Director of District Safety (25-26(25))
The Director of District Safety assists, advises, and supports administrators and staff regarding issues and/or concerns of school and district safety. Minimum Starting Salary $100,000.

• NYS Administrative Certification required, as well as experience as a school leader.
• Please apply online by June 30, 2025, at: http://monticelloschools.tedk12.com/hire or OLAS, EOE

Job Details:
Description:

Our Vision We aspire to build a world-class community of schools and be a district of choice.

Our Mission Our mission is to ensure that each learner is future-ready by providing empowering educational experiences.

Our Goals
Student Success: We will provide a holistic education comprised of extensive curricular and extra-curricular experiences that empower each individual student to conquer challenges, develop talents, and discover passions, while sustaining rigor and achieving evidence-based academic growth.
Community Engagement: We will strive to build authentic relationships rooted in trust, transparency, and two-way communication with all constituents. We will actively seek avenues to partner with local organizations and agencies to increase our network of resources to improve and support life-long learning opportunities for our community.
School Culture: We will foster an inclusive culture that sparks community pride, emphasizes kindness and respect and ensures that all students, staff and visitors are valued and supported in safe, secure, orderly and clean appropriately effective facilities.
Fiscal Responsibilities: We will fortify its financial assets through long-term, strategic planning that aims to consistently maximize district improvements while minimizing taxpayer impact.

Leadership Characteristics Required for the Director (Adapted from NYS Professional Standards
for Educational Leaders):

• Develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and academic success and well-being of each student.
• Act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
• Strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
• Develop and support intellectually rigorous, culturally relevant, and coherent systems of curriculum,
  instruction, and assessment to promote the academic success and well-being of all students.
• Cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and wellbeing of all students.
• Develop the professional capacity, cultural competence, and practice of school personnel to promote the love of learning, academic success, and well-being of all students.
• Foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
• Engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
• Manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
• Act as agents of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

General Responsibilities:

The Director of District Safety assists, advises, and supports administrators and staff regarding issues and/or concerns of school and district safety, including but not limited to the following:

• Evaluate instructional staff in accordance with APPR requirements
• Collaborate with administrators for building safety
• Hire, Manage, evaluate, and assign security attendants
• Organize security for after-school events, including working with the Athletic Director for sporting events
• Respond to and collaborate with law enforcement
• Review and act on facility usage requests
• Monitor and update the districtwide school safety plan
• Review and coordinate updates to building-level emergency response plans (BLERP)
• Collaborate with outside vendors
• Order supplies and equipment for district security needs
• Review and manage processes for surveillance cameras and other security systems
• Produce and provide staff and student identification badges and manage building access
• Chair and facilitate the district’s behavioral threat assessment management (BTAM) team
• Chair and facilitate the district’s bullying prevention committee
• Serve as the district's dignity act coordinator (DAC)
• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Superintendent of Schools

The successful candidate will possess:

• A successful record of experience as a school leader; AP or other
•  Current and appropriate New York State administrative SBL or SDL certification
• Knowledge of current best practices and programs for school safety
• A passionate belief in the capacity of all children to learn and succeed and a sense of urgency about making that real for MCSD students.
• Ability to understand and use data to drive decision making
• Consensus building, strategic and collaborative management skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Strong communication skills
• Promoting a supportive school climate and knowledge with social-emotional competencies, restorative practices, and culturally responsive education.
• A demonstrated knowledge of teacher supervision and evaluation
• A demonstrated ability to provide leadership and to assist in supervising the overall security of the school

The Monticello Central School District is in Sullivan County, NY, centrally located between New York City, Albany, and the Pocono Mountain region. This provides a rare combination to live in a rural setting and still be close to major  metropolitan areas for recreation and work.

Monticello is the largest of the eight county school districts with a multicultural enrollment of approximately 2,700 students. The Monticello Central School District hereby advises students, parents, employees, and the general public that it offers employment and educational opportunities without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, or handicap. Present staff members who are interested in applying for the above position should submit a written statement indicating the position they are applying for outlining past experience in a similar position and summarizing qualifications for the position. If additional records or other materials are needed, these will be requested after receipt of the initial written submission.
EOE