Principal - IDEA Donna College Prep

Position: Principal - IDEA Donna College Prep (26-27)
Description

Principal

Mission:

IDEA Principals are systems leaders and people managers who coach and develop teachers and lead team members at their school to achieve ambitious goals with students across both elementary and middle school grades at a campus. Principals focus on excellence and continuous improvement, and they expect and foster these values in staff and students. Principals lead their schools to ensure IDEA's mission of College for All Children becomes reality.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

You will directly manage campus leadership (i.e. Assistant Principals of Instruction, Assistant Principal of Operations, and School Counselors) and supervise the Administrative Assistant. You will also oversee school staff; this includes but is not limited to teachers, co-teachers, and testing coordinators, with potential for additional supervisory responsibilities as needed.

Location:

This is a full-time position located in the RGV. Preference will be given to candidates who live in the region, or who are willing to relocate.

Travel Expectations:

Travel to campus and regional training locations.

What You'll Do - Accountabilities

Essential Duties:

* Lead School Culture Systems:
You will set the vision for school culture and build and maintain strong school wide systems to ensure that vision becomes a reality. You will ensure all leaders are proficient in coaching teachers and staff to proficiency in building positive student relationships, creating effective classroom routines and procedures, reinforcing positive behaviors, and responding consistently and effectively to misbehaviors. You will coach and train leaders to coach teachers and staff to proficiency in these skills.

You will build and maintain strong school wide systems for MTSS to ensure students receive the Student Support Interventions they need.

* Lead Instructional Systems and Special Programs Systems:
You will build and maintain strong school wide systems to ensure APIs coach teachers to internalize their content, deliver high quality instruction, and analyze data in order to implement strategic adjustments and interventions that increase student learning. You will also build and maintain strong school wide special program systems to ensure all students with IEPs, 504 plans, and any other eligibilities (i.e. EB) receive the instruction and services they need for success.

You will coach and develop other leaders to do the same and drive this work through your lead team. You will build and maintain strong school wide systems for MTSS to ensure students receive the Academic Interventions they need.

* Lead Operational Systems:
You will build and maintain strong systems for operations to ensure your campus is safe, welcoming, and efficiently run. You will coach and manage the APO to meet student enrollment and daily attendance goals. You will also coach and develop the APO to be an excellent systems leader and people manager so that they can drive results through their team.

You will build and maintain strong school wide systems for MTSS to ensure students receive the Attendance Interventions they need.

* Lead Family Engagement Systems:
You will build and maintain strong systems for family engagement and communication, including both new family onboarding and ongoing family engagement. You will ensure families receive regular communication from staff (especially teachers) about their student's progress and school events, and that staff (especially teachers) engage families as key partners in the education of our students. You will coach and manage other leaders to do the same so that you can drive this work through others

* Lead Staff Culture and Talent Management:
You will make strategic hiring, retention and promotion decisions, and coach other leaders to do the same. You will build and maintain systems for fostering a strong staff culture, and coach other leaders to do the same. You will build and maintain strong systems for coaching and management so that all staff members receive excellent coaching and are held accountable for meeting high expectations in service of our students.

* Lead Data Systems, Drive Strategy, and Manage your Campus Budget:
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