Pre K-8 Principal

(The following are the essential fundamentals to include but not limited to the following job duties.)

• Establishes and maintains a shared vision of success.
• Outlines and tracks clear goals, targets and strategies aligned to the school vision that continually improves teacher effectiveness and student outcomes.
• Establishes a culture of continuous improvement.
• Develops and uses effective conflict-management and consensus-building skills.
• Makes effective decisions that support school and district goals.
• Develops and implements strategic school improvement plans.
• Ensures a standards-based and aligned curriculum that meets the needs of all students and student groups.
• Ensures the implementation of high-quality, effective classroom instructional strategies that improve performance of all students and student groups, ensuring equity, culturally responsive practices and eliminating achievement gaps.
• Coaches and develops teachers by providing actionable feedback to improve the quality of instruction.
• Ensures the use of student level data to drive continuous improvement ensuring every student has sufficient opportunity to meet and exceed standards.
• Recruits, hires, mentors and retains high-quality staff.
• Conducts rigorous evaluations of staff for continuous improvement and accountability for results.
• Trains, develops and supports a high-performing school staff.
• Creates a distributed leadership model to develops leadership capacity of school staff.
• Establishes, trains, coaches and develops effective leadership teams.
• Manages resources (people, financial, equipment) effectively to support the organizational goals.
• Utilizes all funds in compliance with state and federal guidelines, while maximizing the goals of the school.
• Ensures campus facilities, equipment and support systems operate safely, efficiently and effectively.
• Establishes organizational structures and practices for all stakeholders that result in the effective and efficient operation of the school to ensure student achievement.
• Maintains a supportive, secure and respectful learning environment that ensures the social, emotional and physical well-being of staff and students.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with partner organizations and all stakeholders.
• Models and promotes the highest standard of conduct, ethical principles and integrity in decision-making, actions and behaviors.
• Models personal and professional growth mindset and meaningfully contributes to the growth of the profession.

Qualifications

• Five years experience in education
• Three years of the five years shall be successful experience in a school leadership role
• Thorough knowledge of the principles, methods, strategies, goals and objectives of public education
• Master's degree in related field (e.g. Educational Administration)
• Administrative license required
• State of Illinois certification to evaluate staff preferred
• Experience ensuring a standards-based and aligned curriculum that meets the needs of all students and student groups is implemented
• Experience ensuring the implementation of high-quality, effective classroom instructional strategies that improve performance of all students and student groups is implemented
• Experience ensuring equity, culturally responsive practices are developed and implemented
• A proven track record of eliminating achievement gaps that is support by data
• Ability to coach and develop teachers by providing actionable feedback to improve the quality of instruction
• Ability to use student level data to drive continuous improvement ensuring every student has sufficient opportunity to meet and exceed standards
• Ability to maintain a supportive, secure and respectful learning environment that ensures the social, emotional and physical well-being of staff and students
• Knowledge of procedures, techniques and strategies pertaining to the administration of school level operation
• Ability to effectively plan, organize and coordinate the management functions and activities of school operation
• Ability to carry out responsibilities with little or no supervision
• Ability to handle multiple priorities with frequent interruptions
• Ability to promote a positive, caring climate for learning
• Ability to effectively analyze problems, issues and concerns and formulate appropriate alternative solutions
• Ability to deal sensitively and fairly with persons from diverse cultural backgrounds
• Ability to interact effectively with student, staff, parents and community members
• Organizational, prioritization, communication and interpersonal skills required to achieve the goals of the position