Principal Coach - Dozier Elementary

School- Dozier Elementary

The Principal Leadership Coach will mentor a school Principal in need of instructional leadership development and support. The incumbent of this position will facilitate leadership development focused on enhancing the skills of school leaders to ensure individual and student/school success.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides ongoing one-on-one standards-based leadership coaching; observe school leaders and assesses their progress against standards, performance objectives, and observations using personalized mentoring and coaching skills; Facilitates leadership development sessions and other customized supports; Provides school leaders with non-evaluative coaching and specific feedback on job performance; Provides support and guidance on problem-solving, conflict resolution, and communication skills to school leaders;

Recommends strategies to ensure that school leaders are able to build a culture of excellence that fosters academic achievement by meeting adequate yearly progress for all students in their schools; Promotes instructional leadership through alignment, coordination and delivery of professional development programs in the Office of Professional Learning & Leadership and/or additional offices to support and promote identified systemic initiatives;

Promotes excellence and continuous improvement consistent with school division goals;Develops clear action steps to accelerate school transformation and student achievement; Develops and implement strategies that target critical leadership behaviors in an effort to lead school improvement effectively; Attends systemic meetings which include but are not limited to: Principal Meetings and meetings that the Principal attends to address professional growth and development. Attends systemic meetings and other professional development functions that mentees attend ;Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Demonstrated ability to develop the leadership skills of others; Comprehensive knowledge of and experience in school administration, curriculum, and/or instruction, current instructional practices and trends, and use of materials and equipment to facilitate instruction;

Comprehensive knowledge of and experience with development of data driven instruction at the school/district level with documented results;

Proven track record of school improvement success as evidenced by student achievement data;Evidence of sound problem solving skills related to schools/districts; Experience in advising and the development and implementation of leadership programs at the district, university or private sector level; Demonstrated competency in developing and leading professional development sessions for school leaders and instructional staff;

Demonstrated computer/educational technology skills Excellent organizational and human relations skills; and Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Education and/or Experience Requirements:

Master’s degree required from an accredited college or university in Supervision and Administration or Curriculum and Instruction. A minimum of five (5) years of successful experience as a Principal is required.

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Supervisory Responsibilities:

Oversees and provides guidance to assigned personnel.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands 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 stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.