Assistant Principal - Elementary Schools

About the role

The Assistant Principal will assist the building principal in providing instructional leadership by establishing, promoting, and leading efforts related to achieving the identified school improvement goals in service of the Federal Way Public School's strategic plan. The assistant principal will foster an environment characterized by high expectations, data-driven decision making, continuous improvement, capacity building, and cultural competence.

Responsibilities

• Establishes a mission and vision focused on shared goals and high expectations for all students.
• Assists in developing and sustaining a focus on a shared mission and clear vision for improvement of learning and teaching.
• Fosters an environment which fosters high expectations for students, staff, and self.
• Facilitates collaborative processes leading toward continuous improvement.
• Promotes inclusive programming for students qualified for special education services and those learning English as a second language.
• Implements rigorous standards-based curricula and assessments.
• Supports high expectations for self, staff, and students in the implementation and delivery of standards-based curricula.
• Supports staff in implementing and aligning curricula to state and district standards.
• Participates in creating and monitoring systems that ensure teachers utilize formative assessments to adjust instruction for improved student learning.
• Uses relevant data to design, implement, and evaluate an aligned strategic plan that drives continuous improvement (and ensures effective core instruction and interventions).
• Locates, analyzes, and interprets multiple data sources to inform continuous school-level improvement efforts.
• Affirms the implementation of the district strategic plan.
• Ensures that data reflecting the diversity of students are available for teachers to analyze and use in the development of appropriate instructional strategies.
• Affirms the implementation of the district strategic plan.
• Ensures that data reflecting the diversity of students are available for teachers to analyze and use in the development of appropriate instructional strategies.
• Supports the utilization of Professional Learning Communities to assist staff in analyzing data that reflect on current practice and inform improvement.
• Supports the utilization of Professional Learning Communities to assist staff in analyzing data that reflect on current practice and inform improvement.
• Supports the utilization of Professional Learning Communities to assist staff in analyzing data that reflect on current practice and inform improvement.
• Recruits, hires, assigns, and retains effective staff.
• Utilizes knowledge of effective instruction and other attributes of successful instructional staff to assist in the development of activities and processes that result in the selection of highly qualified instructional staff.
• Assigns staff to specific positions in a manner that maximizes the application of their knowledge and experience to desired student outcomes.
• Deals with employee discipline in a manner that protects an individual's due process rights while confronting and responding to unacceptable behavior.
• Utilizes performance appraisal systems for all staff to recognize outstanding performance and identify and address substandard performance.
• Evaluates designated certificated staff using the Danielson Framework for improved instructional practices and to address substandard performance.
• Develops cultural competence and a commitment to equity in adults and students.
• Leads for equity toward college and career readiness.
• Nurtures a school environment that celebrates, respects, and values diversity, where teaching and learning are made relevant and meaningful to students of various cultures.
• Publicly draws attention to all equity gaps that exist for various groups of students with plans to address their elimination.
• Initiates activities and discussions that lead to increased cultural competence of staff, informing and expanding teaching practices within classrooms.
• Identifies communication strategies that articulate the successes of the school to the broader community, resulting in creation of partnerships to bring additional people and resources into the school.
• Advocates for members of the school community and effectively engages families and community.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in education
• Three years of teaching/counseling experience
• Washington State Principal Certification
• Valid Washington State Driver's License
• Criminal background clearance
• Knowledge of working within urban settings and with parents and students of diverse cultures and backgrounds

Skills

• Knowledge/awareness of own cultural identity and how this influences behavior, and desire to learn about the cultural identity of others.
• Ability to establish and nurture an environment that promotes cultural competence and equitable treatment of staff, students, and patrons of the District.
• Ability to understand and hold self and others accountable for promoting the Federal Way Public Schools' commitment to "Each Scholar: A Voice. A Dream. A Bright Future."
• Ability to recognize that each person is a unique individual even as we celebrate their group cultural heritage.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• Sick and vacation leave
• Life insurance
• Retirement