Principal in Residence

About the role

The Principal-in-Residence (PIR) position at Jubilee Academies is designed to prepare aspiring principals in adaptive, instructional, and managerial skills to lead a campus as a Principal. PIRs are full-time members of their campus leadership teams and have daily opportunities to practice essential skills and competencies.

Responsibilities

• Participates in parent meetings and conferences and acts as an intermediary between parents, teachers, and students to address a variety of needs or issues.
• Engages all stakeholders in creating and refining the campus' mission, vision, and values.
• Oversees campus practices and policies that set high expectations and shared ownership for student success, focusing on college and career readiness and post-secondary success.
• Conducts regular campus climate surveys to assess and measure progress on student and staff experiences.
• Fosters positive relationships with the community through participation in various activities and meetings.
• Facilitates opportunities to connect with students by being present during arrival and dismissal, attending school functions, and meeting with students.
• Enforces disciplinary policies and procedures with students.
• Provides training and ongoing support to teachers to establish and maintain a strong classroom culture, including setting behavioral expectations, establishing routines and procedures, and building strong relationships.
• Collaborates with other principals and educators to choose and develop curriculum and textbooks that align with local, state, and national standards.
• Coordinates staff development for faculty and staff; provides instruction if needed.
• Improves campus leaders through regularly scheduled, job-embedded professional development consistent with best practices for adult learning, deliberate modeling, and observation and feedback cycles.
• Trains teacher leaders in adult learning facilitation and team dynamics.
• Ensures that high-quality instructional materials are consistently used across classrooms, including resources designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities and English learners, along with other student groups with diverse needs.
• Provides training and ongoing support to teachers to effectively use high-quality instructional materials and research-based teaching practices that promote critical thinking skills and include differentiated and scaffolded supports for students with disabilities, English learners, and other student groups.
• Skilled in content and pedagogy as evidenced by quantitative and qualitative data. Demonstrated success using data to drive instruction.
• Thoroughly understands applicable local, state, and federal educational laws, regulations, policies, and requirements. Thoroughly understands instructional methodology.
• Knowledgeable about best practices in education and educational administration. Able to identify and solve problems. Creative thinking skills.
• Able to create, understand, and implement budgets and budgeting practices.
• Proficient with Google Suite or related software.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required. Master’s in Education is preferred.
• At least 3 years of teaching experience is required. Valid Texas Mid-Management / Principal Certification preferred.
• At least 2 years of Assistant Principal or equivalent campus-level leadership experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent supervisory and leadership skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the proven ability to professionally and effectively communicate with educators, parents, and community leaders.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Extremely effective administration of multifaceted operations.
• Ability to facilitate adult face-to-face professional development and 1:1 coaching and skill building.
• Thorough understanding of applicable local, state, and federal educational laws, regulations, policies, and requirements.
• Thorough understanding of instructional methodology.
• Knowledge of best practices in education and educational administration.
• Able to identify and solve problems.
• Creative thinking skills.
• Able to create, understand, and implement budgets and budgeting practices.
• Proficient with Google Suite or related software.

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent supervisory and leadership skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the proven ability to professionally and effectively communicate with educators, parents, and community leaders.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Extremely effective administration of multifaceted operations.
• Ability to facilitate adult face-to-face professional development and 1:1 coaching and skill building.
• Thorough understanding of applicable local, state, and federal educational laws, regulations, policies, and requirements.
• Thorough understanding of instructional methodology.
• Knowledge of best practices in education and educational administration.
• Able to identify and solve problems.
• Creative thinking skills.
• Able to create, understand, and implement budgets and budgeting practices.
• Proficient with Google Suite or related software.

Benefits

Includes but is not limited to:

• 90% Approaching | 60% Meets | 30% Mastered on STAAR/EOC
• 60% of SpEd students attain “approaches” on STAAR
• 75% sub populations (SpEd and/or ELL) meet Index 2 STAAR growth measure
• 85% Teacher Retention
• 97.5% Average Daily Attendance for students
• 100% compliance to IEP
• Maintain staff hiring goals and timelines
• 90% of Pre-K-2nd students are on/above grade level in reading, language, and math (all campuses).
• 85% of 1st-2nd students are on/above grade level in reading, language, and math
• Charter & Community Responsibilities: Convey the charter's mission to the public and encourage support in accomplishing the mission. Illustrate understanding of Charter and community needs and begin activities to meet those needs. Demonstrate use of productive and efficient skills to raise community and parent involvement. Actively participate in student recruitment efforts.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time, extended workdays, and occasional weekends.