Central

Job Summary:
Plan and direct the administration of the district’s elementary and secondary schools including supervision of all building Principals.

Duties/Responsibilities:

·        Inspires principals to be innovative in their thinking, planning, and leadership

·        Coach principals to lead their staff through a visioning process; help principals implement their new transformational visions

·        At the beginning of the year, helps elementary and secondary leaders identify a clear set of expectations that directly align to the survey feedback provided by staff at the end of previous year

·        Skillfully helps principals prioritize building needs, within context of district priorities

·        Assist the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent with strategic planning, site planning and site plan implementation efforts

·        Facilitate principals in setting district-aligned goals

·        Schedule bi-weekly meetings with principals (part check-in and coaching, part classroom co-visits)

·        Use cognitive coaching skills to move principals’ thinking toward transformational solutioning

·        Partner with Director of Teaching and Learning to build principal capacity as key instructional leader

·        Partner with Coordinator of Professional Development (PD) to develop, guide, and implement professional learning for teachers and paras.

·        Help principals build manageable observation and feedback systems for staff that include clearly defined support from peer coaches

·        Support principals in effective PBIS implementation as means of building positive, predictable, safe, and consistent school-wide cultures

·        Support principals in determining and fulfilling role at data meetings; assist principals with discipline data reviews

·        Complete and submit semi-annual district-wide discipline reports

·        Serve as primary facilitator for the student discipline process review committee

·        Build principals’ capacity to navigate high-profile parent disciplinary concerns

·        Troubleshoot implementation issues around redesigned/transformed student cultures and restorative justice practices

·        Support principals in developing productive relationships with key district office staff

·        Work with district leaders to revise district-level processes and requirements that are current barriers to school and principal success

·        Partner with Human Resources and Coordinator of PD to develop training and implementation of processes around necessary job functions (e.g., investigation, hiring, supervision etc).

·        Audit and process annual step increases

·        Partner with Human Resources to develop growth-based evaluation process for principals and assistant principals

·        Provide accurate and detailed non-evaluative and evaluative feedback to principals

·        Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent.