Principal - Beacon School

Job Details

• Job Location:
  
  Watertown – Watertown, MA 02472
• Position Type:
  Full-Time
• Education Level: Master Degree
• Salary Range: $89,000.00 - $ / year
• Job Shift: Monday-Friday

Since 1961, Walker Therapeutic & Educational Programs has been a trusted partner for children, youth, and families, navigating some of life’s most difficult challenges. Based in Needham, our mission is to nurture hope, build strengths, and develop lifelong skills in partnership with the children, youth, families, and communities we serve. We provide comprehensive, trauma-informed residential, educational, and clinical services to children and youth with complex social-emotional, behavioral, and learning needs, while supporting their families every step of the way.

Through three specialized divisions—Residential & Educational Programs, Behavioral Health & Community-Based Services, and Walker Solutions—we deliver relationship-based care and capacity-building that makes a lasting difference. Today, we serve children, youth, and families from more than 150 communities across Massachusetts.

Walker Beacon School is a private non-profit 198-day special education school serving students of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions. We serve 65 students in grades 7 through 12 with average to above average cognitive and academic ability who struggle predominantly with anxiety, depression, and trauma, which frequently manifests as internalizing behaviors. Many students in our school community have also experienced difficulties feeling accepted in a public-school setting while working to explore and accept their identities.

The Principal is responsible for daily operations of the school program for students with significant mental health challenges. Supervise administrators and others, as needed. Support staff to provide a balance between the clinical and educational needs of students. Demonstrate commitment to the agency’s mission. Work directly with students, parents, staff, and collaterals to provide leadership regarding marketing, admissions, crisis intervention/behavior support, program development, educational excellence.

Represent Walker Beacon’s needs to senior management and Walker’s Board of Directors.

• Oversee the day-to-day operation of Walker Beacon School
• Provide leadership regarding positive behavioral supports, risk management, student discipline and crisis intervention
• Hire staff for all positions
• Manage personnel issues in collaboration with supervisor and HR department
• Provide supervision as assigned
• Oversee budget and fiscal management in collaboration with supervisor
• Oversee site management in collaboration with facilities director
• Oversee student referrals and admissions process in collaboration with administrative team and others, as needed
• Oversee Information Technology and Program Improvement initiatives in collaboration with administrative team, IT and PI departments
• Ensure compliance with all DESE regulations, state and federal laws and regulations, and agency standards and goals
• Ensure appropriate and timely communication with all public school Special Education Departments to comply with proper implementation of student IEP process, and communication of any reporting of critical incidents to DESE
• Ensure appropriate parent communication and parent involvement. Participate in Caregiver Connections:
  Walker Beacon’s Parent Advisory Council
• Oversee internal communication management including student and staff manuals and annual dissemination of mandatory DESE policies and procedures; maintain DESE manual of required policies and procedures at the front desk
• Work with Advancement Dept. and supervisor as needed for fundraising and marketing. This includes assuring quality and accuracy of all written materials disseminated about Walker Beacon School
• Maintain positive working relationship with City of Watertown personnel, including police, fire, school department and Board of Health
• Conduct regular staff meetings
• Collaborate with Sr. Director of Workforce Development to ensure comprehensive orientation and…