Associate Principal Location: South Bend Salary: Up to $100000 Position Type: FullTime
Role and Responsibilities Reporting to the School Director and Chief of Schools the PSOE Associate Principal will provide leadership and administration which will motivate instructional and support personnel to strive for superior performance so as to provide the best possible opportunities for student growth and development both educationally and personally.
Responsibilities - Act with the School Director and COS as a professional advisor to the CSuite on all aspects of the organizations activities.
- In addition to the CSuite and Chair of the Board the Associate Principal will be prepared to be called on as a spokesperson for the organization.
- Serve as the educational programs liaison to the schools board of directors.
- Manage all frontline parent communication and serve as the communicative liaison to the greater schoolparent community.
- Facilitate communication between personnel students and/or parents for the purpose of evaluating situations solving problems and/or resolving conflicts.
- Oversee the schools behavioral management process providing guidance mentoring and approval for Level I and Level II offenses and provide recommendations for expulsion to the School Director and COS.
- Maintain instructional staff hiring orientation and ongoing educational professional development.
- Abide by and update PSOE frameworks as approved by the CEO.
- Ensure the application and implementation of weekly grade level focused ISTEP Goals.
- Delegate responsibility for a variety of administrative functions to Assistant Principals and other personnel for the purpose of managing the workload more efficiently.
- Maintain ongoing consistent communication with PSOE educational leadership regarding the schools leadership frameworks.
- Participate as lead in all authorizer accountability related to the schools educational performance including Improvement plans DOE reporting Lesson Plans Meetings Standards Fast 5s SIC/TIC Spreadsheets Goals etc.
- Serve as lead for monthly staff and teamlead meetings with oversight of monthly agendas.
- Provide lead oversight of PSOE test structure layout/preparatory/strategies etc.
- Participate in statewide (ICIA IDOE Authorizer) curriculum and instruction leadership programming.
- Administer PSOEs formal and informal evaluation process.
- Follow all administrative best practices in terms of legal authorizer and legislative guidelines acting in the best legal interests of the organization.
- Maintain a physical and digital community presence through community meetings representative appearances published articles web updates tweets and blogs.
- Provide special program curriculum as needed (T&S Environmental Connections Robotics STEM etc.
- Lead weekly gradelevel accountability meetings with teams during their prep period.
- Provide knowledgeable coordination of the schools Title I Title III Special Education and 21st Century Grant program.
Qualifications and Education Requirements The Associate Principal will be thoroughly committed to the PSOE mission. All candidates should have proven leadership coaching and relationship management experience. Concrete demonstrable experience and other qualifications include: - Advanced degree with 5 years of senior administrative experience preferred; track record of effectively leading a performanceand outcomesbased staff; ability to point to specific examples of having developed educational strategies that have advanced an educational organization.
- Unwavering commitment to quality programs and datadriven program evaluation.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
- Passion idealism integrity grit positive attitude missiondriven and selfdirected.
- Annual training and/or professional development is required for all PSOE employees. Jobspecific training is identified and scheduled by the School Director or directsupervisor in partnership with Paramount Csuite.
Preferred Skills - Proficiency in modern educational technology applications.
- Knowledge of leadership principles as they relate to educational organizations.
- Knowledge of all federal and provincial legislation applicable to charter organizations including: employment standards human rights special education FERPA occupational health and safety health coverage etc.
- Knowledge of current community challenges and opportunities relating to the mission of the organization.
- Knowledge of human resources management.
- Knowledge of financial management.
- Knowledge of project management.
Additional Notes Working Conditions and Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height; and to bend stoop sit on the floor climb stairs walk and reach overhead.
Work Environment : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be occasionally performed on field trips away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
This job operates in a professional office environment. The Associate Principal usually works in an office environment but the mission of the organization may sometimes take them to nonstandard workplaces. The Associate Principal works a standard workweek but additionally will work evenings weekends and any additional hours necessary to accommodate activities such as educational meetings trainings and appearances at public events.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the COS and CEO. Paramount Schools of Excellence reserves the right to update revise or change this job description and related duties.
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