School Director in Training SDiT 2025-2026 School Year
School Director in Training SDiT 2025-2026 School Year
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$ 90000 - 108500
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Job Description
POSITION: School Director in Training (SDiT)
GRADE LEVEL: Hiring for both middle school and high school positions
LOCATION: Currently hiring at multiple locations. See a map of our 16 schools here.
SALARY: $90000$108500.00 based on years of aligned experience up to 10 years. We also offer a relocation stipend if you are moving from a location greater than 75 miles from Denver!
STATUS: Full time benefits eligible exempt inperson position (Denver CO)
START: Summer 2025. You can view the current School Year Calendar here.
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
At DSST Public Schools we believe that every student deserves an exceptional education and that strong school leadership is the single greatest lever to delivering the rigorous vibrant and equitable schools our students deserve. The School Director in Training (SDIT) Program serves as DSSTs multiyear advanced leadership development pathway for rising School Directors. The School Director in Training Program at DSST Public Schools is grounded in these core beliefs:
Classroom teachers and school leaders are the most critical levers driving school and student success.
Leaders are the drivers of their development and own opportunities to optimize their growth.
The pursuit of educational equity is the reason we do this work; to be an exceptional leader one must fiercely own the pursuit of equity across all domains.
In Year 1 SDITs engage in rigorous professional development through intensive coaching observation/debrief cycles tightly aligned to individual growth plans targeted development sessions and onthejob stretch opportunities while working alongside a Mentor School Director as a schoolbased leader (typically taking on the responsibilities and ownership for instruction student culture and/or school operations). SDITs serve as systems culture curriculum and instructional leaders while coaching and managing teams towards exceptional results.
In Year 2 SDITs continue to engage in the rigorous onthejob and supplemental development of Year 1 while layering on additional opportunities designed to prepare them to assume the role of School Director. These opportunities may include: rotating leadership placements to learn alongside new Mentor School Directors excellent school observations robust external professional development and the opportunity to serve as an Interim School Director at a DSST school. After School Directors SDITs serve as the most senior schoolbased leaders across the DSST network and assume exceptional responsibility for the results and success of a school.
In consideration of the leadership needs of the network and the experience level of an SDIT there are instances where the multiyear program may be accelerated to allow a SDIT to assume the role of School Director after a single year.
You Should Consider This Role If:
You want to lead a DSST middle or high school. The core of DSSTs School Director in Training Program centers on preparing promising rising leaders (YOU! to lead rigorous vibrant and equitable schools within 1 to 2 years.
You are missiondriven at your core. You are deeply connected and committed to DSSTs mission and are unwavering in your belief that all students deserve access to an excellent education and can achieve at the highest level.
You are an unrelenting champion for equity. You believe rigor access and opportunity for all is education equity. You devote time to learning and reflection on critical concepts related to race power and identity. You value and successfully develop relationships across lines of difference and your unyielding commitment to diversity equity and inclusion drives actions and decisions.
You have a high bar for excellence and refuse to give up. You demonstrate the drive and aligned actions to take on more than is expected and never relent in pursuit of a challenging goal. When things feel impossible you innovate iterate and inspire your team to keep going with eagerness and optimism to achieve exceptional results.
You love working with people. You believe in a school community where everyone can both belong and be themselves. You have a strong understanding of and investment in people an inclusive lens and lead with a compassionate view of the human condition that can lead to transformative results.
You are an eager and continuous learner. You love a challenge and feedback makes your heart grow fonder. You seek and own opportunities to grow and are deeply and comprehensively committed to being a school leader worth following.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
Leadership
DSST Mission Driven: Demonstrate a sense of urgency about achievement for ALL students and preparing every student for post secondary success
Pursue solutions with tenacity that maximize student achievement. Is willing to do whatever it takes to get the work done right
Model professional maturity; emotional constancy in stressful situations bringing out the best in others seek solutions and positively motivating
Mentor and coach staff members to encourage growth and results
Identify and systematically develop future leaders
Acts as a strategic partner to the School Director; fully responsible for executing the vision of the leader in all areas
Supervise a substantial portion of the team
Culture
Cultivate school culture centered on core values that deeply care for each student and staff member and holds each student and staff member to the highest level of accountability
Coordinate with school leadership team to ensure Morning Meetings are robust and supportive of our valuesbased culture
Collaborate with school staff to maximize the ability of the school to support students academic and socioemotional development
Provide leadership to all staff and students in establishing a positive structured achievementoriented and fun school culture
Instruction Coaching and Evaluation
Provide instructional leadership informed by a nuanced understanding of DSST best practices
Use centralized coaching tool to track all coaching meetings observations and action steps
Provide teachers with specific actionable qualitative (i.e. narrative) and quantitative (i.e. rubric) feedback on their performance in all areas
Manage a datadriven instructional process that includes rigorous interim assessments that are effectively aligned with yearend assessments and college readiness. Able to align all other school leadership components to the data driven instructional process (professional development curriculum development teacher observation/supervision etc
Work with teachers to create and refine DSST curriculum documents (assessments plans data tracking) which correspond to college readiness standards core instructional practices and the benchmark assessment program
Create maintain and update whole school grade level and teacher level student academic and assessment records and reports
Oversee required standardized testing
Identify and arrange for staff development opportunities which relate to core instructional practices standards based assessments and content areas
Comanage department chairs to ensure effective outcomes within departments
Systems
Implement systems that sweat the small stuff maximize the programmatic goals of the school and are scalable as the school grows
Develop solutions to complex problems involving all stakeholders
Manage with fiscal responsibility develop a disciplined planning process that identifies the schools highestpriorities
The School Director in Training will be evaluated based on datadriven performance indicators including but not limited to student attendance measurable student learning gains on nationallynormed tests internal benchmark assessments and student retention and parent/student satisfaction.
