Chief of School Leadership Development

Key Relationships: Works collaboratively with Supervising Superintendents, and NYCPS Central, divisional, and superintendent teams to coordinate cross-functional and differentiated instructional, operational, and compliance-related support to schools.

Responsibilities

Assists the Senior Chief of School Leadership in developing programs, tools for superintendents to strengthen their instructional leadership to ensure that every student receives the highest quality instruction each day, with extra attention to learners requiring the most support.
Designs and strengthens a coherent leadership continuum that develops and supports educators and leaders at every stage of their careers, from emerging leaders through senior system leadership.
Leads strategies to identify, develop, and retain a strong and diverse pipeline of highly effective school and system leaders.
Develops differentiated leadership development, coaching, professional learning, and career pathways for aspiring and current school and system leaders.
Builds the capacity of leaders to lead instructional improvement, develop adults, strengthen school culture, advance equity, and navigate complex organizational change.
Develops strategies that recognize and support the distinct leadership responsibilities and development needs of teachers, assistant principals, principals, superintendents, and other system leaders.
Supports superintendents in ensuring schools receive high-quality and responsive instructional, operational, and compliance support from Central and district teams.
Leads the development of innovative approaches to school transformation, including school redesign, renewal, restructuring, and other significant organizational transitions.
Supports school and system leaders in reimagining existing schools and creating the conditions for sustained improvement, innovation, and stronger student experiences.
Integrates equity-centered leadership practices into leadership development and organizational transformation, including the capacity to navigate difficult conversations, disrupt inequities, and lead across differences.
Partners across NYCPS divisions to align leadership development, talent strategies, and school transformation efforts with the Department’s broader priorities and ensure coherence across the system.
Establishes systems to assess the effectiveness and impact of leadership development and school transformation strategies and uses evidence to continuously improve practice.
Builds and manages strategic partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to advance leadership development, talent, and school transformation.
Leads, develops, and manages a high-performing team responsible for advancing the Office’s portfolio and priorities.
Supports the Senior Chief of School Leadershipl Leadership in managing external partnerships with key providers, stakeholders, advocates, and other partners as needed to foster and facilitate engagement of partners in decision-making and improvement efforts of districts and schools.
Builds and manages strategic partnerships with external providers, stakeholders, advocates, and other partners to inform strategy, strengthen leadership development and school transformation efforts, and support continuous improvement across NYCPS.
Serves as a strategic thought partner to senior NYCPS leadership on leadership, talent, organizational development, and school transformation.

Qualification Requirements:

Minimum

Must currently possess or will possess by date of hire, New York State certification as a school district administrator (SDA) or school district leader (SDL). Please Note: We do not accept internship certificates.

Preferred

Extensive experience in school and/or system leadership, with a deep understanding of the work of school and system leaders.
Demonstrated success designing and implementing leadership development, talent development, or organizational development strategies at scale.
Demonstrated ability to identify, develop, and retain diverse leadership talent and build strong leadership pipelines.
Experience coaching and developing leaders across multiple levels of an organization.
Demonstrated experience leading or supporting significant organizational, school, or systems-level transformation.
Experience designing or implementing innovative approaches to school improvement, redesign, renewal, or organizational change.
Strong understanding of instructional leadership and the conditions that enable schools and leaders to improve student outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity, and significant organizational change.
Experience facilitating difficult conversations and building the capacity of leaders to navigate conflict, resistance, and competing perspectives.
Demonstrated commitment to equity and experience developing leaders' capacity to identify and address inequities in systems, structures, and practices.
Exceptional strategic thinking and the ability to translate a broad vision into actionable strategies, structures, and implementation plans.
Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and influence across organizational boundaries, including with senior leaders, school communities, and external partners.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data and evidence to inform strategy, assess impact, and drive continuous improvement.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Demonstrated experience leading, developing, and managing high-performing teams.
Experience managing complex, multi-faceted portfolios, including budgets, partnerships, and cross-functional initiatives.