K-8 Principal - IDEA Bassett (26-27)

IDEA Public Schools•Jacksonville, FL

4d•$103,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

Principals serve as systems leaders and people managers, guiding and nurturing educators while leading a dedicated team that spans both elementary and middle school grades within a K-8 campus. They are dedicated to fostering excellence and continuous growth, cultivating these principles among both their staff and students. Their unwavering commitment is to lead their schools in realizing IDEA's mission of providing College for All Children. This is a School of Hope grant funded position and funding may be extended. A grant-funded position has no guarantee of ongoing and indefinite employment. All duties and responsibilities tied to this position are allowable and allocable to the grant.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree is required.
A minimum of 6 years in education, including at least 3 years of experience as an instructional leader (AP or higher) achieving dramatic gains in a challenging context and 3+ years of teaching experience is required.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree is preferred.
Principal certificate is preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversee elementary and middle school staff on a K-8 campus, including teachers, co-teachers, counselors, testing coordinators, administrative assistant, Assistant Principal of Instruction, and Assistant Principal of Operations.
Set the vision for school culture and build and maintain strong schoolwide systems to ensure that vision becomes a reality.
Ensure all teachers are proficient in building positive student relationships, creating effective classroom routines and procedures, reinforcing positive behaviors, and responding consistently and effectively to misbehaviors.
Coach and train teachers to master these skills, and coach and develop other leaders to do the same so that you can drive this work through your lead team.
Build and maintain strong schoolwide systems to ensure all teachers internalize their content, deliver high quality first instruction, and analyze data in order to implement strategic adjustments and interventions that increase student learning.
Coach and develop other instructional leaders to do the same and drive this work through your instructional lead team.
Build and maintain strong systems for school operations to ensure your campus is safe, welcoming, and efficiently run.
Coach and manage the assistant principal of operations to meet student enrollment and daily attendance goals.
Coach and develop the assistant principal of operations to be an excellent systems leader and people manager so that they can drive results through their operations team.
Build and maintain strong systems for family engagement and communication, including both new family onboarding and ongoing family engagement.
Ensure families receive regular communication about their child’s progress and school events, and that staff engage them as key partners in the education of their child.
Coach and manage other leaders to do the same so that you can drive this work through others.
Make strategic hiring, retention and promotion decisions, and coach other leaders to do the same.
Build and maintain systems for fostering a strong staff culture, and coach other leaders to do the same.
Build and maintain strong systems for coaching and management so that all staff members receive excellent coaching and are held accountable for meeting high expectations in service of our students.
Plan how to use your campus discretionary funds to achieve your campus priorities and driving goals.
Work with your assistant principal of operations, business clerk and admin assistant to ensure your campus discretionary budget is managed strategically throughout the year.
Coach and manage your assistant principal of operations to lead the operations team to meet their budget goals.
Complete all required annual compliance training and ensure your staff members do the same.
Build and maintain systems to ensure that staff members and the campus as a whole remains in compliance with all applicable laws and policies.
Coach and develop other leaders to do the same so that you can drive this work through others.

Benefits

medical
dental
vision plans
disability
life insurance
parenting benefits
flexible spending account options
generous vacation time
referral bonuses
professional development
403(b) plan
Employer paid 403(b) retirement matching of up to 4% of your annual compensation