Elementary School Principal - Maplewood Heights Elementary Job Renton area,Washington USA,Education / Teaching

PRIMARY PURPOSE

The primary purpose of this position is to provide instructional leadership by establishing, promoting and leading efforts that align with the District’s vision of “High quality instruction and learning for EVERY child, EVERY day, in EVERY classroom and environment”. The principal will foster an environment characterized by high expectations, data‑driven decision‑making, continuous improvement, capacity building, and cultural competence. The principal is responsible for leading and supporting building staff in the daily operation of the school.

ESSENTIAL

FUNCTIONS

The Renton School District is laser‑focused on hiring talented leaders to drive high outcomes for students through raising academic achievement and closing opportunity gaps. Essential functions in this section are grouped by elements in the Renton Strategies for Highly Effective Principals. These strategies are aligned with the Leadership Framework developed by the Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP) which forms the basis for principal evaluations in Renton School District.

Instructional

Leadership

Promotes an environment which fosters high expectations for students, staff and self.

Facilitates collaborative processes leading toward continuous improvement.

Leads for inclusive programming for students qualified for special education services and those learning English as a second language.

Implements rigorous standards‑based curricula and assessments

Recognizes the importance of setting high expectations for self, staff and students in the implementation and delivery of standards‑based curricula.

Assists staff in implementing and aligning curricula to state and district standards.

Creates and monitors systems that ensure teachers utilize formative assessments to adjust instruction for improved student learning.

Uses relevant data to design, implement, and evaluate an aligned strategic plan that drives continuous improvement (and ensures effective core instruction and interventions)

Develops and monitors a School Improvement Plan which drives continuous improvement and is based on an analysis of achievement results and other data that are aligned with the District Improvement Plan.

Regularly leads and participates in data‑driven conversations with individuals and groups of teachers to review student level data, discuss instructional implications, and build the capacity of teachers to lead and perfect their craft.

Locates, analyzes, and interprets multiple data sources to inform continuous school‑level improvement efforts.

Assists staff in identifying and implementing proven instructional practices that are aligned with state and district learning goals.

Ensures that data for diverse student populations is available to all teachers; disaggregated; and with next steps that are clearly defined.

Provides evidence of student growth that is aligned with the school improvement planning process.

Strategic and Organizational Leadership

Manages both staff and fiscal resources to support student learning.

Analyzes instructional employee’s knowledge, skills and abilities as related to the adopted instructional framework, and provides or directs staff to appropriate professional development opportunities.

Utilizes staffing and scheduling practices in a manner that ensures the school day and school year maximize instructional time to benefit all students.

Manager of Talent:
Increases teacher effectiveness through professional learning and rigorous supervision and evaluation

Monitors instruction and assessment practices by using the District’s instructional framework to describe, analyze, and critique teacher performance, and to implement growth strategies where appropriate.

Utilizes coaching skills to build capacity in support of the core mission of the District.

Utilizes Professional Learning Communities to assist staff in analyzing data that reflect on current practice and inform improvement.

Ensures teachers receive regular, direct, actionable feedback regarding their classroom practice to grow professionally and to increase instructional consistency across all classrooms.

Manager of Talent:
Recruits, hires, assigns, and retains effective…