Principal - IDEA Elsa Academy (Immediate Opening)
About the role
The Principal at IDEA is responsible for leading a campus to ensure that IDEA's mission of College for All Children becomes a reality. The Principal oversees a range of functions including school culture, instructional systems, operational systems, family engagement, staff culture and talent management, data systems, and budget management.
Responsibilities
Set the vision for school culture and build and maintain strong schoolwide systems to ensure that vision becomes a reality.
Ensure all leaders are proficient in coaching teachers and staff to proficiency in building positive student relationships, creating effective classroom routines and procedures, reinforcing positive behaviors, and responding consistently and effectively to misbehaviors.
Coach and train leaders to coach teachers and staff to proficiency in these skills.
Build and maintain strong schoolwide systems for MTSS to ensure students receive the Student Support Interventions they need.
Build and maintain strong schoolwide systems to ensure APIs coach teachers to internalize their content, deliver high quality instruction, and analyze data in order to implement strategic adjustments and interventions that increase student learning.
Build and maintain strong schoolwide special program systems to ensure all students with IEPs, 504 plans, and any other eligibilities (i.e. EB) receive the instruction and services they need for success.
Build and maintain strong systems for operations to ensure your campus is safe, welcoming, and efficiently run.
Build and maintain strong schoolwide systems for MTSS to ensure students receive the Academic Interventions they need.
Lead Family Engagement Systems: Ensure families receive regular communication from staff (especially teachers) about their student’s progress and school events, and that staff (especially teachers) engage families as key partners in the education of our students.
Make Strategic Decisions: Use data and trends to drive decisions that impact multiple teams, while anticipating risks and planning contingencies for key initiatives.
Manage Work and Teams: Lead cross-functional coordination to align efforts with strategic goals, optimize resource use, and minimize silos.
Grow Self and Others: Identify development needs across multiple groups and integrate them into broader strategic plans, create structures that support ongoing growth, engage in succession planning, and continuously refine development strategies based on outcomes and data.
Build a Culture of Trust: Build trust and drive positive engagement across multiple groups, as reflected in strong feedback and survey results. Proactively address concerns, model transparency and authenticity, and foster collaboration through open, honest communication and shared ownership.
Communicate Deliberately: Communicate a clear and compelling vision that aligns team efforts with organizational goals, proactively identify and address communication gaps across workstreams, and implement solutions to enhance coordination, while anticipating and resolving stakeholder concerns before they surface.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree is required.
Master’s degree is preferred.
At least 3 years of experience as an instructional leader achieving dramatic gains in a challenging context and 3+ years of teaching experience are preferred qualifications.
Qualifications
Ability to move throughout a school building, including outdoor spaces, shared indoor spaces, and classrooms, and between floors via stairs or elevator.
Ability to engage in virtual meetings and work remotely.
Ability to travel to and from campus and regional training locations.
Skills
Strategic Decision Making
Team Leadership
People Development
Culture Building
Data Analysis
Financial Management
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision plans
Disability, life insurance, parenting benefits
Flexible spending account options
Generous vacation time
Referral bonuses
Professional development
A 403(b) plan
Pay
Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $102,000 and $121,000, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity.
Schedule
This is a full-time position located in Rio Grande Valley. Preference will be given to candidates who live in the region, or who are willing to relocate.