Middle School Principal

Middle School Principal
Salary Range: $113210 - $158494


Qualifications:
1. Masters degree with a major in educational leadership educational supervision or a related field; doctorate preferred.
2. Eligible for Pennsylvania Principal Certification.
3. Five (5) or more years experience in public education including secondary or elementary school instruction.
4. Knowledge of and flexibility in the use of computers and software programs typically used in school administration.
5. Demonstrated knowledge of a standards-based curriculum required in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
6. Experience in Administration preferred.
7. Satisfactory work record & criminal/child abuse clearances (Acts 34 114 and 151).
8. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
9. Such additional or alternatives to the above qualifications as the board or superintendents may determine appropriate and acceptable.

Summary
Directs and coordinates educational administrative and counseling activities consistent with the charge of improving student achievement by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate administrators..

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Data-driven decision-making ï½ Identifies analyzes and uses key human capital metrics to make updatesand changes in support of teacher quality. Shares data with key stakeholders.

• Assists in establishing clear approaches to measuring student growth and measures it byindividual student with the intention of ensuring that every student has an opportunity to goto college or post-secondary schooling.
• Lead in implementing a comprehensive instructional improvement system.
• Regularly reviews pertinent student performance data to assess the effectiveness ofinterventions in helping at-risk students and to devise new action plans to for newly identifiedand previously identified at-risk student

People Management ï½ Actively devotes time to identify and develop top talent. Provides clarity andevaluations about roles responsibilities and performance goals and offers direct feedback on how toimprove performance. Creates an inclusive environment in which diverse perspectives are valued. Usesrelevant data to ensure appropriate staffing of the school.

• Provides supervision leadership and evaluation of each professional employee as designatedby the Superintendent of Schools.

Effective Influencer ï½ Effectively inspires others to work towards common goals to meet the needs ofurban school students despite obstacles. Emphasizes and advocates the importance of human capitalsrole serving schools and especially students in communications with internal and external stakeholders.

• Embodies the schools goals mission and visions articulated in its school improvement planand use data to assess whether the school is on track to achieving the goals.
• Works collaboratively with the all appropriate departments of Central Administration toensure alignment between district and school programming for the benefit of all stakeholdersin the school community.

Strong Collaboration & Cross-Functional Skills ï½ Proactively works in partnership with others to achievea common goal or necessary objective. Builds rapport and cooperative relationships with liaison with students parents staff parent groups community agencies and promotes positivepublic and school-community relations.

• Establishes and maintains relationships with colleges community organizations and other schools to coordinate educational services.
• Supervises extracurricular programs and evaluates these programs by regular attendance at these events.
• Establishes and maintains strong relationship with employee associations and relevant stakeholders. Places high priority on team and organizational goals.
• Customer Service Orientation ï½ Makes customers and their needs a primary focus. Takes appropriate immediate action to meet customer needs and concerns and continually assesses feedback from customers to make improvements.

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of High Expectations: establishes and regularly works to maintain a strong restorative school culture that promotes a culture of high aspirations and achievement for every student and requires staff and students to demonstrate consistent values and positive behaviors aligned to the schools vision and mission and successfully develops the full range of students learning capacities ï½ academic creative social-emotional behavioral and physical.

• Supervises building discipline student faculty and staff attendance and class schedules cumulative records and grade reporting ensuring that all are consistent with district policies and regulations.
• Administers educational programs for students with special needs.
• Reads analyzes and interprets professional journals studies of best practices and federal state and local regulations.
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as may be assigned or delegated by the Superintendent of Schools or designee.

Share in our community! Grow with our students! Join our district today and be a part of our future!

The Allentown School District is committed to excellence! The richness of The Allentown School Districts diversity is strengthened by its central role in educating our students for Americas future through academic excellence and celebrating the culturally responsive athletic and artistic range of talent in the schools. ASD students originate from 51 countries and speak 26 languages.

The Allentown School District offers a comprehensive benefits package to those who qualify.
This may include*

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Personal and Sick time
• PSERS Retirement Fund

*Eligibility for specific benefits will be outlined in each labor groups specific collective bargaining agreement.