Principal (221 Days)

The principal establishes and implements a shared vision and culture of collective responsibility with high expectations for staff and students. 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. Develops and uses effective conflict-management and consensus-building skills, makes effective decisions that support campus and district goals, develops and implements strategic plans.

What You Will Do

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 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.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The principal fosters and develops the highest level of professional capacity creating sustainable, collective effectiveness of all campus personnel, 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 campus staff, develops leadership capacity of campus staff, establishes, trains, coaches, and develops effective leadership teams.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Education or a directly related field from an accredited university
• Texas standard Principal certificate or mid-management certificate
• Five years’ experience in education
• Three years of the five years shall be successful experience in a leadership role
• Thorough knowledge of the principles, methods, strategies, goals, and objectives of public education
• 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