Description

Under the direction of the Director of Children’s Services, the Principal ensures the integrity of educational systems and instructional programs across the school environment. The principal ensures the educational program follows state and local regulations and liaisons with school district and state education personnel to ensure smooth operations of the program. The principal oversees the student program planning process, ensuring quality services for all students and maintains effective communication with parents and guardians. The principal provides direct supervision to education administration and indirectly supervises the classroom teachers, teacher aides and special area teachers. The principal maintains open communication with all program departments and engages in program development, planning and implementation as part of the interdisciplinary model. The principal works with the team to create a vision for the program and puts systems in place to meet program goals ensuring evidenced based methods are used to drive system wide program changes. The principal assumes program authority in the absence of the Director of Children’s Services.

Pay Range: $90,000.00 - $105,000.00 yearly; based on years of experience.

QUALITY OF LIFE EXPECTATION FOR ALL STAFF:

To actively further the agency’s mission to optimize quality of life (QofL) for individuals served by monitoring and implementing systems that promote the QofL of the individuals in our care.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees the delivery of educational programs and services.
• Provides administrative guidance and supervision to Education Administration Personnel and indirectly to classroom/special area teacher and teacher aides.
• Oversees professional development and mandated training requirements for all education personnel.
• Works with colleagues and supervisor to create, implement and maintain progress on identified program initiatives/goals.
• Oversees staffing assignments and maintains positions within the required parameters.
• Oversees the school building, its operations and adherence to regulatory requirements for safe and healthy learning and working environment.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• NYS Certification as SDA/SAS. Sufficient knowledge and experience to satisfactorily perform the responsibilities of the position.
• NYSLBA & BCBA required
• Required 2 years of experience working with people with DD
• Supervisory experience required
• Must maintain qualifications in the crisis intervention procedure of the agency.
• Must be capable at all times of initiating or assisting in all components of the crisis intervention of the agency.
• Must be capable at all times of assisting occupants in the orderly evacuation of the facility, by both primary and secondary paths in the event of fire or other emergency.

BENEFITS:

• Up to 6 weeks of paid time off your 1st year (vacation, sick, holiday, etc.)
• College partnerships that provide discounts
• Scholarships available!
• 403B with company match
• Agency Sponsored activities (Volleyball, Bowling, etc)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA
• And much more, see link below

Anderson Center for Autism offers our Employees a generous benefits package: https://www.andersoncenterforautism.org/benefits

This position description in no way states or implies that the responsibilities listed are the only duties to be performed by the person filling this position. The person in the position may be required to perform other duties as necessitated by the situation or requested by his/her supervisor.

EOE

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