Crossroads Charter Schools is looking for highly effective, highly qualified, and highly motivated individuals to join our organization. Ideal candidates will have experience in urban education and be committed to our four core values: High Expectations, Authentic Learning, Creative Culture, and Educational Equity.Crossroads Charter Schools organization is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to sex, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other factor prohibited by law.All candidates must complete an application in order to be considered for open positions. Attach your cover letter, resume, and 4 professional references (include name, phone, and email) for review.All applicants must apply online by submitting a resume and cover letter at .Job Description: Principal, SecondaryDirect Supervisor: Chief Academic Officer, or designeeSchool Summary:At Crossroads Charter Schools, we---
- Understand the significant difference between equity and equality. Every student deserves to receive what he/she needs to succeed (equity), not that every student receives the same amount of resources, instruction, attention, etc. (equality).
- Develop school environments where all students are actively and meaningfully engaged in rigorous instruction and authentic learning tasks.
- Interrupt the school to prison pipeline - policies and practices that are directly and indirectly pushing the most at-risk students out of school and on a pathway to the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
- Engage families as partners in meaningful ways.
- Build the capacity of diverse teams that are more reflective of our students.
- Nurture an open, collaborative, and trusting environment because the work is enormous, deeply personal, emotional, and often difficult.
- Engage in ongoing job-embedded professional development through co-teaching and co-planning.Position Summary:The primary responsibilities are to be the educational and programmatic leader for the school. The principal will set the curriculum in collaboration with the Academic Leadership Team and establish expectations for instruction, assessments, and school culture. The principal creates a positive school culture, sets high standards for staff and students, and is the instructional leader of the school. The principal manages the collaboration among staff to co-plan, co-deliver, and individualize instruction for all students in a class; work together creatively to accommodate special needs, diversity, and educational backgrounds of the students; and overcome instructional challenges constructively. The principal is a hardworking, goal-oriented, and enthusiastic professional with excellent subject knowledge and a sound understanding of the Missouri Learning Standards and Common Core State Standards.Position Responsibilities:
- Conceptualizes the broad goals of the school and plans accordingly to ensure that procedures and schedules are implemented to carry out the total school program.
- Ensures that the school program is compatible with the legal, financial, and organizational structure of the school system. The principal defines the responsibilities and accountability of staff members and develops plans for interpreting the school program to the community.
- Provides activities which facilitate the professional growth of the school staff and enhance the quality of the instructional program.
- Collaborate with the Academic Leadership Team to strengthen the district-wide approach.
- Identifies the annual objectives for the instructional, extracurricular, and athletic programs of the school.
- Ensures that instructional objectives for a given subject and/or classroom are developed, and involves the staff and others in the development of specific curricular objectives to meet the needs of the school program.
- Evaluates student progress in the instructional program by means that include maintaining up-to-date student data.
- Maintains inter-school system communication and seeks assistance from central office staff to improve performance. The principal maintains good relationships with students, staff, and parents. The principal complies with established lines of authority.
- Orients and assists new staff and new students and provides opportunities for their input in the school program.
- Encourages the use of community resources, cooperates with the community in the use of school facilities, interprets the school program for the community, and maintains communication with community members.
- Organizes, oversees, and provides support to the various services, supplies, material, and equipment provided to carry out the school program. The principal makes use of community resources.
- Develops, monitors, and revamps curriculum as needed.
- Recruits teachers and students.
- Supports teachers through observations, feedback, and coaching.
- Assists in leading the faculty in the data team process, the creation of common formative assessments, the ongoing review, and refinement of curriculum and learning objectives and the implementation of the response to intervention (RTI) strategies.
- Ensures that the learning environment is dynamic and conducive to high-level learning.
- Helps design and implement a professional development plan for all faculty.
- Directly supervises instructional staff as assigned.
- Demonstrate gains in student performance.
- Participate in meetings, training, and professional development.
- Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating, etc.
- Act in a professional and ethical manner at all times and comply with school policies, procedures, and expectations.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by their supervisor.Skills and Qualifications:
- Master's degree in school administration.
- Missouri administrator's certification.
- Minimum 4 years of experience as an administrator preferred.
- Demonstrated success in the areas of school leadership, urban education, curriculum development, instructional support, professional development, data teams, formative assessments, Love & Logic, and BIST.
- Knowledge of project-based learning and co-teaching.
- The desire to continue professional development.
- Excellent organization skills and an ability to coordinate multiple tasks and activities.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and an ability to keep multiple stakeholder groups, including parents, teachers, staff, volunteers, and partners, informed of critical issues, activities, and schedules.
- An ability and enthusiasm for promoting the school and its mission to a broad and diverse group of people.
- Excellent work ethic, positive attitude, flexibility, and willingness to perform tasks assigned.
- Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students and teachers in the school environment and community.
- Must pass extensive background check.Key Working Relationships in Addition to Supervisor:Teachers, Students, Parents, Volunteers, Office Staff, Support Staff, Assistant Principals, Principals, District Leadership Team, Central Office TeamBoth federal and state law requires all public school personnel to submit to and pass a criminal background check prior to employment by the school. Crossroads Charter Schools is required by law to exclude from employment any person who has pleaded to or been found guilty of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude under the laws of the State of Missouri, any other State of the United States, or any other country, whether or not a sentence is or was imposed.Please be advised that Crossroads Charter Schools does not seek information related to the conviction of crimes unrelated to those described in this question. Your conviction of a crime not otherwise listed above is not an automatic disqualification from employment consideration. The school will consider the nature of the offense and the relationship between the offense and the position for which you are applying. #J-18808-Ljbffr