Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is one of the largest school districts in the United States, serving over 330,000 students in 600+ schools and employing nearly 36,000 people, most of them teachers.  CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure that every student, in every school and every neighborhood, has access to a world-class learning experience that prepares each for success in college, career, and civic life.  In order to fulfill this mission, we make three commitments to our students, their families, and all Chicagoans: academic progress, financial stability, and integrity.  Six core values are embedded within these commitments – student-centered, whole child, equity, academic excellence, community partnership, and continuous learning.

District-run CPS schools are organized into 18 networks. The Office of Network Support provides administrative support, strategic direction, and leadership development to the schools within each network while also driving critical supports that boost student learning.

Reporting to the Chief Schools Officer, the Chief of Schools, within the Office of Network Support (ONS), will serve as the chief executive for a network of elementary schools serving students in a designated region within the City of Chicago. This role will strategically leverage network and district resources to effectively support students and schools. With school principals serving as critical agents in accomplishing the district’s vision, the Chief’s most important role is supporting, developing, coaching, and supervising principals’ instructional leadership. The Chief of Schools will collaborate with local school councils and CPS departments to identify, prepare, place and retain great principals in network schools; create a climate of professional collaboration by establishing structures that foster shared learning and resource exchange across networks and schools; and implement