Principal - IDEA Hidden Meadows Academy (Immediate Opening)

IDEA Public Schools•San Antonio, TX

2d•$108,100 - $128,600•Onsite

About The Position

IDEA Principals are systems leaders and people managers who coach and develop teachers and lead team members to achieve ambitious goals with students across elementary and middle school grades. Principals focus on excellence and continuous improvement and lead schools to make IDEA’s mission of College for All Children a reality. This full-time position is located in San Antonio. Preference is given to candidates who live in the region or are willing to relocate. The role involves travel to campus and regional training locations. The Principal directly manages campus leadership, including Assistant Principals of Instruction, the Assistant Principal of Operations, and School Counselors, and supervises the Administrative Assistant. The Principal also oversees school staff, including teachers, co-teachers, and testing coordinators, with additional supervisory responsibilities as needed. The Principal leads school culture, instructional and special-program, operational, family-engagement, staff-culture, talent-management, data, budget, and compliance systems. They coach and develop leaders, set strategic priorities based on data, and ensure students receive appropriate academic, attendance, and student-support interventions. Additional duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Ability to move throughout a school building, including outdoor spaces, shared indoor spaces, and classrooms, and between floors by stairs or elevator.
Ability to engage in virtual meetings and work remotely.
Ability to travel to and from campus and regional training locations.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
At least 3 years of experience as an instructional leader achieving dramatic gains in a challenging context preferred.
At least 3 years of teaching experience preferred.
Living in the San Antonio region or willingness to relocate is preferred.

Responsibilities

Set the vision for school culture and build and maintain schoolwide systems that foster positive student relationships, effective classroom routines and procedures, positive behavior, and consistent responses to misbehavior.
Coach and train leaders to develop teachers and staff in school-culture practices and maintain MTSS systems for student-support interventions.
Build and maintain instructional systems so Assistant Principals of Instruction can coach teachers to internalize content, deliver high-quality instruction, analyze data, and make strategic adjustments and interventions.
Develop schoolwide systems that ensure students with IEPs, 504 plans, and other eligibilities, including EB, receive the instruction and services they need.
Maintain MTSS systems for academic interventions and coach leaders to lead instructional and special-program work.
Build and maintain safe, welcoming, and efficient campus operations systems.
Coach and manage the Assistant Principal of Operations to meet student enrollment and daily attendance goals, lead the operations team, and manage operational budgets.
Maintain MTSS systems for attendance interventions.
Build systems for family engagement and communication, including new-family onboarding and ongoing engagement; ensure regular communication about student progress and school events and promote families as partners in education.
Make strategic hiring, retention, and promotion decisions and coach other leaders to do the same.
Build and maintain staff-culture, coaching, and management systems, ensuring staff receive effective coaching and are held accountable to high expectations.
Plan and maintain schoolwide data collection, analysis, and action systems to support strategic, data-driven decisions.
Set campus priorities through the annual CIP and lead the team in achieving them.
Plan and manage campus discretionary funds to support campus priorities and goals, working with the Assistant Principal of Operations, BC, and Administrative Assistant.
Complete required annual compliance training and ensure staff complete it; maintain systems that keep staff and the campus compliant with applicable laws and policies.
Travel to campus and regional training locations.
Perform additional duties as assigned.