EDUCATION
Master's Degree, including all courses needed to meet credential requirements. 

EXPERIENCE

• Has demonstrated experience in teaching and school administration;
• Must have experience as a site principal;
• Preferred experience as an Option/Alternative School principal.
  
  

CREDENTIALS AND LICENSES:

• Basic California Credential;
• Administrative Services Credential authorizing service as a district office administrator.

Director, Student Support Services & Educational Options

JOB SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, the Director of Student Support Services and Educational Options provides districtwide leadership for student support, attendance, discipline, student records, educational options, health and wellness services, student safety, and legally required supports for students experiencing barriers to school access and success. The Director plans, implements, evaluates, and continuously improves systems that promote equitable access, legal compliance, student well-being, positive school climate, and improved student outcomes.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supervises and coordinates the district’s Community and Wellness Center, including Health Services;
• Serves as the District’s official custodian of student records and ensures the secure maintenance, accessibility, monitoring, and legal compliance of student records, including discipline, suspension, expulsion, involuntary transfer, restraint/seclusion, attendance, and other required student documentation;
• Oversees interdistrict/intradistrict transfers, caregiver affidavits, residency matters, McKinney-Vento, foster youth supports, and related services for highly mobile students;
• Serves as a District liaison with community agencies, law enforcement, probation, social services, private and non-public schools, regional committees, and interagency collaboratives to support student welfare, safety, attendance, placement, and access to services;
• Leads districtwide systems for attendance improvement, compulsory education compliance, truancy intervention, SARB/SART processes, dropout prevention and recovery, chronic absenteeism reduction, and re-engagement of students who are not attending school;
• Utilizes the skills of community and outside consultants in in-service training for district and school staff in student welfare and attendance services;
• Provides leadership for districtwide student discipline systems, including suspension, expulsion, involuntary transfer, administrative hearing processes, discipline data analysis, required documentation, restorative practices, alternatives to exclusionary discipline, bullying prevention, positive behavior supports, and related staff training;
• Provides leadership for educational options and alternative pathways;
• Represents the District as SARB and coordinates Alternative Governance Council and Services 6-12;
• Serves as a special consultant to site administrators, District personnel, parents, and students on problems exceptionally difficult to solve;
• Develops and monitors assigned policies, procedures, technologies, budgets, contracts, grants, entitlements, LCAP-funded programs, AB 1113, Title IV Safe Schools, SAFE, and other student support or after-school programs;
• Supervises administrators and other staff as assigned;
• Responsible for collaboratively developing a Student Study Team process to address Multi- Tiered Systems of Support from the behavior side of the process (development team - Director Special Education and Educational Services);
• Provides districtwide consultation, monitoring, and liaison support for Section 504, disability access, Title IX, Uniform Complaint Procedures, student civil rights, and related compliance systems;
• Supervises, supports, evaluates, and assists in the recruitment and hiring of assigned certificated, classified, and management staff within Student Support Services, Educational Options, and related Pupil Services programs;
• Performs other professional duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• California Education Code, Board policy, administrative regulations, and legal requirements related to student services, attendance, discipline, records, transfers, enrollment, and student welfare;
• Child Welfare and Attendance, SARB, SART, chronic absenteeism, truancy intervention, and student re-engagement practices;
• McKinney-Vento, Foster Youth, caregiver affidavits, residency, interdistrict/intradistrict transfers, and supports for highly mobile students;
• Suspension, expulsion, involuntary transfer, manifestation-related coordination, restorative practices, PBIS, MTSS, and alternatives to exclusionary discipline;
• Section 504, Title IX, Uniform Complaint Procedures, student civil rights, nondiscrimination, and related compliance systems;
• Student wellness, mental health referral systems, suicide prevention, crisis response, threat assessment, and community agency coordination;
• Comprehensive School Safety Plans, bullying/cyberbullying prevention, emergency preparedness, and safe/supportive school climate practices;
• Data analysis, program evaluation, LCAP alignment, grant compliance, budget management, and continuous improvement methods;
• Effective supervision, coaching, evaluation, and professional development for certificated, classified, and management personnel.

