School Principal

• 1.Create a safe student-centered environment
• 2.Direct the appropriate use of financial, physical and human resources toward achievement of vision and goals
• 3.Manage and prioritize budget to ensure instructional, operational and fiscal responsibilities of vision and goals
• 4.Use data to identify areas of improvement and monitor performance
• 5.Set performance improvement targets for students and staff
• 6.Collaborate with staff in creating a School Improvement Plan
• 7.Establish a professional learning community within the school
• 8.Effectively delegate responsibility of tasks and decisions
• 9.Actively engage in community activities
• 10.Support and encourage school/business/community partnerships
• 11.Report to the Superintendent about parent concerns not settled at the building level
• 12.Report, in writing, to the Superintendent about suspensions of students and/or serious injury to students and/or staff
• 13.Submit to the Superintendent weekly staff agendas, parent letters, community announcements, and school newsletters
• 14.Perform other responsibilities as necessary or as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee

• 1.State of Illinois Type 75 Administrative License
• 2.Five years successful teaching experience
• 3.Three to five years successful administrative experience
• 4.A proven track record of increased student achievement
• 5.A deep knowledge of change, theory and organizational development

Salary: Competitive salary and benefits commensurate with experience and approved by the Board of Education.

I. Living a Mission and Vision Focused on Results The school leader works with the staff and community to build a shared mission,and vision of high expectations that ensure all students are on the path to college and career readiness and hold staff accountable for results. The school leader:

A. coordinates efforts to establish and implement a shared mission and vision for the school that leads to academic growth for all learners

B. ensures that the school’s identity, vision, and mission drive all school decisions

C. conducts difficult but crucial conversations with individuals, teams, and staff based on student performance data in a timely manner for the purpose of enhancing student learning and achieving improved results II.Leading and Managing Systems Change The school leader creates and implements systems to ensure a safe, orderly, and productive environment for student and adult learning for the purpose of achieving school and district improvement goals.

The school leader:

A. develops, implements, and monitors the outcomes of the school improvement plan which measure school wide academic achievement and school climate indicators

B. establishes and maintains a safe, clean, orderly and effective learning environment

C. collaborates with district and school staff to appropriately allocate personnel, time, material, and adult learning resources to achieve school improvement plan goals

D. utilizes current technologies to support leadership and management functions III. Improving Teaching and Learning The school leader works with the school staff and community to develop a research-based framework for effective teaching and learning that is continuously refined to improve instruction for all students. The school leader:

A. develops, in collaboration with staff, a consistent framework for effective teaching and learning that includes a rigorous and relevant standards-based curriculum, research-based instructional practices, and high expectations for student performance

B. establishes a continuous improvement cycle that uses multiple forms of data and student work samples to support individual, team, and school-wide improvement goals, identify and address target areas for…