Cherry Creek School District No. 5, Denver, CO - Superintendent
$295,000–$335,000 year
On-siteDenver, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Lead the Cherry Creek School District Board of Education in executing a forward-looking vision to improve student outcomes across 52,000 students in the Denver-metro area. Manage complex operations, strategic plans, and financial stewardship while adapting to funding constraints and enrollment shifts. Build and retain a high-functioning leadership team, prioritize staff morale, and foster shared ownership among diverse stakeholders. Serve as a visible ambassador through public speaking, community engagement, and responsiveness to board relations and political awareness. Demonstrate integrity, equity focus, and the courage to make difficult decisions that center students as the driver of all choices.
Required Qualifications
- visible, high-integrity, equity-focused, and student-centered leader
- models transparency
- builds trust across many constituencies
- leads strategy
- manages complex operations
- brings people together to execute a clear vision for improved student outcomes
- Integrity, honesty, and a strong moral compass
- Transparency and accountability as expected norms
- Courage to make difficult decisions while staying student-centered
- Commitment to equity, multiculturalism, and closing achievement gaps
- Unwavering focus on students as the driver of all decisions
- Clear instructional vision tied to demonstrated student growth and achievement
- Ability to articulate and execute a forward-looking vision in a changing education landscape
- Demonstrated success driving measurable student achievement
- Committed to action and ability to lead meaningful change
- Capacity to lead strategic plans while adapting to funding constraints and enrollment shifts
- Clear, effective communicator internally and externally
- Ability to serve as a visible ambassador for the district
- Public speaking, community engagement, and responsiveness
- Strong engagement with diverse stakeholders
- Emphasis on listening and fostering shared ownership
- Skilled in board relations and political awareness without being political
- Ability to build, develop, and retain a high-functioning leadership team
- Prioritizes staff morale, culture, and motivation
- Success managing complex systems and multiple constituencies simultaneously
- Strong financial stewardship, budgeting, and taxpayer accountability
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