Substitute Administrator

Cleveland Metropolitan School District

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About The Position

INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD’s approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland’s schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results. The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district’s Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective. Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World: In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment. THE OPPORTUNITY: Location: As Assigned Reports to: Network Support Leader/Principal Type: Part-time FLSA Status: Exempt Daily rate: $ 368.33 2025-2026 School Year The substitute administrator is responsible for creating a strong school culture and an academic program clearly focused on improving teaching practices tied to measurable student achievement gains. Successful candidates must be instructionally strong, confident administrators who can provide decisive management, coaching, and vigorous leadership through the change process at each school. This position reports to the network support leader.

Requirements

• Master’s degree required
• Strong record of helping students achieve academic success, primarily minority and low-income students
• Three plus years of K-12 administrator experience, required
• Three to five years of K-12 classroom experience, required
• Experience working effectively with urban schools, students and families, and outside partners with demonstrated exemplary results
• Record of success in leading adults; prior experience with direct management and supervision
• A passionate belief in the capacity of all children to learn and succeed and a sense of urgency about making that real for CMSD students
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and be flexible, willing and able to play different roles at the school, and to go above and beyond to meet the varied and constant needs of CMSD scholars
• Certification - Administrator license (K-8, 4-9, or 5-12)
• Ability to work nights and weekends as needed
• Valid Ohio driver’s license

Nice To Haves

• Special training and/or experience with school turnaround highly desirable

Responsibilities

• Has the primary responsibility for establishing his or her school as an active learning center with a focus on student engagement, professional support for teachers, instructional practices that lead to dramatic academic progress, and measurable results that lead to better outcomes for our schools and scholars

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level