Deputy Superintendent of Schools

The Lansing School District serves over 10,000 PreK-12 students across 25 school buildings in the increasingly diverse urban community of Lansing, MI. We are unique compared to other districts because of the wide variety of exciting and innovative educational options from which families and staff members can choose. All of Lansing School District’s team members are dedicated to our mission to provide an excellent education to all students in a safe and nurturing environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction,

Administration, or a related field required

• Valid Michigan School Administrator Certificate or eligibility required
• Minimum of 5 years of successful school lor educational leadership experience required
• Demonstrated experience supervising, coaching, evaluating, and supporting school

leaders and/or district-level administrators

• Strong understanding of K-12 instructional systems, assessment practices,

accountability, school improvement, student support, and district operations

• Experience leading teams, managing complex initiatives, and implementing systems

across multiple schools or departments

• Demonstrated ability to use data to monitor progress, identify needs, evaluate impact,

and guide improvement

• Strong communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to build trust, work collaboratively, and lead through influence with diverse

stakeholders

• Commitment to student achievement, and the success of all Lansing School District

students

• Central office leadership experience in a large urban school district preferred

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior advisor to the Superintendent and member of the District Executive

Team

• Supervise, support, and evaluate assigned senior directors, directors, administrators,

and other staff as designated by the Superintendent

• Lead and coordinate districtwide work related to curriculum and instruction, assessment

• and evaluation, instructional programming, professional development, and continuous
• improvement

• Support the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of district

academic priorities and strategic initiatives

• Collaborate with school and central office leaders to strengthen instructional systems,

• school improvement processes, student achievement, attendance, graduation, and
• overall school performance

• Provide leadership for the alignment of academic programs, student supports, staffing,

resources, and operational systems across schools and departments

• Support principal supervision, principal development, and consistent implementation of

district expectations across buildings

• Lead or support Instructional Council, steering committees, and other districtwide

leadership structures

• Oversee assigned areas such as K-12 schools, alternative education, athletics and

• enrichment, Capital Area K-12 Online, summer school, pupil accounting, central
• enrollment, research requests, and related district functions

• Use district, school, program, and student data to monitor progress, evaluate

effectiveness, identify gaps, and recommend adjustments

• Collaborate with Executive Team members to support budgeting, staffing, resource

• allocation, compliance, policy implementation, collective bargaining and labor relations,
• and short/long-range planning

• Support the Superintendent in preparing recommendations, reports, presentations, and

updates for the Board of Education, staff, families, and community stakeholders

• Represent the Superintendent and/or District in meetings, committees, community

events, and partnerships as assigned

• Assist with crisis response, problem-solving, parent/community concerns, and high-level

operational or instructional issues

• Promote a culture of high expectations, accountability, collaboration, professionalism,

and continuous improvement

• Ensure assigned departments and schools operate in alignment with Board policy, state

• and federal requirements, grant requirements, collective bargaining agreements, and
• district procedures

• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound professional judgment in handling sensitive

personnel, student, family, and district matters

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Superintendent