Principal, Education Administration

Principal at Buffalo United Charter School Summary

At National Heritage Academies (NHA), the Principal is dedicated to achieving the purpose of "transforming the lives of students and enriching communities by delivering high-quality educational choice to families". Properly executed, the leadership of the Principal improves student learning growth, increases college readiness, and enhances school health as measured by academic, financial, and cultural metrics.

• Establish a foundation of an authentic relational community of staff, students and parents, collaboratively adopting a cultural identity based on a clear mission and vision of high achievement and college readiness for students.
• Ensure implementation of rigorous curricula and assessments tied to both state and college readiness standards.
• Ensure implementation of high-quality, effective instructional planning, classroom instructional strategies and administration of assessments of student learning to drive increases in student achievement.
• Monitor multiple forms of student level data to assess and improve the quality and impact of school-wide intervention program.
• Recruit, hire, assign and retain effective staff.
• Increase teacher effectiveness through professional learning structures.
• Oversee completion of rigorous evaluations of instructional staff for continuous improvement and accountability to results.
• Train, develop and support a high-performing leadership team.
• Identify school-wide priorities, set ambitious student learning goals and implement an aligned school improvement plan.
• Organize school time to support all student learning and staff development priorities.
• Allocate resources to align with the strategic plan.