Executive Director

About this role

Position Type: Director

State: New York

District or Organization: East Ramapo Central School District

Due Date:December 10, 2026

Executive Director

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Executive Director of School Transformation provides strategic leadership for the East Ramapo Central School District’s efforts to accelerate improvement in schools requiring intensive, differentiated support. Reporting to the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, the Executive Director leads the design, implementation, and monitoring of a comprehensive school transformation strategy focused on producing measurable and sustainable improvements in student achievement, school leadership, instructional quality, student experience, and organizational effectiveness.

The Executive Director works directly with principals, District leaders, and school teams to diagnose root causes of underperformance, develop and execute evidence-based improvement strategies, align District resources and supports to school needs, and establish clear expectations for implementation and results.

This position serves as a critical link between District priorities and school-level execution, ensuring that schools receive the differentiated support, resources, accountability, and leadership capacity necessary to achieve ambitious outcomes for students.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

● Leads the District’s comprehensive strategy for the transformation and sustained improvement of identified schools, including schools designated for additional support under New York State accountability requirements. ● Develops and implements a differentiated school-support model based on student outcomes, school performance data, leadership capacity, instructional needs, and implementation evidence. ● Works intensively with principals and school leadership teams to diagnose root causes of underperformance and develop coherent, actionable school transformation strategies. ● Ensures transformation strategies align with District priorities, the District Comprehensive Improvement Plan (DCIP), School Comprehensive Education Plans (SCEPs), applicable New York State requirements, and other District improvement commitments. ● Establishes ambitious, measurable goals and leading indicators for each identified school and monitors progress toward academic, operational, climate, attendance, and student-success outcomes. ● Conducts regular school-based reviews, learning walks, instructional rounds, and progress-monitoring meetings to evaluate implementation, identify barriers, and accelerate improvement. ● Provides direct coaching, strategic support, and constructive feedback to principals leading transformation efforts, with particular emphasis on instructional leadership, organizational management, culture, talent, and execution. ● Partners with school leaders to establish strong instructional systems, including effective professional learning communities, data cycles, intervention systems, collaborative planning, coaching, and monitoring of instructional practice. ● Leads the development and implementation of transformation strategies addressing persistent challenges, including chronic absenteeism, student engagement, academic achievement, graduation, college and career readiness, multilingual learner achievement, students with disabilities, and other identified student needs. ● Works collaboratively with Teaching and Learning, Pupil Services, Multilingual Learner programs, Special Education, Talent Management, Operations, Finance, Family and Community Engagement, and other District offices to ensure coordinated and differentiated support for transformation schools. ● Establishes cross-functional school support teams that organize District expertise and resources around the specific needs and priorities of identified schools. ● Identifies systemic barriers that prevent schools from improving and works with executive leadership to redesign District practices, policies, structures, or resource allocations when necessary. ● Ensures District resources, grants, professional learning, staffing, partnerships, and other investments supporting identified schools are strategically aligned to transformation priorities and measurable outcomes. ● Partners with Talent Management and District leadership to identify staffing needs, strengthen leadership pipelines, recruit and retain effective educators, and address talent challenges affecting school performance. ● Develops strategies for strengthening principal and school leadership capacity, including differentiated coaching, leadership development, succession planning, and targeted support. ● Uses quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends, evaluate implementation, determine effectiveness, and recommend adjustments to transformation strategies. ● Establishes short-cycle progress-monitoring routines that allow the District and schools to identify challenges early and respond rapidly when strategies are not producing expected results. ● Develops clear transformation scorecards, dashboards, and other tools that provide executive leadership with timely information regarding implementation, school progress, risks, and results. ● Identifies, evaluates, and scales effective practices from improving schools across the District. ● Ensures family and community engagement is incorporated into school transformation strategies and that schools establish meaningful partnerships with families and community organizations. ● Coordinates with appropriate District and State personnel regarding accountability requirements, improvement planning, monitoring, reporting, and implementation of required interventions. ● Prepares and presents school transformation updates, recommendations, and progress reports to the Superintendent, Board of Education, District leadership, New York State representatives, and other stakeholders as required. ● Supervises, develops, and evaluates assigned staff and promotes a culture of urgency, collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and results. ● Performs other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required: ● Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in educational leadership, curriculum and instruction, education, public administration, or a related field. ● Valid New York State administrative certification appropriate for the position, including School Building Leader (SBL), School District Leader (SDL), School Administrator and Supervisor (SAS), School District Administrator (SDA), or equivalent certification as determined by NYSED. ● Successful experience as a school or District administrator in a school or system with significant academic and/or organizational needs. ● Demonstrated experience leading significant school improvement, organizational change, instructional improvement, or transformation initiatives. ● Demonstrated record of using data and evidence to improve student, school, or organizational outcomes. ● Experience coaching and developing school leaders and/or leadership teams.

Preferred: ● Experience successfully improving outcomes in an underperforming school or system. ● Experience leading turnaround, transformation, school improvement, or differentiated school-support initiatives. ● Experience working with CSI, TSI, or other identified schools within a state accountability system. ● Knowledge of New York State accountability, school improvement, and planning requirements. ● Experience working in diverse, multilingual, and multicultural school communities.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES ● Deep knowledge of school transformation, turnaround leadership, continuous improvement, and effective school-improvement practices. ● Strong knowledge of effective instruction, school leadership, organizational change, and systems-level improvement. ● Ability to diagnose complex school performance challenges and distinguish between symptoms and underlying root causes. ● Ability to translate District priorities and improvement plans into specific school-level actions, milestones, and measurable outcomes. ● Ability to develop differentiated strategies rather than applying identical interventions across schools with different needs. ● Demonstrated ability to coach, challenge, and support principals while maintaining clear expectations for performance and results. ● Strong understanding of data analysis, progress monitoring, implementation science, and continuous-improvement methodologies. ● Ability to coordinate multiple District departments and resources around the needs of schools. ● Ability to identify when strategies are not producing expected results and lead timely adjustments. ● Strong strategic thinking, project management, communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills. ● Ability to build trust while creating urgency, accountability, and collective responsibility for results. ● Demonstrated commitment to improving educational opportunities and outcomes for all students.

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Equal Opportunity Employer The East Ramapo Central School District is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in our educational community. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals.

Join us in shaping a positive and inspiring school culture for our students and community.

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