Director of Teaching and Learning

POSTING #: 3400
The Sauk Rapids-Rice Public School District No. 47 is seeking an experienced and innovative educator to provide excellent leadership to staff, students and the community as the Director of Teaching and Learning beginning Fall 2025.  Located in Sauk Rapids, MN, minutes from downtown St. Cloud and approximately an hour Northwest of the Twin Cities, ISD 47 is a growing school district providing quality programs to 4000+ students and approximately 650 staff members.

Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools believe in:

• A culture of high quality and effective instruction
• Partnerships and collaboration
• Student and staff well-being
• High student achievement
• Stewardship of Resources
• Equitable education

• Set clear instructional goals that support and assist staff with increasing student achievement
• Support the creation of a positive school climate to establish a thriving learning culture
• Operate and manage an educational system focused on high quality and effective instruction
• Build instructional leadership, shared understanding and unity with principals among staff
• Develop racial, cultural, socio-economic and educational competencies that transcend differences
• Provide leadership to develop, implement and evaluate standards-based curriculum, professional learning, data driven decision-making and differentiation strategies
• Develop and oversee curriculum review process to align with federal, state, and local mandates and the integration of student and program evaluation results
• Ensure the District's strategic and operational plans are developed and implemented successfully
• Oversee professional learning and staff development activities
• Ensure access to materials and appropriate infrastructure
• Assist with implementation of the District's Portrait of a Graduate (POG) plan
• Prepare and communicate information related to assessment and achievement to school district stakeholders
• Represent the district at Minnesota Department of Education meetings and other partner organizations as well as act as liaison between the district and state concerning activities related to curriculum, staff development, and mentoring
• Advise School Board, Superintendent and administration regarding instruction, assessment, staff development, and curriculum
• Work with instructional coaches, while coordinating programming and day-to-day operations
• Assist with the supervision and duty assignments of teachers and clerical support

• Knowledgeable about
  • Educational programming and curriculum development
  • Assessment processes, evaluation techniques and program improvement processes
  • Minnesota Academic Standards
  • Statistical and quantitative procedures and methods
  • Instructional technologies and software, equipment, tools and devices used for presenting instruction,  assessing learning and assuring student progress
• Skilled in
  • The design and implementation of educational programming and staff development
  • Instructional systems, models, theories, educational technologies, and trends
• Have an understanding of
  • School finance
  • Strategic planning
  • Project management
• Highly organized
• Effective communicators
• Thoughtful and deliberate decision-makers
• Creative problem solvers with extraordinary relationship and conflict resolution skills
• Innovative and able to promote and implement quality programs
• Motivating and positive with students, staff, and community members
• Able to provide leadership within the school, district and community
• Life-long learners and positive role models
• Willing and able to work long and irregular hours

• Masters Degree
• Experience as a teacher and school and/or program administrator
• Minnesota Teaching License with a Professional Administrative K-12 Principal endorsement or enrolled in an administrative program for licensure

• Doctoral degree
• Three years of administrative experience
• Strong background in educational technology