Elementary Principal

Duties

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

(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

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 PERA certification 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…