Principal

Envision Education • San Francisco, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Envision Education is seeking experienced and effective Principal candidates to lead culturally sustaining and rigorous academic communities. This role involves transforming the lives of students, particularly those who will be the first in their family to attend college, by preparing them for success in college, career, and life. Envision Education operates four schools in San Francisco, Oakland, and Hayward, and a national educational consulting firm, Envision Learning Partners. The organization is committed to becoming an exemplar network of schools with an instructional and cultural vision rooted in an anti-racist and pro-Black framework, focusing on 21st-century skills, character traits, and cognitive and social-emotional skills for student success.

Requirements

• Commitment to the mission of Envision Education.
• Commitment to anti-racist and pro-Black leadership in the workplace.
• A Bachelor’s Degree and at least five years of teaching experience.
• Current cleared California teaching credential.
• Successful school leadership experience or targeted training with a track record of positive results.
• Demonstrated experience affecting positive organizational change and leading staff to accomplish ambitious goals in the face of challenging obstacles.
• Receptiveness to feedback and desire to continuously improve to meet outcomes.
• Once hired, continuous current California residency.
• Demonstrated success working with parents and families, especially Black, African American, Latino/a/x, and immigrant families.

Nice To Haves

• Administrative Services credential preferred.
• Master’s Degree or higher preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish speakers preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the highest expectations for student learning and achievement in every classroom, every day.
• Develop and implement a rigorous teacher coaching, observation, and support cycle focused on classroom instruction.
• Implement effective internal and external assessment systems and use data to inform decisions.
• Ensure strong consistency within the school program and curricular alignment with state and other rigorous standards.
• Select, share, and model culturally responsive and pro-Black curricular and instructional practices internally and with other schools.
• Develop and implement structures that ensure a rigorous, joyful, anti-racist, pro-Black, and inclusive school culture.
• Lead faculty to ensure that all staff are providing well-managed and rigorous daily lessons, and reasonable and effective daily homework.
• Work with staff to foster consistency in enforcing the Student and Family Handbook and other school-wide discipline and student culture policies.
• Work with the Special Education Team to ensure 504 accommodations, IEP modifications, and counseling needs are met.
• Maintain communication and relations with the families of the school, ensuring they are able to be partners in their children's academic and behavioral success.
• Communicate regularly with families regarding student performance and academic achievement.
• Work with staff to correspond regularly with families regarding school policies, trips, events, and milestones.
• Work with staff to plan, coordinate, and support family meetings and special events.
• Respond to family concerns promptly and effectively.
• Attract, hire, supervise, and develop all school staff members to create a high-functioning, anti-racist, and pro-Black team focused on student success.
• Build and maintain a positive and supportive staff culture based on trust, risk-taking, respect, reflective learning, and collaboration.
• Build a pro-Black and anti-racist staff culture by facilitating and leading critical conversations to support staff reflection, listening, growth and action planning.
• Lead the site Leadership Team, consisting of Vice Principals and Lead Teachers to effectively guide the school towards targeted goals.
• Design, implement and lead a high quality staff professional development cycle focused on ensuring professional learning in service of high quality outcomes across student demographics.
• Clearly articulate the school’s and network’s goals and programs, as well as Envision’s mission and vision, to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the retention of successful staff members.
• Oversee all day-to-day school operations including setting and maintaining a balanced budget, managing state and local compliance, and ensuring a safe and smooth functioning school environment.
• Supervise school facilities and ensure excellent facility management.
• Lead school enrollment efforts to ensure a fully enrolled school with a waiting list.
• Serve as a member of the Envision Principal team of the organization, clearly articulate school objectives and challenges, and help set and meet long-term and medium-term organizational goals.
• Partner with Envision’s other principals, Education Directors, and Superintendent of Schools to determine and implement the educational vision for the organization through our network’s annual priority process and help to continually improve the educational model.
• With CEO and the Superintendent of Schools of Envision Education, serve as representative to the charter authorizer and act as primary spokesperson and leader of the school with other outside stakeholders.

Benefits

• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation time.
• Excellent health benefits package with employer contribution to benefits.
• Excellent Optional Flexible Benefits Plan including dependent care, medical care, pet insurance, parking, and commuter benefits.
• Retirement system from STRS.
• 403b Plan.
• Life Insurance at no cost to employee.
• Access to ongoing opportunities for learning, professional, and leadership opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal