QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid Teaching Certificate
• Ed Leader Certification
• 3 successful years of teaching experience during the last five years
• Experience working in an alternative or discipline center preferred
• Possess strong written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal skills to work with students with severe behavioral problems, their parents, and school system staff and community
• Physical and mental stamina and ability to perform job functions, tasks and duties.

REPORTS TO:        Principal

SUPERVISES:       As assigned by  Principal

TERMS OF

EMPLOYMENT:     10 or 12 Months

PAY FACTOR:       1.161-1.333 (based on size of school and terms of employment)

JOB GOAL: To assist and support the school principal in providing vision, culture, and instructional leadership that efficiently and effectively results in increased student achievement.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

DOMAIN 1:SCHOOL VISION

• Sets ambitious, data-driven goals and a vision for achievement; invests teachers, students and other stakeholders in that vision
• Uses vision and analysis of multiple types of data to set goals
• References goals and/or vision in all meetings/planning sessions
• Consistently connects goals and/or vision to the day-to-day work of the school
• Actively engages stakeholders in the school’s vision for achievement
• Shares specific ways families and stakeholders can support learning
• Consistently addresses staff or stakeholders who contradict the vision by displaying low or negative expectations
• Aligns resources: time, human and, when appropriate, fiscal to create and uphold systems that further the school’s learning goals
• Develops and implements systems that maximize instructional time by generating strategic schedules and calendars

DOMAIN 2: SCHOOL CULTURE

• Facilitates collaboration between teams of teachers
• Provides opportunities for professional growth and develops a pipeline of teacher leaders
• Creates and upholds systems which result in a safe and orderly school environment
• Reviews student learning data to improve instructional effectiveness and alignment to the BESE approved academic standards
• Maintains conditions for collaboration by ensuring teachers have clear expectations for collaborative time
• Uses data gathered through observations and student assessments to determine what development activities or instructional strategies will best meet the needs of each individual teacher to improve overall teacher effectiveness
• Improves teacher effectiveness by providing opportunities for professional growth and on-going supports
• Tracks progress to determine teacher effectiveness and adjusts development opportunities accordingly
• Develops a pipeline of teacher leaders to provide additional support to teachers in the school by identifying mid-and high-performing teachers and developing their leadership skills and creating opportunities for them to take on additional responsibilities
• Confirms the learning environment is conducive to learning
• Implements systems to ensure physical and social-emotional safety is maintained for students and adults
• Develops clear expectations for student and adult behaviors based on the school values and beliefs
• Identifies clear positive and negative consequences
• Develops systems to ensure every adult understands their role in implementing both positive and negative consequences are consistently implemented
• Supervises facilities equipment management and maintenance and confirms the physical environment is safe

DOMAIN 3: INSTRUCTION

• Observes teachers and provides feedback on instruction regularly

• Ensures teachers set clear, measurable objectives aligned to the BESE approved academic standards

• Ensures teachers use assessments reflective of the rigor of BESE approved standards

• Completes, or ensures a system is in place to complete, formal and informal observations

• Ensures observations occur multiple times a year with staff getting regular, consistent, and actionable feedback grounded in the NIET Best Practices

• Focused on improving teacher effectiveness and student outcomes

• Ensures that new and/or developing teachers receive additional formative observations

• Completes a rigorous evaluation process based on a review of teacher practice

• Supervises Assistant Principals and assigned teachers & staff

• Performs any additional duties assigned by the Superintendent and/or evaluator.

DOMAIN 4: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

• Maintains good attendance.
• Reports to work on time.
• Displays professional ethics on and off duty.
• Adheres to all Iberville Parish School Board’s Policies
• Reports to job-related injuries within 48 hours of work accident to the immediate supervisor.
• Assumes responsibility for implementation of emergency procedures.
• Seeks and maintains a positive attitude of promoting school and community relations.
• Participates in and promotes harmonious working relationships with students, colleagues, parents and community members.
• Attends meetings as directed.
• Serves on task force and decision-making committees, when appropriate.