Contract Length : 12 Month
Reports To: Superintendent
Instructional Leadership
- Assumes responsibility and instructional leadership for the planning, operation, supervision, and evaluation of the educational program
- Communicates with students, teachers, parents and community members using a variety of mediums including technology.
- Partners with teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction and individual teacher performance.
- Coordinates and promotes professional growth plans and opportunities for faculty and staff
- Coordinates New Teacher Induction and ongoing staff development program
- Provides leadership and oversight for the instructional, co-curricular and extra-curricular programs
- Responsible for horizontal and vertical articulation and curricular alignment
- Works with teachers and parents to implement student interventions that differentiate instruction based on student need.
- Oversees assessment program
- Establishes, monitors, and evaluates school improvement goals as documented in the annual School Improvement Plan
- Uses data to make decisions about curriculum, assessment, instruction and all school improvement efforts
- Establishes a culture of mutual respect and excellence through dialogue and relationships with staff, students, central office administrators, and community members
- Develops, monitors, and evaluates programs to enhance positive school culture and climate
- Responsible for staffing, enrollment, and budget decisions involving master schedule development
- Coordinates selection of all certified and classified staff
Management
- Develops Building Master Schedule and Staff Supervision Schedule
- Develops and monitors overall school and departmental budgets
- Ultimately responsible for building operations and maintenance
- Interprets Board of Education and central office policies and procedures
- Maintains student handbook and building procedures
- Responsible for student management, attendance and discipline
- Oversees the inventory, purchase, and organization of textbooks and supplies
- Oversees vendor and service contracts
- Coordinates building level crisis plan
- Supervises school activities and events
After reading Coleen's blog post about the Dean position, this seems a bit short. The one bullet point that sticks out to me is the coordination of new teach induction. I would assume that would be a separate leadership job. In our district we have a separate new teacher mentor program for teachers for the first three years in the teaching profession. There are teacher mentors that constantly meet, travel and set up goal with new teachers and a district office coordinator for additional support.
ReplyDeleteHeather, I like how you separated your job description responsibilities into two strands - leadership and management. With all the conversations we have had in our courses about the phenomena of leader vs. manager, your job description depicts a need for both, but with a heavier emphasis on the leadership responsibility aspect of the role. I also appreciated how you included the responsibility of "coordinating and promoting professional growth plans and opportunities for faculty and staff." As principals, we have to find a way to feed our teachers and coach them for excellence through providing ways for them to develop and grow professionally. We must show this is valued and is part of the culture of our school.
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