Associate School Director ASD 2025-2026 School Year
Associate School Director ASD 2025-2026 School Year
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$ 85000 - 105000
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Job Description
POSITION: Associate School Director (ASD)
GRADE LEVEL: Hiring for both middle school and high school positions
LOCATION: Hiring at multiple locations. View current openings here. We encourage you to apply even if your preferred location is not currently listed.
SALARY: $85000$105000 based on up to 10 years of aligned experience. We also offer a relocation stipend for anyone joining us from 75 miles or more from Denver!
STATUS: Full time regular year round benefits eligible exempt inperson position (Denver CO)
START: Summer 2025. View the current School Year Calendar here.
KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The Associate School Director (ASD) serves as a systems culture and curriculum/instruction leader on the campus in partnership with the School Director. They are responsible for coaching and managing people in both their teaching practice and leadership practice as well as their continuous growth personally. The ASD role supports our belief in the human condition that every human being strives to be fully known for who they are and the unique contribution they make to the human story. In addition to this the ASD in partnership with the School Leadership Team is responsible for the overall results of the school.
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.
Act 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 hold each student and staff member to the highest level of accountability.
Coordinate with the 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 establish a positive structured achievementoriented and fun school culture for all staff and students.
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 emphasize attention to detail maximize programmatic goals 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.
Additional Duties
Recruit and hire school staff
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.
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 select course(s) within the school
If applicable act as a student advisor for a group of students
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors Degree
At least 5 years working in schools and classrooms
At least 2 years of experience in 612 grade schoolbased leadership
Demonstrated ability to coach manage and lead adults to achieve student success and professional growth
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
IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS
Proven commitment to and experience with serving students of color students with disabilities and/or multilingual students
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
