SUMMARY
Provides leadership and management of a school that is focused on 21st Century student learning and achievement, relationships, and communication, and efficient operations toward the sustainability of the school’s current transformation plan and efforts. Promotes the success of each student by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a 21st Century vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Master’s Degree in Educational Administration or Curriculum and Instruction or related field. Arizona Principal Certificate. Must hold the Arizona IVP fingerprint clearance card. Three years of teaching experience, including five years of experience in a school setting.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience as a principal or assistant principal
- Demonstrated background or experience in school leadership including supervision/management and/or teamwork
- Experience developing and managing budgets
- Experience using technology as an instructional tool and technology applications
- Experience or knowledge of 21st Century Learning
- Background or coursework in counseling, coaching professionals
- Experience in public speaking
- Developing student-specific interventions, curriculum and instruction, special education, and language acquisition programs.
- Educational experience in diverse settings.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
THE LIST OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED
The role of the Instructional Leader includes:
Working within BUSD, Arizona Department of Education, and Tohono O’odham
Education Department accountability models and requires:
- Responsibility for student achievement
- Focused conversations with teachers
- Daily classroom visits
- Shares and models effective teaching strategies
- Confronts classroom mediocrity
Provides direction on curriculum and instruction
- Enforces grade level standards
- Provides opportunities for enrichment and intervention
- Collaborates with the Special Education department
- Encourages differentiated instruction for all learners and commitment to learner objectives
- Sets high expectations
Uses and promotes the use of assessment data
- Frequently monitors student progress
- Conducts and uses quarterly and other assessment data to guide instruction
- Develops a pyramid of intervention for all students
- Uses academic support systems
Personally, models and supports professional growth for all
- Develops professional growth plans for self and all staff
- Ensures quality professional development at the school site
- Creates and supports learning communities
- Uses and models use of technology
- Models’ behaviors of a lifelong learner
As the chief school officer, responsibilities include:
Acts as a public advocate for school, district, and public education
- Responsive to parents and community
- Creates a welcoming climate and culture
- Market’s school programs
Communicates school accountability plan
- In partnership with site council/leaders creates vision, values, and goals
- Creates benchmarks, measures progress
- Communicates results
- Provides guidance and information to site council
As the manager, a principal is responsible for smooth and orderly operations
- Hires, evaluates, and leads staff in developing their professional growth plan
- Ensures school facilities are safe, secure, and clean
- Supports and attends extracurricular activities
- Monitors transportation services provided to students
- Develops annual budget and manages finances including maintenance and operations, grants, capital, student organization and all program funds.
MENTAL TASKS
Communicates. Comprehends. Develops, plans, and evaluates school programs and curriculum. Collaborates with staff to coordinate school events. Determines student disciplinary action. Reading. Performs functions from written and oral instructions and from observing and listening to others. Utilizes problem-solving techniques.
PHYSICAL TASKS
Work involves the performance of duties where physical exertion is not normally required to perform all aspects of the job. Assistance is available as required to perform physically demanding tasks. Work involves sitting for extended periods of time, requires moving from one location to another, reaching, stooping, bending, and holding and grasping objects. Visual weakness must not prohibit the performance of assigned duties. Verbal communicative ability may be required for public contact positions.
EQUIPMENT, AIDS, TOOLS, MATERIALS
Utilizes standard office equipment and computers as needed to increase effectiveness.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Indoors. Office and classroom environment. Outdoors. Campus environment. Contact with employees, students, parents, and the public. Exposure to all weather conditions and temperatures, noise.
CONTROL, SUPERVISION
Supervision of school staff. Supervision of students during the school day and during
extracurricular activities.
FUNDING
Maintenance & Operation Budget
SUPERVISOR
Superintendent
3/2011; 5/2014
The Baboquivari Unified School District is an Equal Opportunity/Voluntary Affirmative Action Employer.
The Baboquivari Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, religion/religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or national origin.
Additional information on the District’s “Non-Discrimination Policy” can be viewed online at:
https://tb2cdn.schoolwebmasters.com/accnt_1500/site_1501/Documents/Non-Discrimination-Policy.pdf