College Prep Principal General Applicant Pool - Houston

Supervisory Responsibilities

Directly manage campus leadership (i.e. Assistant Principals of Instruction, Assistant Principal of Operations, Director of College Counseling, etc).

Essential Duties

• Lead School Culture Systems: Set the vision for school culture and build and maintain strong schoolwide systems to ensure that vision becomes a reality. Coach and develop teachers to master skills and coach other leaders.
• Lead Instructional Systems: Build and maintain strong schoolwide systems to ensure all teachers internalize their content, deliver high quality first instruction, and analyze data to implement strategic adjustments and interventions.
• Lead Operational Systems: Build and maintain strong systems for school operations to ensure your campus is safe, welcoming, and efficiently run. Coach and manage the assistant principal of operations to meet student enrollment and daily attendance goals.
• Lead Family Engagement Systems: Build and maintain strong systems for family engagement and communication, including both new family onboarding and ongoing family engagement. Ensure families receive regular communication about their child’s progress and school events, and engage them as key partners in the education of their child.
• Lead Staff Culture and Talent Management: Make strategic hiring, retention and promotion decisions, build and maintain systems for fostering a strong staff culture, and coach other leaders to do the same. Build and maintain strong systems for coaching and management so that all staff members receive excellent coaching and are held accountable for meeting high expectations in service of our students.
• Strategically Manage your Campus Budget: Plan how to use your campus discretionary funds to achieve your campus priorities and driving goals. Work with your assistant principal of operations, business clerk and admin assistant to ensure your campus discretionary budget is managed strategically throughout the year. Coach and manage your assistant principal of operations to lead the operations team to meet their budget goals.
• Ensure your Campus Remains in Compliance: Complete all required annual compliance training and ensure your staff members do the same. Build and maintain systems to ensure that staff members and the campus as a whole remains in compliance with all applicable laws and policies. Coach and develop other leaders to do the same so that you can drive this work through others.
• Lead Special Programs: Build and maintain strong schoolwide special program systems to ensure all students with IEPs, 504s, and any other eligibilities (ie EB) receive the instruction and services they need for success.
• Lead Data Systems: Plan, execute, and maintain systems that allow for school-wide data collection, analysis, and action in order to make strategic data-driven decisions.

Knowledge and Skills

• Make Sound Decisions: Foster a collaborative environment where team members contribute to decision-making, ensuring that diverse perspectives are considered and team consensus is built when appropriate.
• Manage Work and Teams: Build operating mechanisms, establish strategic plans, and implement project management systems that ensure that your team operates smoothly and achieves its targets.
• Grow Self and Others: Create opportunities for team learning, facilitate team development sessions, and ensure that team members have the resources and support they need to grow professionally.
• Build Trust and Psychological Safety: Proactively address conflicts and facilitate open communication, setting the standard for trust and safety within the team.
• Communicate Deliberately: Prioritize open channels of communication on your team. Facilitate team meetings, ensure clear dissemination of information, and encourage feedback loops within your teams to promote understanding and cohesion.

Required Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience in education is required.
• Certification: Principal certificate.
• Preferred Experience: Master's degree; 3+ years of experience as an instructional leader and 3+ years of experience as a teacher is preferred.