Additional Duties:
Recruit and hire school faculty
Serve as a recruiter for new students; actively engage prospective families in an effort to draw more students to choose your school; be willing to take on additional tasks to support recruitment as needed
Actively engage in the community in which your school is located and the broader Denver/Aurora community as well. This includes community outreach touring your school with elected officials and other community leaders hosting community events and encouraging staff to be present in the community.
Actively engage in family communications by establishing norms and cadence with staff and modeling strong positive family communications
Work with DSST Home Office to create networkwide standards curriculum and assessment documents
Work with DSST Home Office to create networkwide new teacher professional development; create schoolspecific new and returning teacher professional development
Participate in network wide Instructional Leadership Development and Culture Leadership Development
If applicable teach course(s) within the school
If applicable act as a student advisor for a group of students
IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS
Proven commitment to and experience with serving students of color students with disabilities students experiencing poverty and/or multilingual students
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
An unwavering belief that all students can succeed in high school reach their most ambitious postsecondary goals and lead exemplary lives
Desire to personally professionally grow in their practice of becoming an antiracist educator
Selfawareness a regular practice of reflection and a desire to continuously improve
Bachelors Degree from an accredited university
Demonstrated evidence of success coaching leading and managing adults towards exceptional results
Demonstrated conviction and unyielding commitment to equity
A deep love for students teachers families and making a school a place where everyone can thrive
5 years of experience working in schools and classrooms
3 years of experience in schoolbased leadership as an assistant principal or similar level
Experience in 6th12th grade school leadership highly preferred
Experience as a principal and/or other senior schoolbased leader highly preferred
WHO WE ARE
At DSST Public Schools we are proud to be the largest and highestperforming network of public charter schools in Denver and Aurora with 100 of our students having been accepted into college or post secondary programs since our inception in 2004. When you join DSST you play a part in ensuring all 7500 students at our 16 schools have access to a transformational and joyful education.
INTERVIEW EXPECTATIONS
For most of our positions we hire on a rolling basis. Therefore we recommend that you submit your application as soon as you are able! You can learn more about what to expect in our interview process here.
WHY JOIN DSST
At DSST we know that our people are the greatest asset we have in reaching our mission of eliminating educational inequity. We work hard to build a work culture that allows our staff to not only feel fulfilled by the work they do but also feel supported to live a joyful healthy life. We want this work to be your lifes work. Check out why our teachers love working at DSST as well as our benefits website to learn how we deliver on our commitment to the human condition.
Health and Supplemental Insurance: DSST staff have access to comprehensive medical benefits including fertility benefits and a mental health counselor that is dedicated solely to DSST staff.
Time Off: DSST Staff enjoy 11 weeks off per year paid PTO (from Day 1!
Professional Development: As a learning organization DSST values both internal and external development opportunities for staff. See some examples below:
DSST Back to School Development Series including New Staff Institute New Educator Institute New Leader Institute Leader You and Teaching & Learning Institute.
Weekly 1:1 Coaching from a School Administrator at your campus.
Clear internal career pathway opportunities such as our Apprentice Teachers Emerging Leaders and School Director in Training Programs. Read more here.
And more!
DSST COMMUNITY REFERRAL PROGRAM
Not a best fit role for you but know someone else who would be a great fit Refer them here and earn $500 if they are hired!
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION
DSST Public Schools is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not exclude participation in deny benefits to or discriminate on the basis of race color religion National origin sex (including pregnancy and related conditions sexual orientation or gender identity) Age 40 and older) Disability Genetic information (including employer requests for or purchase use or disclosure of genetic tests genetic services or family medical history) retaliation for filing a charge reasonably opposing discrimination or participating in a discrimination lawsuit investigation or proceeding in admission or access to or treatment or employment in its programs and activities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
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. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and may require standing walking bending kneeling stooping and crouching throughout the day. The employee must lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds. The employee must have sufficient hand arm and finger dexterity to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
