POSITION: Educational Services Executive

WORK LOCATION: ACSA Sacramento or Burlingame office

This position is NOT creditable towards STRS or PERS service.

DEFINITION OF POSITION
Participates in the execution of the Association’s overall professional learning and educational services
activities including program development, quality control and program oversight.

The Educational Services Executive shall share the responsibility for ACSA’s learning and teaching focus and
provide direction to ACSA staff, Board and members.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

Receives general direction and supervision from the Senior Director of Educational Services. Methods of
performing tasks are the responsibility of the employee. Performance is measured by results accomplished.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES - May include, but are not limited to, the following:
Responsibilities
• Designs and implements new professional learning programs responding to the changing needs of
school leaders.
• Supports ACSA’s involvement in providing assistance to schools and districts identified as program
improvement and/or high priority.
• Advocates on behalf of all ACSA members.
• Consults with districts, charters and members about issues.
• Serves as committee liaison to assigned ACSA councils and/or committees.
• Works with ACSA members and staff to design new programs.
• Formulates and recommends to the Senior Director for approval or submission to the Board, ACSA
positions regarding issues related to the leadership of learning and teaching.
• Assists the Senior Director in presenting educational services programs and needs of ACSA members
to the ACSA Board as well as city, district, county and state officials.
• Evaluates, on a continuing basis, the evolving professional learning and support needed and desired by
school administrators; supervises the development of long and short range plans for achieving the
ACSA Board goals and provides the ACSA Board with timely, well-substantiated reports and
recommendations for direction of ACSA’s educational services activities.
• Assists districts and ACSA educational services staff with professional learning planning.
• Directs development and monitoring/revision of the budget for programs assigned.
• Acts as liaison with community organization – such as, but not limited to: educational businesses,
charter schools, McRel, WestEd.

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 • Writes grants for leadership support funding.
• Supervises assigned staff including vacation scheduling, sick time, and yearly evaluation.
• May act as Senior Director in his or her absence.
• Makes presentations to fellow staff and ACSA members regarding professional learning programs.
• Attends cabinet, executive staff, and department meetings as needed.
• Stays informed and up to date on legislation related to areas of responsibility and provides input to
Governmental Relations department of behalf of practitioners.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS
• Sitting for long hours, sitting or working on computer keyboard.
• Some travel (up to 40%), occasionally overnight.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:
• Principles and practices of organization, administration and personnel management.
• Budget management principles and practices.
• Trends in education.
• Professional development practices.
• Educational policies and practices.
• Professional learning program design, in person and online.
• Adult learning theory.
• State and federal school and district accountability requirements.
• California Education Code.
• Labor, employment relations and case law.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel and Powerpoint).
• Effective time and project management techniques.
• Principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation.

Ability to:
• Design and conduct professional learning programs for certificated and classified school
administrators.
• Develop and manage the resources, timelines, and objectives of a project.
• Apply expertise to the assignment at hand.
• Collaborate with fellow staff.
• Multi-task and work with time sensitive deadlines.
• Write comprehensive, concise and technical information in a persuasive and informative manner.
• Establish and convey goals, objectives, and positions.
• Supervise, evaluate, and motivate subordinate staff.
• Speak effectively before large audiences.

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 • Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions and project consequences of proposed action as well
as implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Work effectively under pressure, to exercise good judgment under conditions of stress.
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships with members of association, the general public,
other staff, and work as a team member.
• Research and recommend future directions for educational services programs.
• Use information systems with sensitivity and confidentiality.
• Work and problem solve with diverse group of people.

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is
qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:
• Six years of progressively responsible administrative experience of California public schools including
professional learning program design, responsibility for K-12 curriculum, instruction and staff
development.
• One of the successful applicants must have recent experience in an urban setting and/or a central
office position working with curriculum, instruction, and accountability issues.

Training/Education:
• Must possess a valid California Administrative Services Credential. Master’s degree required.
• Must have successful administrative experience. Principalship and central office level experience
preferred.

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