Implements a professional development plan to provide culturally and linguistically  responsive instruction to all students;

• Maintains compliance with federal, state and District policies and regulations

• Reviews and analyzes student achievement data and makes recommendations to immediate supervisor and to the Assistant Superintendent and to schools on key strategies to increase student achievement;

• Oversees the development of the District Title III budget assigned to the Office of Teaching and Learning, including monitoring purchases for effective implementation

• Consistent with the District's vision, promotes and implements identified strategies to accelerate language development, academic literacy and disciplinary knowledge of all students;

• Promotes and models leadership in the change process for continuous improvement and leads transformative changes, as appropriate;

• Works with World Language team leaders and teachers, along with administrators to create and continually adjust the World Language curricula;

• Serve as a resource to Principals, teachers, and community partners (community based organizations, universities, and non-profit educational organizations) to provide assistance to adopt culturally responsive curriculum and effective pedagogical practices for the purpose of advancing educational equity;

• Collaborates with teachers, families, and building  and District administration on the necessary ENL and World Language assessments; 

• Develop professional development opportunities for teachers to increase educational outcomes;

Serve as a resource to principals, teachers, and community partners (universities, colleges, non-profit educational organizations) to provide assistance to adopt culturally responsive curriculum and effective pedagogical practices for the purpose of advancing educational equity 

• Serve as a collaborative resource within the district for furthering goals of educational equity in developing and implementing effective language acquisition strategies that reflect and support diversity, equity and inclusion for student academic success;  

• Establishes strong working relationships with school and district staff; 

• Supports a climate where equity is discussed, challenged and used to promote opportunities for staff and student success;

• Serve on cross-functional teams to provide educational and managerial leadership that builds and supports a high performance educational team, inspiring and aligning the academic work of the District;

• Collaborates with building administration and builds the the development of bilingual programming

• Gathers input from staff and surveys from students as well as formal assessment data as     part of process to monitor and evaluate the impact of the instructional program; 

• Supports the development of the instructional and leadership capacity of staff. 

Develops professional development opportunities for teachers to increase educational outcomes 

• Analyzes and utilizes data to identify professional development needs and to evaluate, improve and report on program effectiveness;

• Communicates the goals, plans and progress of the District’s professional learning program;

• Collaborate with outside agencies (ex.R-BERN) and communicate available professional learning activities to school and district staff;

• Collaborates on the design and implementation of a comprehensive Professional Development Plan of all staff;

• Implements professional learning opportunities through multiple delivery models including, formal structured workshops and digital platforms;

• Organizes, maintains and supports professional learning communities; 

• Remains a learner and informed of innovative professional development techniques to provide the district with the highest quality of professional development activities;

• Participates in the development of the district school calendar to ensure adequate professional learning time;

• Assist in the development and onboarding of new staff;

• Works with District School Support and Improvement team and school administrators to improve consistency of practice within and across the schools;

Secondary responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with the SCSD business office and Office of Planning and Accountability for accurate and timely NYSED submissions;

• Leads interpretation and translation for district

• Assist building administrations in the recruitment and hiring of ENL, Bilingual program and World Language staff;

• Will assist in conducting teacher evaluations with building administration to ensure proper implementation of curriculum;

• Within the framework of the tenets of the APPR process, provide support and/or supervise and coach teachers by adhering to precise instructional systems, visiting classrooms to observe instruction, modeling effective instructional practices, providing support, and giving feedback; 

• Creates relationships with a wide number of colleges and universities for the recruitment of bilingual and World Language teachers.

Assistant Principal

This position reports to principal of a midsize urban school district located in the Capital region of Upstate New York. The Assistant Principal is expected to execute practices that incorporate research based strategies and methodologies that will lead to improvements in the areas of teaching and learning, equity, engagement and efficiency. The Assistant Principal will supervise and evaluate staff and programs.  The Assistant Principal is tasked with supporting staff in implementing the common core, behavioral standards, as well as, instructional practices and assessments using a culturally responsive lens. The Assistant Principal fosters positive relationships between home, school and the community. This position requires a high degree of trust, professionalism and sound judgment.

Assistant Principal Expectations

• Manage building operations at the direction of the principal;
• Use of data-driven instruction and decision-making;
• Maintain a safe and orderly learning environment;
• Supervise teachers and staff;
• Evaluate teachers following district APPR guidelines;
• Address student discipline issues as needed and follow through discipline referrals with teachers, parents and students;
• Create and monitor student behavior plans;
• Prepare and attends Superintendent Hearings;
• General student supervision including arrival and dismissal, lunch room and after school events;
• Attend parent conferences and team meetings;
• Assist Principal with various projects and duties as assigned;
• Serve on district and building committees as assigned.

Assistant Principal Key Qualities

• Proven ability to motivate staff and students to achieve excellence;
• Team development and leadership skills;
• Ability to work collaboratively with staff members, and administrators;
• Ability to build strong relationships with students, staff, parents and the community;
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.