Elementary School Principal PreK-8
Elementary School Principal PreK-8
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Elementary Principal Job Description (PreK5
Location: Bronx NY
Our mission at The Mott Haven Academy Charter School is to empower children in a supportive educational environment while addressing and reducing the barriers to academic success through the integration of family support services with a rigorous collegepreparatory academic program.
We believe all children can learn regardless of the challenges they face outside school. At Haven Academythe nations first school designed specifically for children navigating the foster care or child welfare systemswe bring that commitment to life by combining traumainformed instruction rigorous academics and socialemotional curricula to support all our students.
The Elementary School Principal embodies the mission of the school and articulates the mission and vision for all aspects of the elementary schools program. The Principal is the academic and instructional leader and fosters a safe and learningdriven school culture. This includes focusing on significantly improving student achievement building a positive school climate that supports the whole student leveraging research and data to drive initiatives and instruction and building and supporting a high performing staff to achieve the schools vision and goals. The Principal will collaborate with staff students parents community members and stakeholders to implement strong educational programs systems tools and other resources to accelerate student achievement.
The ideal leader is someone who has demonstrated the ability to actively engage staff and community stakeholders through a culture of innovation while strategically developing the competencies of everyone within the broader school ecosystem. The Principal will be expected to maintain a highquality highexpectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction professional support for teachers and schoolwide practices that lead to measurable results. The successful candidate will bring a combination of proven skills in a school leadership role coupled with the entrepreneurial disposition essential for leading a highly innovative academically rigorous urban school.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES: HONESTY. ACHIEVEMENT. VALUE COMMUNITY. EMPATHY. NEVER GIVE UP.
Curriculum and Instruction
- Upholds the academic and instructional standards of the school in alignment with requirements
- Supervises the creation of curricula class schedules assessments graduation requirements and all aspects of the schools academic program
- Optimizes the physical learning environment and technology in all instructional areas
- Ensures that the core curricula are implemented to effectively meet the needs of students
Instructional Leadership
- Leads and inspires professionalism collegiality and ethical conduct in the team
- Leads regularly scheduled data curriculum and social emotional team meetings
- Provides for the professional development of the team supporting teachers in developing competence through modeling observing providing feedback and supporting teacher reflection
- Models effective instructional practices in staff meetings professional development sessions and team meetings
- Works with teachers and instructional staff in establishing positive classroom climates
- Supports teachers in establishing effective classroom management systems and developing students positive social behaviors
- Reviews teacher lesson plans for quality ensuring standards alignment rigor differentiation etc.
Social Emotional Learning and Trauma Sensitive Model
- Designs implements and adjusts innovative school programming to teach social emotional skills to children
- Commits to using EMPATHY as a core tenant to school programming decision making and professional development
- Keeps current on new research about the interplay between education trauma and social emotional learning
- Plans data initiatives to collect and analyze growth in social emotional domains
School Culture
- Promotes a safe supportive and healthy student and adult culture in and out of school that evidences high expectations
- Optimizes allschool gatherings including assemblies sporting events performances etc.
- Administers the schools restorative practices and logical consequences discipline policies and standards of conduct
- Provides for character education and ethical teachings in keeping with the mission of the school
- Supervises the schools support systems such as counseling academic support before and afterschool programs health and wellness etc.
- Reports student progress to parents on a timely and helpful basis
Business and Operations
- Understands and supervises the business functions of the elementary school including budgeting monitoring and reporting on purchasing and expenses
- Oversees the school safety programs including building security emergency procedures transportation regulations lockdown and fire evacuation drills etc.
- Oversees all employment and human relations matters such as job assignments job orientation performance evaluation retentions and dismissals personnel records employee handbooks etc.
- Maintains and updates student information in the areas of academics personal contact info health and emergency info and parental permission using State Required database and school database
- Oversees the maintenance and cleaning of the buildings grounds and elementary school operations including vehicles grounds etc.
Additional qualifications for this position
- Extremely high expectations for students and teachers
- Experience with children in a similar demographic group in an educational setting and ability to work with a diverse group of children
- Ability to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way to students and colleagues
- Success in driving outcomes in an urban or lowincome environment and success leading adults
- Empowering respectful and open management style with excellent listening and coaching skills
- Experience and ease dealing with issues of race social justice and economic security and diversity equity and inclusion
- Flexibility and sense of humor
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate student strengths and growth areas
- Demonstrated willingness to be held accountable for student results and continuous improvement
- Demonstrated calm under pressure
- Strong organizational time management and computer skills
- Spanish speaking preferred
- Administrative certificate preferred
All Haven Academy employees will have: a commitment to the Schools Mission a track record of success in their field agreement with the academic goals and philosophy of the School experience cultivating parental involvement in education a commitment to accountability a clear understanding of and commitment to charter schools as schools of choice for public school families and a commitment to excellence in all respects. Compensation package will be competitive and commensurate with experience.
Mott Haven Academy Charter School is an equal opportunity employer. Haven Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race gender disability age religion sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin. Candidates with experience and a commitment to serving urban areas are strongly encouraged to apply.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
