Principal - Goodnow Elementary School

Title:

Principal, Elementary

Goodnow Brothers Elementary School

Work Year:                        

(12) Months/260 Days

Organizational Relationship/Line of Authority

Directly Responsible to the Superintendent of Schools.

School Information

Marlborough Public Schools in the City of Marlborough is a district of 4,805 students served by an early childhood center, four-grade K-5 elementary buildings (Goodnow, Jaworek, Kane and Richer Schools), one grade 6-8 building (Whitcomb School) and a high school serving grades 9-12. The school district proudly embraces a diverse student population including 34.1% English learners, the majority who come from Spanish and Portuguese speaking families.  Goodnow currently serves 786 Students. The school administrative team currently includes the Principal, 2 Assistant Principals and an Educational Team Leader.

Job Summary

The Principal is a key leader in shaping the future of the Marlborough Public Schools providing educational leadership for the learning and growth of all students and the success of all staff by cultivating a shared vision that makes teaching and learning the central focus of the school.

Job Duties

• Instructional Leadership: Guide faculty in delivering grade level standard-based instruction and effective teaching strategies in an urban school with diverse student learners. Set high expectations for student achievement, engagement, and behavior. Demonstrates sound judgment reflecting integrity and fairness, protects student, family and staff confidentiality appropriately and provides support to staff to do the same.
• Staff Development and Supervision: Support staff in professional growth through feedback, evaluations, and collaborative team building. Lead effective professional development aligned with school and/or district goals.  Allows for staff collaborative time to be most effective and sets expectations for teamwork and collaboration.  Follows the Marlborough Evaluation Process for staff, meeting all evaluation deadlines and holding all building administrators to the same standard. Monitors and assesses staff progress towards job performance and provides feedback for continuous improvement. Provide building-level leadership in the hiring process of staff and consistently identify for hire effective staff who can be successful in their roles. Provide recommendations for the selection, retention, and promotion of personnel assigned to the school.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Use data to inform instructional practices, identify interventions, and drive continuous improvement for both students and staff.  Uses and identifies a range of appropriate data sources, effectively analyzes the data for decision-making purposes.
• School Operations: Oversee daily operations, including scheduling, facilities, emergency preparedness, and maintaining a safe and welcoming environment. Assures plans, procedures, and routines are in place for an orderly and efficient transition of students for arrival, dismissal, meals, class transitions, assemblies, events and recess. Supervises and supports operational systems including building custodial, clerical, cafeteria and other staff so the building presents as a clean, attractive, welcoming and safe environment for students, staff and families.
• Community Engagement: Build strong relationships with families, community organizations, and stakeholders. Foster inclusive, culturally sensitive communication with all families.  Collaborates with others to identify and remove barriers to family involvement for all families.  Sets clear expectations for and supports educators to regularly engage families in respectful, culturally sensitive, two-way communication to support learning at school and home and to provide prompt, thoughtful responses to families.
• Student Support: Address the academic, emotional, and behavioral needs of students, collaborating with families and community resources to ensure student success. Reaches out to families proactively and as soon as concerns arise and effectively reaches equitable solutions that satisfy families, faculty, and staff and are in the best interest of students.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Serve on a district leadership team that drives district-wide instructional priorities.  Lead the school in alignment with district goals, collaborate with district leadership, and contribute to district-wide initiatives. Plans and leads well-run and engaging meetings with a clear purpose resulting in productive conversations.  Demonstrates strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. Uses a non-confrontational approach in conflict and disagreement, seeing them as opportunities for learning and growth and works to move conversations forward in a respectful, constructive manner.  Builds consensus around critical school decisions.
• Budget Management: Collaborates to develop a fiscally responsible budget that aligns with the school and district vision, mission, and goals. Manages expenses consistent with district/school level goals and allocated resources.
• Compliance: Adhere to state, federal, and local regulations, district policies and procedures, and collective bargaining agreements.  Complete state and federal reports as necessary.
• Assumes responsibility for any other duties as indicated by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee and policies of the Marlborough School Committee.

Qualifications:

• Must have strong leadership, communication and organizational skills
• Licensed as an Elementary School Principal by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in Massachusetts.
• DESE SEI Endorsement.
• Minimum of a Master’s Degree with graduate work in educational administration, curriculum development, supervision, and/or evaluation.
• Can demonstrate a minimum of 3-5 years successful experience as a principal, assistant principal, or comparable administrative position, preferably at the elementary school level.
• Can demonstrate a minimum of five (5) years successful experience as a teacher, preferably at the elementary school level.
• Prior experience and success working with a culturally diverse student population preferred.
• Bi-lingual (Portuguese and/or Spanish) Strongly Preferred
• Successfully complete a background check including but not limited to, a CORI, SORI and fingerprint check.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent of Schools may find appropriate and acceptable.

Salary Range: $122,570-146,002

Application Closing Date: April 7, 2025

Anticipated Search Timeline:

First Round of Interviews - week of April 14th

Finalists visit to District and Superintendent Interview - week of April 28th

Appointment Announcement - May 13th

An Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of the Marlborough Public Schools not to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, color, homelessness, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its education programs, services, activities or employment practices.

Salary : $122,570 - $146,002