Principal, Child and Career Development Center – Engle Education Center

The Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU) has an opening for a Principal, Child and Career Development Center - Engle Education Center.

Are you motivated to create brighter futures for students, families, and the entire community? If so, we want you on Team CCIU! At the CCIU, we pride ourselves on the creativity, dedication, and collaborative spirit that our employees bring to their work every day, and we know that achieving success together takes a team approach!

We strive to hire exceptional, diverse, and passionate individuals that help us achieve our vision of acting as educational leaders who contribute to a better Chester County and beyond.

If you are looking for an exciting, challenging opportunity to grow your career, don’t wait – apply today to make Team CCIU even stronger tomorrow!

Summary of Position:
This position is responsible for providing administrative and instructional leadership by supervising the educational program at the Child and Career Development Center – Engle Education Center (CCDC). The Principal serves as a liaison between the CCIU and Chester County public school districts and public charter schools and neighboring county public school districts. The Principal of the CCDC must possess deep knowledge of low-incidence special education programming and have a proven track record of leading a team of professional staff, related service providers, and support staff in creating strong academic, functional, and social-emotional growth outcomes for students.

Dimensions of the Position

• 100-125 professional and support staff
• Student population is 100-200
• Direct budget responsibility of $5,000,000-$10,000,000

Organizational Relationships

• Reports to the Assistant Director of Student Services.
• Supervises professional, project, support, and secretarial staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Serve as the instructional leader driving student achievement and social-emotional growth outcomes.
• Maintain highest levels of expertise and knowledge regarding best practices in special education and instructional pedagogy.
• Lead teachers in planning effective, developmentally appropriate programming for students.
• Recruit, enroll and maintain student enrollment at maximum level.
• Communicate regularly with LEA partners on student outcome data, program metrics, student highlights, etc.
• Provide direct instructional coaching to multiple teachers throughout the school year
• Lead student data analysis process at the individual teacher level to the school-wide level. Facilitate data conversations and subsequent instructional planning with teachers on an ongoing basis.
• Provide leadership and planning of instruction for the day-to-day operation of special education programs.
• Interview, select, supervise, and evaluate the professional and support staff.
• Identify needs of staff and create and implement staff development plan accordingly.
• Review and revise special education programs based upon planned yearly assessments; monitor changing patterns of district needs, regularly communicate with district school administrators to evaluate services and provide for effective utilization of services, make recommendations to the Director of Student Services.
• Oversee responsibility for student discipline and lead behavior management team.
• Ability to de-escalate students during violent and dangerous situations.
• Ability to use passive restraints to prevent a student from hurting self or others.
• May require the need to physically restrain students who demonstrate violent behaviors and/or self-injurious.
• Oversee special education procedures and policies to assure compliance with applicable local, state, and federal mandates and laws.
• Coordinate implementation of planned curriculum and assessment processes.
• Coordinate the multi-disciplinary team in the development of IEPs.
• Develop and aide in the development and implementation of transition plans.
• Procure necessary instructional materials and equipment as indicated by programmatic needs.
• Liaise with other CCIU and LEA staff to ensure continuum of special education programming for all students served.
• Oversee the maintenance and accuracy of student records to ensure accuracy of student data entry for state reporting and billing purposes
• Conduct building staff meetings for a variety of purposes: professional development, dissemination of pertinent information, special education best practices, curricular initiatives, build positive culture, etc.
• Provide monthly input to CCIU Board and Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) on program updates.
• Oversee the building ESY program including staff hiring, program planning, logistics, etc.
• Conduct weekly meeting with all first year teachers to facilitate their successful induction into the CCDC and CCIU culture.
• Collaborate with mentor teachers and their assigned CCDC teachers.
• Deliver demonstration lessons for teachers as needed.
• Establish short- and long-term goals and objectives based upon CCIU Board goals and program initiatives.
• Review goals and evaluate individual staff objectives within differentiated supervisory guidelines.
• Coordinate and monitor staff development to provide continual improvement of delivery of services based on best practices of current research.
• Responsible for approval of requisitioned expenditures within allocations. Prepare and/or aide in the preparation and development of budgets, budget revisions and budget proposals/projections.
• Maintain highest levels of expertise and knowledge regarding best practices in special education and instructional pedagogy.
• Ensure adherence to state and federal special education regulations and CCIU board policy.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in educational leadership or special education required, doctoral degree in educational leadership preferred.
• 5 years teaching experience in special education required, including teaching low-incidence special education populations.
• 2 years administrative experience required.
• Experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of curriculum.
• Qualities of effective leadership and good communication skills essential in the fulfillment of responsibilities of the position.
• Experience in planning and conducting professional development activities.
• Ability to supervise professional and support staff and related service providers

Professional Credentials

• Special Education Teacher certification required
• Pennsylvania Principal certification required
• Pennsylvania Supervisor of Special Education certification preferred
• Skills and Abilities
• Language Skills
• Ability to read, analyzes, and interpret periodicals, professional journals, financial reports, legal documents, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to effectively present information to students, management, public groups, attorneys, legislators and/or Intermediate Unit Board.
• Ability to respond to common inquires or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the community.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) in the performance of routine assignments/
• Ability to analyze data to make staffing and budgetary projections.
• Ability to interpret statistical data.
• Ability to use spreadsheets and other mathematical instruments.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to apply sound judgment to resolve conflicts, and solve problems.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff administrators and the community.
• Ability to transport between school buildings, districts and localities.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form.
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of all Board Policies.
• Responsibility for the safety, well-being, and work output of others.
• Ability to meet demands for several people.
• Ability to respond to several problems, simultaneously.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand and walk.
• The employee is frequently required to talk or listen.
• The employee is occasionally required to use hands and feet to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• The position requires meeting deadlines with severe time constraints, interacting with the public and staff, irregular or extended work hours.
• The employee is responsible for safety, well-being and work output of others.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Office, automobile and school buildings – Noise levels are generally low to moderate.
• This is a smoke-free/drug-free environment.

Salary Range 2024-2025:
Act93, Salary to be determined based on candidate qualifications and experience
* Placement on band is based on years of direct experience in a comparable role.
260 day position, 7.5 hours per day, 5 days per week

Equal Opportunity Employer
Chester County Intermediate Unit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Chester County Intermediate Unit ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. Chester County Intermediate Unit has a policy of active recruitment of qualified teachers and non-certified employees. Any individual needing assistance in making application for any opening should contact the Department of Human Resources at 484-237-5085.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person