Special Education Teacher

General Purpose of Job: 

To inspire and prepare all students with the confidence, courage, and competence to achieve their dreams; contribute to community; and engage in a lifetime of learning by supporting members of the superintendent’s Cabinet in providing system-level leadership to all E-12 schools and program sites.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Category of Responsibility:

Leadership Support serve as the first point of contact for principals seeking system level support related to teaching and learning serve as the link with elementary cluster leaders

Serve as liaison for site leader in accessing central office services as necessary

Work with DLTL HART, I2T2, and Community Engagement leaders; facilitate progress on priority results; assist with policy research and development

Category of Responsibility:

Athletics and Activities co-supervise (with high school principals) the District Activities Coordinators

Ensure community engagement in the activities program through the effective functioning of the Activities Program Advisory Council (APAC)

Facilitate program improvement including program evaluation, operational improvement, and staff development
resolve operational issues including clarifying protocols for all extracurricular contracts; ensuring that volunteers have background checks

Attend events

Category of Responsibility:

Safe, Healthy, and Responsive Learning Environmentserve as the first point of contact for all parent/guardian calls; work directly with principals to address reported concerns

Use data to maintain and improve district-wide systems related to student management

Train all site administrators and intervention specialists to provide system consistency

Reduce suspensions and expulsions; eliminate racial disparity

Category of Responsibility:

Act as substitute principal in the absence of a principal

Facilitate breakout sessions at Learning Leader

Facilitate communication to site leaders for system level coordinators and directors

Ensure balance among principals and principal perspective in the project development (ex. capital projects, emergency preparedness, enrollment projections, policy, performance appraisal processes, etc)
other duties as assigned

Preferred Skills:

Strong written and verbal communication skills
demonstrated meeting facilitation skills
organized
project management skills

Qualifications for the position:

Must hold a license as a School Principal in Minnesota
Experience as a Lead Principal required

Positions begin:
July 1, 2020

Competitive Salary and Benefits

Assignment: 225 days

Posting closes: May 27, 2020

General Purpose of Job: To inspire and prepare all students with the confidence, courage, and competence to achieve their dreams; contribute to community; and engage in a lifetime of learning by planning and directing the instructional programming and managing the operational and personnel requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Indicators of Strategic Leadership Practice:

Articulates a vision and develops implementation strategies for change that results in measurable achievement gains for all students and closes the achievement gap.

Fosters a shared commitment to high expectations for student achievement, high standards of teaching and learning, and a culturally competent environment where diversity is valued.

Builds a strong and positive sense of community in the school by honoring the important roles of race and culture, its traditions, artifacts, symbols, values, and norms.

Indicators of Instructional Leadership Practice: Provides the structure and opportunity for the development, alignment, implementation, and evaluation of relevant and rigorous curricula tied to state academic and college and career readiness standards.

Collaborates with teachers to examine student and school data to measure student learning and growth, identify achievement gaps, and develop strategic interventions that improve learning and close identified gaps.

Facilitates reflective practice, inquiry, and action research to identify and monitor the impact of interventions and determine high-yield instructional strategies that improve student learning.

Indicators of Performance Management Practice: Provides timely, appropriate, quality professional development and facilitates learning teams that gather information, analyze data, examine issues, and develop new approaches to improve teaching and learning.

Routinely observes instruction and provides ongoing feedback and coaching to teachers and other staff in a fair and equitable manner in order to support professional growth.

Provides effective and timely supervision and evaluation aligned with local district goals, state regulations, and contract provisions and uses these processes to facilitate development, remediation, and/or removal of underperforming staff members.

Indicators of Professional and Interpersonal Relationship Skills Practice: Models appropriate personal, professional, and ethical behavior that is respectful and fair, enhances the image of the school and the profession, and inspires others to higher levels of leadership and performance.

Demonstrates strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and facilitates groups effectively.
Welcomes and honors families and stakeholders by engaging them in a meaningful dialogue regarding student learning, the work of the school, and its needs and accomplishments.

Indicators of Resource Management Skills Practice: Distributes leadership responsibilities, shares decision making, and supervises daily ongoing management structures and practices to enhance teaching and learning.

Maintains a safe environment by addressing real and potential challenges to the physical and emotional safety and security of students and staff that interfere with teaching and learning.

Develops and implements a budget process that manages fiscal expenditures consistent with district and school goals, policies, and available resources that is focused on results in improved student achievement.

Additional duties/responsibilities: Performs other comparable duties of a like or similar nature as assigned.

Qualifications for the position: Must hold or be eligible for a license as an Elementary School Principal in Minnesota
Experience as an assistant principal or in another school leadership capacity

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Please include a letter of interest and three (3) letters of recommendation.

Position begins:
July 1, 2020

Competitive Salary and Benefits

$104,631 – $125,260