Assistant Superintendent- School Operations

Job Duties

To provide quality educational programs that enable incarcerated adults to become responsible, productive, tax-paying members of their community.

To provide assistance to the Superintendent of the Correctional Education for the Virginia Department of Corrections. Provides leadership in the areas of School operations, program planning, evaluation, and implementation of federal and state requirements; develops agency-wide training initiatives for educational staff. Monitors and evaluates the activities of multiple professional, school administrators.

Minimum Qualifications

Endorsement in one or more areas of education and/or endorsement in educational administration and supervision; experience developing and monitoring department or division-wide budgets, establishing new programs, tracking, and evaluating programs; master's degree in education, and extensive years’ experience working as an administrator of correctional education programs. Must be eligible for the endorsement as School Superintendent desirable. In depth knowledge of current trends and practices in correctional education; knowledge of curricular content of a wide variety of educational programs; skill to plan new education programs and assist in projecting their costs; demonstrated ability to define problem and apply problem solving techniques to complex educational issues; ability to manage the completion of projects, set schedules timelines for projects; communicate effectively with all audiences; to effectively present complex information to technical and lay audiences in writing and orally. Must be able to travel frequently to facilities throughout the state.

Education: Must possess a doctoral degree or master’s degree from an approved teacher preparation program in education administration, educational specialist, or educational leadership. The master’s degree requires 30 additional semester hours after the graduation date of that master’s degree in education.

Experience: Must have a minimum of five years of successful, full-time, educational experience in a preK-12 setting which includes at least two years of instructional experience and two years of educational administrative experience.                   

License: Must possess a current, professional teaching license containing an administration and supervision endorsement by the Department of Education. Must possess a current Division Superintendent License by the Department of Education.

The salary depends on the location and experience. All qualified applicants are encouraged to view the job directly to get more details such as closing dates or benefits and apply via the URLs linked below on the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) jobsite only. 

Assistant Superintendent- School Operations: Central Administration #ED002- Richmond, Virginia, United States, Hiring Range: $91,294 - $168,893 (Closing date: 8/14/26)

The application and uploaded documents will only be viewed on our VADOC website. If you have questions, ask for our human resources department (804-674-3000) regarding the openings. Refer frequently to our website (www.jobs.virginia.gov/) for vacancies at our facilities throughout Virginia.