Associate School Director of Campus Operations (2025-2026 School Year)

POSITION: Associate School Director of Operations

GRADE LEVEL: Campus

LOCATION: DSST: CG HS. You can view the current openings at this link. We encourage you to apply even if your preferred position is not listed as we will be posting new roles throughout the year.

SALARY: $90,000 - $108,500 based on aligned years of experience up to 10 years. We also offer a relocation stipend for anyone joining us from 75 miles or more from Denver!

STATUS: Full time school year, benefits eligible, exempt, in-person position

START: June 11th, 2025

THE ROLE

DSST Public Schools (DSST) seeks an Associate School Director of Operations to join one of the leading charter school organizations in Colorado. DSST Public Schools’ mission is to transform urban public education by eliminating educational inequity and preparing all students for success in college and the 21st century.

We will have a centralized hiring process for school based leadership roles at DSST Public Schools. We will review applications on a rolling basis November-April.

Overview of Position:

The Associate School Director (ASD) of Operations serves as a systems leader on the campus, supporting culture and instruction through excellent operations, in partnership with the School Director. They are responsible for coaching and managing people in both their functional operations work and leadership practice as well as their continuous growth personally. In addition to this, the ASD, in partnership with the School Leadership Team, is responsible for the results of the school. The ASD role supports our belief in the human condition, that every human being strives to be fully known for who they are and the unique contribution they make to the human story.

The ASD of Ops will report to the School Director, and receive regular coaching and support from the Home Office (Network) Operations Team. They will be evaluated on data-driven performance indicators including, but not limited to student attendance, student retention and parent/student satisfaction, and network-normed School Operations Standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Campus Leadership 25%

• DSST Mission Driven: Demonstrate a sense of urgency about achievement for ALL students and preparing every student for four-year college.
• Pursue solutions with tenacity that maximize conditions to support student achievement. Is willing to do whatever it takes to get the work done right.
• Model professional maturity; emotional constancy in stressful situations, bringing out the best in others, seek solutions and positively motivating.
• Mentor and coach staff members to encourage growth and results; Identify and systematically develop future leaders.
• Acts as a strategic partner to the Campus Director and/or School Directors (middle and high school); fully responsible for executing the vision of the leader in all areas.
• Cultivate conditions that support a school culture centered on core values that deeply care for each student and staff member; holds each student and staff member to the highest level of accountability
• Provide leadership to all staff and students in establishing a positive, structured, achievement-oriented, and fun school culture.
  
  
  

Operations Leadership: 65%

• Implement systems that “sweat the small stuff,” maximize the programmatic goals of the school, and are scalable as the school grows.
• Develop solutions to complex problems involving all stakeholders.
• Manage with fiscal responsibility - develop a disciplined planning process that identifies the school’s highest-priorities.
• Operations Team Management: Manage and coach the high school operations team across, including the Office Manager, Athletic Director, and the Community Engagement and Recruitment Manager. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Weekly Checkins that prioritize tactical support and ongoing leadership development
• Weekly team meetings to align on team priorities and execution
• Functional Operational Systems Development and Support: Develop, monitor, and manage all ongoing operational systems, including but not limited to:
• Daily Front Office Operations, including customer service for staff, students, and families as well as managing student information aligned to district and network standards
• Time Off & Sub Management, including managing time off requests and coverage needs daily
• Emergency Response & Crisis Management, including serving as Site Incident Commander and fostering a culture of safety in accordance with network and district standards; design and execute training, drills, and ongoing safety processes in partnership with school, district, and network stakeholders
• School Finance, including managing the school budget and budget owners, and overseeing school-level accounting practices for all purchases,fees, and deposits
• Traffic & Campus Management, including developing safe traffic flow plans and duty schedules, and collaborating with school leadership across campus to ensure aligned support and execution
• Service Partnerships and Coordination: Regularly monitor and collaborate with service partners, including but not limited to:
• Transportation, including managing schedule changes, tracking and reporting issues with district-provided transportation, and systems to support school field trips and excursions
• Food Services, including managing schedule changes and special needs, and systems to ensure compliance with federal, state, and district standards.
• Facilities, including managing systems to address daily and short-term facilities needs, as well as coordinate and drive results with facility manager to ensure cleanliness and ticket resolution
• Nursing, including coordinating with nursing staff to ensure strong health and safety practices as well as compliance to district and state standards
• Community Use, including coordination with district and network stakeholders to support and/or manage off-hours facility use and building access
• Shared Campus partnership, where applicable, to foster collaboration on shared spaces and campus priorities
• District & state compliance, including coordination with network and school team on district charter renewal and health department inspections
• District compliance , including coordination with network and school teams on district charter renewals as well as ensuring campus stakeholders complete necessary processes to maintain good standing with the district
• Enrollment Oversight and Execution: Oversee planning and execution of strategies to ensure maximum enrollment on campus, from recruitment to October Count, including but not limited to:
• Recruitment and Onboarding, including coordination with school leadership and network community engagement team to develop and monitor goals during School Choice
• Student and Family Registration, including overseeing front office execution of registration systems, processes, and events
• Scheduling, including collaborating with network and school leadership on the development of a master schedule, meeting deadlines to ensure schedule is accurately updated in Infinite Campus, and developing and maintaining processes aimed to ensure with 100% of students scheduled by the first day of school and regularly updated as enrollment changes occur
• Attendance, including oversight on accurate and timely attendance and systems and coordination that support that across the operations and school teams
• Campus Instruction & Culture Systems: Develop and implement systems that support strong conditions for teaching and learning
• Site Assessment Leadership, including coordination with network and school staff to plan for and execute assessments in alignment with network, district, and state standards
• Athletics and Activities, including oversight on facility scheduling, on-site management of activity buses to ensure safety and compliance
• Technology, including setting vision for executing technology roll-outs and checkins in partnership with school and network staff; coordination and monitoring with on-site IT to ensure students and staff have access to the technology; developing contingency plans alongside school leadership for internet or other tech outages
• Culture Systems, including coordination with school leadership on developing and executing systems that support consistent values-based culture and discipline across multiple functions
  
