Reynolds Middle School Principal

Reynolds School District is seeking a highly-visible, supportive leader who values collaboration to lead a Middle School team. Bring your knowledge of Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS);
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS);
Restorative Practices;
Special Education processes and procedures; trauma informed practices; best practices around social emotional learning as well as your knowledge of K-8 curriculum and instruction.

Division:
Middle School

Role:
Principal

Type:
Full–time

$137,625 to $154,988

Minimum 2 years of experience as a building administrator in a K-12 school;
Master’s degree from an accredited university;
Appropriate Oregon administrative license;
Bilingual preferred;
Previous experience working in a diverse secondary setting;
Valid driver’s license;
Oregon fingerprint and criminal check clearance.

Assistant Superintendent

To use leadership, instructional, managerial, and administrative skills to ensure racial equity, academic growth and achievement, and the educational development of each and every student.

• Create and implement school improvement goals and strategies via distributed leadership within the framework of the Comprehensive Achievement Plan.
• Foster a shared vision and purpose among all stakeholders reflective of the overall community demographic in order to build school community.
• Facilitate open and ongoing transparent communication.
• Collaborate with teachers to collect and use external and internal data for the purposes of student growth.
• Continually and skillfully use data to drive measurable academic and behavior improvements.
• Provide meaningful feedback to teachers and classified staff, especially where performance is lacking.
• Support teaming structures (Data Teams, Professional Learning Teams, Child Study Team, etc.) in developing and using data to guide instruction.
• Think and act strategically to improve all outcomes and eliminate the opportunity gap.
• Build, maintain and supervise extended learning programs to provide a variety of rigorous and engaging opportunities for students.
• Develop, modify, and improve practices based on feedback obtained through diverse stakeholder surveys.
• Model and encourage creativity.
• Provide sustained professional development opportunities for all staff.
• Provide timely and effective evaluation of staff.

• Facilitate curriculum and lesson planning, implementation, and evaluation grounded in Common Core and Oregon State Standards.
• Ensure curriculum is relevant and differentiated to effectively meet the needs of each and every student.
• Understand recent research about curriculum models and their effectiveness.
• Understand the benefits of sheltered instructional strategies designed to provide effective attainment of student learning targets.
• Focus on instruction, provide meaningful feedback, and understand effective instructional strategies.
• Conduct goal setting and evaluation according to the RSD Teacher Evaluation Tool and include specific feedback focused on staff improvement.
• Continually learn and disseminate knowledge of educational research and best practices.
• Advocate for the use of technology as an integral component of student learning.
• Use data to determine student instructional needs and work with staff to monitor progress and improvement.
• Implement guidelines for assessment and accountability.
• Keep staff focused on eliminating the opportunity gap.
• Maximize student learning time by supporting staff to improve their teaching and learning.
• Ensure student growth goals adopted by licensed teaching staff are rigorous, attainable, and measurable.
• Provide support to teachers to maximize student engagement.

• Treat all members of staff with high levels of respect, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Model professionalism and follow all contracts, legal obligations, district policies/procedures, and keep professional obligations.
• Commit to district vision, values, and initiatives.
• Actively seek professional growth opportunities.
• Focus on the best interests of students and the district.
• Manage the school facility effectively.
• Maximize human resources efficiently.
• Apply principles of financial management and creative resource utilization.
• Use data systematically to improve the effectiveness of all services and student outcomes.
• Create systems that ensure effective communication.
• Effectively plan, implement, and lead change while understanding the complexities of balancing competing priorities.
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and accept feedback.
• Demonstrate a willingness to provide feedback.
• Think creatively and explores options to overcome obstacles.
• Leadership and oversight of building and community partners, ensuring their work aligns with and supports district strategic plan.
• Effective development of building master schedule to maximize building resources and respond to student interest.

• Develop and support a safe,…