Reports to: CRSS Board of Directors
Supervises: All professional, paraprofessional, administrative, and support personnel attached to Cannon River Stem School.
Evaluation: The Director’s Performance Evaluation system is based the Director’s Job Description and a mutually agreed upon set of Performance Goals, that identifies indicators, markers, results, findings, outcomes, improvements, or other metrics that indicate the Director’s degree of success in meeting his/her Professional Performance Goals. The indicators will be identified at the same time the Professional Performance Goals are adopted and they will be used in both a mid-year formative Professional Performance evaluation and for an end of year summative Professional Performance evaluation.
Purpose: Cannon River STEM School’s vision is to become an innovative leader in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in Minnesota while creating a community of students who love to learn. The Executive Director believes in and guides the implementation of this vision.
Goals and Objectives:
- Provide leadership for the school’s shared vision and values.
- Provide leadership for the school’s short- and long-term planning, including strategic planning.
- Implement school policy and provide necessary planning for enrollment, development, and outreach to support the school’s financial health.
- Oversee quality and continuous improvement of the School’s curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
- Act as the school’s spokesperson with internal and external communities.
- Forge and sustain relationships with the school’s external partners, including neighboring schools, donors, and local community organizations; understand their needs; and communicate them to the school staff and the Board of Directors.
- Serve as the parent contact for school-wide matters or concerns.
- Manage successful parent and community relationships.
- Resolve conflicts with parents and support organizational learning to prevent similar conflicts in the future.
- Effectively manage professional development of teachers, paraprofessional, and administrative and operational staff.
- Effectively identify and manage all legal and compliance issues.
- Provide timely reporting to the Board of Directors on whole-school initiatives and issues.
- Participate actively in and support the finance committee.
- Develop, manage and oversee the school’s budget and manage all school finances.
- Attend all Board-related meetings, functions, and events.
- Understand the community in which Cannon River STEM School operates.
- Ensure that Cannon River STEM School meets or exceeds state and authorizer educational standards.
- Maintain ongoing continuing education requirements for appropriate licensure.
- Oversee and Manage all personnel and human resources activities of the school.
- Draft and provide all necessary reports and other information to the School’s Authorizer.
- Be familiar with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes Section 124E and assist the Board in maintaining full compliance with the Statutes at all times.
- Be familiar with the contract between the School and it’s Authorizer and assist the Board in being in full compliance with the contract at all times.
- Carry out Executive Director Duties, as assigned.