  

Network Leadership 10%

• Regularly participate in and share best practices at Operations team professional training and development
• Contribute to the planning and execution of training and development for front office staff
• Create training materials and actively contribute to a community of practice of operations staff
• Collaborate with the Home Office Operations team and other School Operations Leaders to continually elevate challenges and to proactively improve operational processes network-wide
  
  
  

Additional Duties:

• Recruit and hire school faculty
• Serve as a recruiter for new students; actively engage prospective families in an effort to draw more students to choose your school; be willing to take on additional tasks to support recruitment, as needed.
• Participate in network wide Leadership Development
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university
• At least 5 years working in schools, including at least 2 years in K12 school administrative or operations leadership
• At least 2 years of managing direct reports in a school-based setting
• Demonstrated ability to coach, manage and lead adults to successful outcomes
  
  
  

Classification: Exempt

Reports to: School Director

Who We Are

At DSST Public Schools, we are proud to be the largest and highest-performing network of public charter schools in Denver and Aurora with 100% of our students having been accepted into college or post secondary programs since our inception in 2004. When you join DSST, you play a part in ensuring all 7,500 students at our 16 schools have access to a transformational and joyful education.

INTERVIEW EXPECTATIONS

For most of our positions, we hire on a rolling basis. Therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as you are able! You can learn more about what to expect in our interview process here.

WHY JOIN DSST?

At DSST, we know that our people are the greatest asset we have in reaching our mission of eliminating educational inequity. We work hard to build a work culture that allows our staff to not only feel fulfilled by the work they do but also feel supported to live a joyful, healthy life. We want this work to be your life’s work. Check out why our teachers love working at DSST as well as our benefits website to learn how we deliver on our commitment to the human condition.

• Health and Supplemental Insurance: DSST staff have access to comprehensive medical benefits, including fertility benefits and a mental health counselor that is dedicated solely to DSST staff.
• Time Off: DSST Staff enjoy 11 weeks off per year paid PTO (from Day 1!)
• Professional Development: As a learning organization, DSST values both internal and external development opportunities for staff. See some examples below:
• DSST Back to School Development Series including New Staff Institute, New Educator Institute, New Leader Institute, Leader You, and Teaching & Learning Institute.
• Weekly 1:1 Coaching from a School Administrator at your campus.
• Clear internal career pathway opportunities such as our Apprentice Teachers, Emerging Leaders, and School Director in Training Programs. Read more here.
• And more!
  
  

DSST COMMUNITY REFERRAL PROGRAM

Not a best fit role for you but know someone else who would be a great fit? Refer them here and earn $500 if they are hired!

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

DSST Public Schools is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not exclude participation in, deny benefits to or discriminate on the basis of, race, color, religion, National origin, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, or gender identity), Age (40 and older), Disability, Genetic information (including employer requests for, or purchase, use, or disclosure of genetic tests, genetic services, or family medical history), retaliation for filing a charge, reasonably opposing discrimination, or participating in a discrimination lawsuit, investigation, or proceeding in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching throughout the day. The employee must lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds. The employee must have sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.