Leadership Qualifications:
- Proven successful experiences leading in an urban setting comprised of a diverse student population
- Willingness and ability to create clear expectations for staff and students and hold students and staff accountable to those expectations
- Strong collaborator and communicator, demonstrates effective communication with diverse students, teachers, parents and community population
- Compassionate, charismatic, and a leader with integrity
- Ability to support the creation of a long-term vision and mission for the school as well as collaboratively develop and execute school improvement plans in order to meet short-term goals
- Knowledge of balanced comprehensive curriculum
- A proven commitment to community service and ability to develop community partnerships
- Commitment to staff development, especially in the area of teacher leadership development
- Strong understanding of special education
- Proven experience in providing meaningful recognition and support to staff and students