BASIC FUNCTION:

The Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services shall:  Serve as administrative head of the Educational Services Department which includes Curriculum and Instruction, English Learner Services, and Student Services;  Report directly to the Superintendent and be responsible for supervising the site and district administrators relative to the following services: Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) development, English Learner Programs and Services, K-8 Instructional Program (includes Technology Integration), Consolidated Applications, and Student Testing in addition to the development of the SPSA, SARC and Multi-Tiered System of Support Initiatives;  Be responsible for day-to-day operating procedures of the District’s educational programs.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

• Monitor, report and identify student achievement and programmatic needs through analysis.
• Facilitate annual Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) development including:
• Coordinating stakeholder input; Communicating updates in progress to the board and all stakeholders; Collaborating with the business office and other district departments to draft the annual plan.
• Develop need-based plans for staff development, school support and instructional initiatives.
• Serve as liaison to State and Federal agencies; Interpret State and Federal program guidelines and monitor school programs for adherence to those guidelines. Submit relevant State reports.
• Monitor school plans (SPSA) for implementation.
• Monitor project and categorical budget expenditures.
• Coordinate with County personnel and outside agencies relative to pertinent programs in Educational Services.
• Plan and execute staff development.  
• Serve on the Superintendent’s cabinet; Regular attendee at Governing Board Meetings.
• As needed, conduct course reviews and report findings and recommendations to the Superintendent and the Governing Board.
• Coordinate and provide direction for program articulation, alignment and coherence among schools (elementary to intermediate, intermediate to high school and within, across individual schools).
• Order elementary textbooks and allocate special funding (E.C. 60242B).
• Review and recommend all texts and courses of study to Board.
• Evaluate programs at all levels.
• Meet regularly with principals to review instructional programs, monitor use of materials and support implementation.
• Meet with staff, as needed.
• Promote exemplary and results-oriented programs using the Improvement Science model.
• Consistently search for “Good Practices” and promote good practices across schools that support increased student learning.
• Evaluate principals
• Collaborate with technology department with regards to instruction and curriculum applications.
• Coordinate or attend meetings for: DELAC, PIAC, and Daly City Peninsula Partnership and other district committees of relevance.
• Coordinate District Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Initiatives including in-school, after-school and summer school programs for general education students.  Coordinate with Special Education department to increase alignment and coherence.
• Implement District retention/ intervention policy.
• Coordinates the student Intra-Inter-district transfer agreements.
• Supervise Student Services Program Director in the following: receive and respond to parent complaints; represent Superintendent on all discipline referrals, suspension and expulsion matters; coordinate the District expulsion hearings; monitor child abuse reports; administer the pupil record keeping system.
• Work with parents/guardians to develop District perspective of parents/guardians as a resource.
• Increase District’s efforts to recruit and enroll additional students.
• Identify and make recommendations to the Superintendent regarding District practices or policies that inhibit parent/guardian involvement or student enrollment.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.