Assistant Superintendent, Information Technology - Dallas Independent School District Dallas, TX

  DIVISION: 

Information Technology

  DEPARTMENT:

Enterprise Applications

  REPORTS TO:

Chief  Technology Officer

  SUPERVISES:        

Directly Supervises Assigned Staff

  EDUCATION:                

Bachelor’s degree in education, computer science, business administration, or comparable. Master’s degree preferred

  EXPERIENCE:       

Ten years of education technology leadership experience, including a minimum of five years developing, implementing, and supporting student information systems, learning management systems, instructional applications, and data analytics products.

POSITION FUNCTION/PURPOSE:

Executive leadership for enterprise applications development and support. Oversees the design, development, implementation, adoption, and support for enterprise learning and business systems.  Achieves the goals of the Board of Trustees and the Superintendent of Schools through districtwide planning, collaboration, program leadership, performance benchmarking, and technology innovation.  Ensures students and teachers are fully prepared and supported for digital learning in both physical and virtual learning classroom environments.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Work with the Chief of Schools, Chief of Instruction, Chief of Transformation & Innovation and other executive leaders to design, develop and implement major technology systems for schools and business offices
2. Collaborate with division and departmental leaders to understand evolving instructional technology needs, specify solution requirements and develop product roadmaps
3. Plan and lead high profile technology programs, such as Operation Connectivity, Unified Enrollment, Hybrid Virtual School, etc.
4. Demonstrate how technology innovation can drive the organization's goals and objectives
5. Lead the  development, implementation, adoption and support of major instructional delivery and content systems
6. Provide consultation, technical assistance, and outstanding support to school campuses and administrative departments
7. Develop innovative data products to measure student outcomes and performance
8. Ensure compliance with state data reporting requirements
9. Recruit and retrain the best and brightest technology support teams for campuses
10. Communicate with students, staff, and parents regarding technology services and issues
11. Engage internal and external stakeholders in efforts to build consensus regarding priorities for educational technology resources
12. Develop and manage program, project, captial, and operating budgets
13. Represent Dallas ISD technology leadership within various task forces and committees
14. Develop policies and procedures and ensure appropriate use and adoption of technology resources to the user community and technology staff
15. Manage, direct and assign priorities and personnel to major projects to ensure attainment of district and department strategic goals and objectives
16. Develop professional development plans to ensure the ongoing growth of team members

17.  Scan the marketplace for new technology and business trends that affect education

18.  Run education technology experiments, helping to create new products and services and integrate the best of these into production operations for the District

19.  Guide and advise stakeholders about emerging technologies and trends

1. Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned.