Assistant Principal​/IEP Coordinator-Mildred L Day School or Kennebunkport Consolidated School

Assistant Principal

RSU 21 serves 600 employees, 2400 students across three communities and has an annual budget of $52 million. As Assistant Principal, you will serve as a dynamic and developing leader supporting the delivery of measurable results that drive transformative student growth and achievement in our schools. We believe Assistant Principals are our future leaders — providing crucial school-wide leadership, while simultaneously developing the essential skills, mindsets, knowledge, and behaviors necessary to fulfill the role of Principal.

We actively cultivate our Assistant Principals for school leadership, and our Assistant Principals should consider themselves to be both valued professionals and Principal apprentices. Assistant Principals serve as a key member of the school-based leadership team, whose members work collaboratively with Principals, fellow Assistant Principals, district-wide instructional leaders, and educators to enact the ambitious vision of our Superintendent. Assistant Principals operate with a mindset and framework of continuous learning and improvement, and help to both equip and inspire instructional staff to do their best work to improve student outcomes.

• Assist the Principal in enacting the strongest possible vision of instructional excellence
• Serve as a key contributor to our efforts to attract, select, develop, coach, and retain the highest quality school-based staff
• Work with the Principal to develop a collaborative and high expectations culture dedicated to student growth, student achievement, and student social-emotional wellbeing
• Support school operations to ensure effective implementation of school resources, tactics, and logistics
• Serve as a dedicated and developing leader in our district's commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the school, classroom, and curriculum levels
• Contribute to and adhere to a disciplined goals- and data-driven academic and professional development (PD) strategy

Reports to:

Designated school Principal

Manages:
Designated school-based staff members

Qualifications:

Love what you do, and the opportunity this position presents — especially your ability to contribute to the formation of a high-expectations instructional climate and culture dedicated to improving student outcomes. We seek a developing instructional and talent leader with passion and demonstrated potential to create and maintain high-performing instructional environments. Valid State of Maine Certification (045) as a K-12 Assistant Principal is required.

Master's Degree with a background in Educational Administration, Educational Leadership or equivalent is required. (Alternatives to these qualifications may be considered.) Three to five years of successful K-12 teaching experience strongly preferred. Experience in instructional leadership roles and experience working with teams of teachers preferred. Our ideal candidates will be strong instructional leaders with classroom, teacher leadership, and administrative experience, but we welcome candidates with educational and/or leadership backgrounds and expertise from outside the district-setting as well.

Assistant Instructional Leader

• Provide input and thought-partnership into the school's strategic planning; identify and accept assigned areas of self-ownership and project management
• Support instructional design, delivery, and decision-making to ensure it is centered around rigorous student learning, interdisciplinary and critical thinking, and high expectations for students and staff
• Help enact the Principal's vision and actively mobilize teachers to achieve the school's collective goals that drive towards continuous school achievement and improvement; contribute to the planning and goal setting for designated grades/departments, and ensure alignment with school-wide goals
• Build own and others' instructional knowledge of standards, content, curriculum, assessment, and research-based instructional practices; coach teachers to match strategies to gaps in student mastery
• Work with the Principal to use assessment-based student data to drive instruction, program interventions,…