Principal Clerk SY25-26 High School

As the Principal Clerk at Veritas Prep High School youll be an important part of the schools Operations Team. Youll provide administrative support to the principal and other school leadership staff. This position is responsible for managing daily office tasks maintaining school records handling correspondence and assisting with the coordination of school activities. The Principal Clerk ensures the smooth operation of the school office and helps create an efficient and organized environment for staff students and parents.

Additional Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support to the principal including scheduling appointments meetings and events.
• Manage the main office by answering calls monitoring the main doors greeting and processing visitors organizing the office area and ensuring that the lobby and main office reflect a professional tidy appearance
• Direct office communication by answering phones addressing inquiries and directing calls to appropriate staff members
• Maintain student and staff records ensuring all data is accurate updated and compliant with relevant regulations.
• Perform clerical tasks such as typing filing photocopying and preparing reports as required by the principal and other school leaders.
• Use PowerSchool to
• manage daily attendance including tardies and dismissals ensuring all students have been marked accurately and communicating with families if a child is absent
• collect attendance and other data and to create and share weekly reports
• maintain up to date student and family records in PowerSchool
• Support schoolwide systems
• Support enrollment management including new students and transfers as well as materials for recruiting events and outreach
• Maintain office supplies equipment and other administrative tools necessary for the daytoday running of the school office.
• Process and track noninventory supply orders
• Assist in organizing and coordinating school events including assemblies parentteacher conferences and extracurricular activities.
• Communicate relevant information to families
• Manage and produce key communication in Deanslist and other platforms
• Assist with special events celebrating the achievements of our scholars and welcoming families to the school
• Sort and distribute mail Coordinate mailings and other communication
• Make copies as required
• Support members of the Administrative Team with specific requests as needed
• Collaborate with and attend weekly planning meetings with Operations Team
• Assist with document translation
• Support the Early college program

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Oce Word Excel Google Suite
• Ability to work independently on a variety of tasks
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills with vendors students parents/families colleagues and community members
• Previous experience in operations (experience in school operations preferred)
• Strong attention to detail and followthrough
• Strong time management skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet tight deadlines
• An unwavering belief that all students can achieve amazing things
• A passion for continuous growth
• A dedication to fighting racism in our educational institutions and in daily life and knowledge of the history of race and racism as well as the systems of oppression our students face
• Fluency in Spanish (preferred)
• Associates degree (preferred)
• Current authorization to work in the United States a candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment
• Alignment with our Values of
• Students First: We make decisions with our students in mind and know our actions model the way.
• Grow Together: We are role models of growth mindset teamwork and collaboration.
• One Team One Mission: We cheer for lean on and support each other as we play unique roles in support of the same mission.

Think you dont quite meet all the qualifications listed above Apply anyway! We are looking for a truly diverse team of educators and research shows that historically marginalized groups are less likely to apply if they do not meet every requirement. We are working to become an antiracist organization and want to recruit and support a diverse staff to understand the history of inequity in education and to ensure students see teachers staff and leaders who look like them working in their schools.

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Veritas Prep is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race religion color sex age national origin disability veteran or military status marital status sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression or any other status or condition protected by applicable law. This policy extends to but is not limited to recruitment selection compensation benefits promotion training and termination.

Veritas Prep offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefit packages that include the following:

• Salary Range for this position is $exclusive of fringe benefits.
• If hired your final base salary will be determined based on factors such as skills education and/or experience.
• In addition to those factors we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
• Keep in mind the above range is the full base salary range for this position. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth.
• We also offer a generous benefits package for fulltime staff that includes but not limited to the following:
• Health Vision and Dental Insurance Plans
• Paid Family/Medical Leave Insurance (private and meets state requirements)
• LongTerm Disability and Life Insurance 100 employer paid)
• Enrollment in Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System (teacher pension program)
• Employee Assistance Program 100 employer paid)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and more...

About Veritas Prep

Veritas Prep is a public tuitionfree school in Springfield that prepares students in grades 5 through 12 to compete achieve and succeed in college and beyond. Veritas Prep accelerates every students path to college and career by helping them set a strong academic foundation in middle school and guaranteeing access to college classes and college prep support in our walltowall Early College high school.

At Veritas Prep we are not only breaking down barriers to college access but also providing the tools students need to persist through college and prepare for a successful career. Our middle school program has been serving students in Springfield since 2012 and our scholars are supported by skilled dedicated and diverse teachers. Scholars learn important academic habits and are challenged to achieve at high levels academically socially and emotionally setting them up for success as they enter our high school.

Our Early College high school program in partnership with STCC and Worcester State University prepares students to earn highimpact college degrees saving students up to two years time in college and thousands of dollars. Students can earn up to an associate degree for free and the general studies associate degree from STCC means students enter as JUNIORS at any Massachusetts public college or university after high school graduation.

Students at Veritas Prep benefit from high academic standards and robust support an exceptional learning environment a diverse staff of highquality educators a strong commitment to social/emotional and practical skill development and an inclusive antiracist community that values the identities and backgrounds of all students.