Admin - Principal (COA) (SY25-26)
Admin - Principal (COA) (SY25-26)
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Title: Admin - Principal (COA) (SY25-26)
About Chelsea Public Schools:
The Chelsea Public Schools (CPS) is a gateway school system that welcomes and educates all students and CPS we believe all children are capable of achieving their personal best by ensuring a safe and supportive environment for school and classroom environments. The school system educates over 6200 students in 11 schools including a pre-K-1st grade school 4 elementary schools 3 middle schools a virtual school and 2 high is a culturally responsive school district. We believe that students learn best when they are engaged in meaningful relationships that fosters and promotes high expectations and risk taking. We are a district of multilingual students where languages are an asset to student development and growth. More information about CPS can be found on our website at Chelsea Opportunity Academy:
Established in 2018 the Chelsea Opportunity Academy (COA) is the citys school for students who are facing the risk of dropping out of high school or those who have already discontinued and are seeking re-engagement due to competing priorities outside of school. Offering nurturing staff-student relationships aimed at fostering the healing of trauma our program provides a flexible operating schedule to support the nearly 80% of students who are working while earning their diploma. Additionally our curated curriculum is designed to drive students towards success post-graduation. With the schools strongest core value being Every Day is a New Day the Chelsea Opportunity Academy empowers students to redefine themselves and envision a brighter future. To date the Chelsea Opportunity Academy has graduated over 200 students all of whom are in post-secondary institutes or gainfully employed. COA is seeking a principal who understands and embraces the unique spirit of our school builds strong relationships with students and staff and holds a deep belief that all students can thrive when loved supported and challenged.
About the Position:
The Principal is responsible for setting and executing the vision of the school in collaboration with Central Office partners. The Principal oversees leads and manages all school activities including instruction student support evaluation operations partnerships and internal as well as external communication. The Principal must be both an instructional and social-emotional leader for faculty and students who models a growth mindset. The Principal also champions creating a welcoming culturally responsive school environment for students and families.
Job Responsibilities:
The Principal retains ultimate oversight progress monitoring supervision and evaluation of all administrators educator teams and other staff responsible for implementing the following:
- Fostering the development of a collaborative culture and shared leadership
- Strategic planning and ongoing progress monitoring aligned to accelerated improvement
- Setting the vision and tone for instruction and social emotional learning to support the development of the whole child
- Building and refining systems and structures to realize the school vision
- Aligning academic curriculum to the curriculum learning standards as well as the integration of culturally responsive teaching practices and CASEL competencies.
- Coaching supervising evaluating school leaders teacher leaders and teachers using state performance standards and rubrics
- Recruit interview hire and retain high quality educators.
- Conducting observations in classrooms with specific targeted feedback
- Develop and monitor annual budget proposals for equipment materials curriculum and staffing that supports the schools improvement plan.
- Coordinate and oversee administration of local state and federal testing
- Analyzing data including ACCESS and MCAS scores as well as district benchmarks for decision making purposes
- Collaborate with other administrators to create and implement effective professional development to promote teacher growth that supports individual school needs and is linked to the Districts Instructional Strategy.
- Leading creation and operationalizing the master schedule
- Leading and/or coordinating professional learning teams at the leadership and teacher level as well as actively participating in administrator PLCs.
- Supporting family and community engagement activities
- Setting and overseeing implementation of school policies
- Managing or supervising the discipline of students including supporting the transition to the use of more restorative practices.
- Responsible for Student Relations Personnel Management building Administration Facility Management and Community Relations.
- Other responsibilities as assigned by the Superintendent of School
Qualifications Required:
- Masters Degree and MA DESE license as a principal required
- Minimum 6 8 years of experience with at least 5 years of effective teaching
- Experience with a culturally diversified population
- Demonstrated leadership ability
- Experience in curriculum development and assessment with Understanding by Design Performance Assessments and Instruction Round Model
- Demonstrated competence and experience in supervision and evaluation
- Proven ability to work well with parents and community organizations
- Ability to prepare and administer annual building budget
- Knowledge of State and Federal Education Laws
- Ability to follow and implement school system policies and procedures
- Citizenship residency or work visa required
Qualifications Preferred:
- Bilingual in Spanish
- Experience as a Principal Assistant Principal or related role
Terms:Principals are part of the non-bargaining unit. The length of the work year is 220 days.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Chelsea Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