ABILITY TO:

• Lead districtwide student support systems with consistency, equity, legal compliance, and a focus on improved student outcomes;
• Interpret and apply laws, policies, regulations, collective bargaining agreements, and administrative procedures;
• Coach and advise site administrators on complex student attendance, discipline, enrollment, safety, and welfare matters;
• Analyze data, identify patterns, monitor program effectiveness, and implement improvement actions;
• Build collaborative systems across Student Services, Educational Services, Special Education, Human Resources, Health Services, Risk Management, Safety, Fiscal Services, school sites, and community agencies;
• Communicate effectively with students, families, staff, administrators, Board members, legal counsel, community partners, and public agencies;
• Handle sensitive and confidential student, family, personnel, and legal matters with discretion and sound judgment;
• Develop and monitor budgets, grants, contracts, staffing plans, and compliance timelines;
• Lead professional learning and develop clear procedures, protocols, forms, and guidance documents for school and district staff.

EDUCATION:

• Master's Degree, including all courses needed to meet credential requirements.

EXPERIENCE:

• Has demonstrated experience in teaching and school administration;
• Must have experience as a site principal;
• Preferred experience as an Option/Alternative School principal.

CREDENTIALS AND LICENSES:

• Basic California Credential;
• Administrative Services Credential authorizing service as a district office administrator.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:
The physical requirements indicated below are examples of the physical aspects that this position classification must perform in carrying out the essential functions.

Physical Demands: Walk, look downward, turn neck (up to continuously), sit, bend, (frequently); stand, stoop, squat, reach, push, pull, (Occasionally); kneel, crawl. Climb (infrequently), grasp/manipulate materials & supplies (continuously); lift items to 10 pounds (frequently), carry to 10 pounds (occasionally), lift/carry to 40 pounds (infrequently) (occasionally for PE and Industrial Arts teachers), use seeing, hearing, and speaking (continuous, in class).

Working Conditions: Work is performed primarily in an office, school site, meeting, and community setting. The position requires frequent sitting, standing, walking, speaking, listening, reading, writing, use of technology, travel to school and community locations, attendance at evening meetings, and occasional response to urgent student, family, safety, or compliance matters. The position may involve exposure to emotionally charged situations, confidential student and family information, and crisis-related circumstances. Indoor and outdoor school classroom/grounds exposure.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities for the purpose of enabling the performance of the essential duties and responsibilities of the position. HUSD encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with Human Resources and/or Safety/Risk Management.

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Certificated Management Position
June 2026

Non-Discrimination Policy:

The Hemet Unified School District (District) is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in District programs and activities. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.  

For all complaints concerning students, employees, and programs please contact: 

Juan Santos, Director, Title IX, Compliance & Resolution
1791 W. Acacia Avenue
Hemet, CA 92545
(951) 765-5100 ext. 2255
 

For questions concerning Section 504, please contact:   

Joshua Workman, Director, Student Support Services
1791 W. Acacia Avenue
Hemet, CA 92545
(951) 765-5100 ext. 3500

For questions concerning educational equity, please contact:  

Denise Sunderland, Coordinator of Child Welfare & Attendance and Educational Equity
1791 W. Acacia Avenue 
Hemet, CA 92545
(951) 765-5100 ext. 3700

HUSDs nondiscrimination policy and grievance procedures can be located under the District's Board Policy listings at this link: (https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/Policy/PolicyListing.aspx?S=36030260)

To report information about conduct that may constitute discrimination or make a complaint of discrimination under Title IX, please refer to the HUSDwebsite at this link:  (https://www.hemetusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=254696&type=d&pREC_ID=1185697)

California Law Prohibits Workplace Discrimination & Harassment
(https://4.files.edl.io/712f/08/22/24/175515-710e5b73-d95f-49c3-b705-493e41a4a302.pdf)