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June 14, 2018
Assistant Principal – Warm Springs K-8 Academy
Jefferson County School District is looking for a highly qualified and successful Assistant Principal for Warm Springs K-8 Academy
The Assistant principal should have school leadership experience with demonstrated success raising student achievement, and improving under-performing student achievement. Experience building effective teams along with exceptional coaching skills is essential. Must have strong curriculum knowledge, including implementing literacy and math strategies.
Qualifications:
- Hold, or able to obtain, an Oregon Administrator License issued by Oregon TSPC
- Elementary, K-8 experience, or Middle school experience
- Record of increasingly responsible positions in education
- Understanding of Oregon and Common Core standards and assessment, reform initiatives and the ability to use data to lead school improvement efforts
- Proven communication skills that establish positive, collaborative working relationships with and among students, staff, parents and the community
Preferred Qualifications:
- Visionary leader with successful teaching, leadership and/or administrative experience
- Successful experience working with culturally diverse communities
- Understanding of existing school, district and community initiatives
- Experience working with Native American students
Personal Traits:
- JCSD leaders are authentic people with high levels of integrity; they are trustworthy, model ethical and moral behaviors and are focused on learners and learner outcomes.
- Enthusiastically articulates, embraces, and supports the JCSD Strategic Plan.
- Future focused vision with the courage to take risks to improve learning.
- Keeps learners needs as the number one criteria for all learners.
- Able to ask for and listen to stakeholders’ voices.
- Can create an organizational culture that values and rewards student success, cooperation, innovation and quality.
- Ability to acknowledge and embrace the cultural values of our diverse communities.
Results Orientation:
- Sets high performance goals for themselves and others.
- Works with Principal to monitor high standards for excellence with students, teachers, staff and other stakeholders.
- Works with school resources and prioritizes activities to achieve maximum results based on goals.
- Focuses school activities on student achievement.
- Blended/online curriculum strategies
Action Orientation:
- Effectively plans and takes action to achieve goals and objectives.
- Consistently identifies potential issues and obstacles and proactively works with Administrative Team to create and implement solutions.
- Executes action plans despite ambiguity, obstacles or resistance.
Impact and Influence:
- Establishes a culture of learning and achievement.
- Acts consistently to influence
- Communicates a clear vision of success and benefits to engage others.
- Effectively identifies and engages stakeholders (e.g. parents, community) to drive consensus, build trust and facilitate change.
- Is able to anticipate and respond to stakeholder concerns and identify and engage key influence and community resources necessary for success.
- Influences others to take action.
Develop and Lead High Performing Teams:
- Works with teams to mirror vision and produce maximum results.
- Understands team strengths and weaknesses.
- Effectively engages team in decision-making.
- Encourages learning and consistently provides instruction, expectations, feedback and other development activities to encourage leadership and build capacity.
- Consistently inspires excellence and promotes high morale.
Planning and Problem Solving:
- Quickly recognizes patterns and trends related to school performance.
- Analyzes complex information to formulate strategic vision and develop action plans.
- Uses qualitative and quantitative data to assess performance and drive goals and decision-making.
- Recognizes cause and effect between instructional activities and results.
- Develops effective processes to achieve desired results.
Confidence to Lead:
- Consistently takes on challenging situations and believes in ability to effect change.
- Demonstrates strong commitment to others and presents ideas with confidence.
- Takes risks to achieve vision and goals, even if they deviate from the norm.
- Takes personal responsibility for mistakes and learns from them, while consistently following up with analysis and corrective action.
Commitment and Dependability:
- The Assistant Principal is committed to assisting Principal, staff and students to achieve success.
- Desire to live in the community.
- High expectations for students and staff.
Application Process: Please apply with:
- Application
- Letter of interest along with a current resume, including current contact information
- Three current letters of recommendations to include names, titles, addresses, home and office numbers of references
- College transcripts
- Any other supportive materials (please do not send portfolio)
Reference checks will be made during the screening process.
Application materials will remain confidential.
Selection Timeline: Open until filled
Start Date: August 2018
Compensation:
- 215 work-day contract
- Family medical, dental and vision insurance
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement
- Salary: Competitive (based on experience)
- JCSD 509-J pays the employee’s portion of PERS
Visit our District Website at: WWW.JCSD.K12.OR.US
Jefferson County School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer |