Elementary School Principal

Allentown School District; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 109,913 - 153,878; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

Personal and Sick time

PSERS Retirement Fund

Job summary

Allentown School District in Allentown, PA, seeks an Elementary Principal who will drive instructional improvement and student success. The candidate should hold a Master’s in educational leadership and PA Elementary Principal certification, with five years in public education and experience in urban settings.

Strong data use and staff leadership are essential. The role emphasizes collaboration with families, community partners, and district departments to sustain high expectations and equitable

Qualifications

• Master's degree with a major in educational leadership, educational supervision, or related field.
• Valid and active PA Certification as an Elementary Principal.
• Five (5) or more years experience in public education, including secondary or elementary school instruction.
• Skillfully utilize technology and software programs typically used in school administration.
• Demonstrated success in turning around low performing schools and/or underperforming students.
• Knowledge of a standards-based curriculum required in Pennsylvania.
• Urban administration experience preferred.
• Clearances (Acts 34, 114, 151) and suitability to perform essential duties.

Responsibilities

• Data-driven decision-making to improve student growth and outcomes.
• Provide supervision, leadership, and evaluation of professional staff under the Superintendent.
• Inspire and align stakeholders to support district goals and communicate effectively with internal and external partners.
• Lead collaboration with Central Administration to ensure district-wide alignment of programs.
• Create and sustain a culture of high expectations and restorative practices for all students.

Skills

Data-driven decision-making

People management

Influencer communication

Collaboration

Urban education leadership

Education

Master's degree in educational leadership

Tools

Education technology tools

Job description

• Location:
  Administration Center - Allentown, PA

Elementary Principal

Salary Range: $109,913 - $153,878

Qualifications:

• 1. Master's degree with a major in educational leadership, educational supervision, or a relatedfield.
• 2. Valid and active PA Certification as an Elementary Principal;
• 3. Five (5) or more years experience in public education, including secondary or elementaryschool instruction.
• 4. Skillfully utilize technology and software programs typically used in school administration.
• 5. Demonstrated success in turning around low performing schools and/or underperformingstudents. Experience in urban schools preferred.
• 6. Demonstrated knowledge of a standards-based curriculum required in the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania.
• 7. Experience in Urban Administration preferred.
• 8. Satisfactory work record & criminal/child abuse clearances (Acts 34, 114, and 151).
• 9. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential dutysatisfactorily. 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.
• 10. Such additional or alternatives to the above qualifications as the board or superintendent maydetermine appropriate and acceptable

Summary

Principals provide a clear vision for learning for all students; ensure a safe, secure and orderly learning environment; and cultivate strong relationships with, and acts in service to, diverse stakeholders, including families and communities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Data-driven decision-making – Identifies, analyzes, and uses key human capital metrics to make updatesand changes in support of teacher quality. Shares data with key stakeholders.

• Assists in establishing clear approaches to measuring student growth and measures it byindividual student with the intention of ensuring that every student has an opportunity to goto college or post-secondary schooling.
• Lead in implementing a comprehensive instructional improvement system.
• Regularly reviews pertinent student performance data to assess the effectiveness ofinterventions in helping at-risk students and to devise new action plans to for newly identifiedand previously identified at-risk student

People Management – Actively devotes time to identify and develop top talent. Provides clarity andevaluations about roles, responsibilities, and performance goals and offers direct feedback on how to improve performance. Creates an inclusive environment in which diverse perspectives are valued. Usesrelevant data to ensure appropriate staffing of the school.

• Provides supervision, leadership, and evaluation of each professional employee as designatedby the Superintendent of Schools.

Effective Influencer – Effectively inspires others to work towards common goals to meet the needs ofurban school students, despite obstacles. Emphasizes and advocates the importance of human capital'srole serving schools and especially students in communications with internal and external stakeholders.

• Embodies the school's goals, mission and visions articulated in its school improvement planand use data to assess whether the school is on track to achieving the goals.
• Works collaboratively with the all appropriate departments of Central Administration toensure alignment between district and school programming for the benefit of all stakeholdersin the school community.

Strong Collaboration & Cross-Functional Skills – Proactively works in partnership with others to achievea common goal or necessary objective. Builds rapport and cooperative relationships with others.Provides liaison with students, parents, staff, parent groups, community agencies and promotes positivepublic and school-community relations.

• Establishes and maintains relationships with colleges, community organizations, and other schools to coordinate educational services.
• Supervises extracurricular programs and evaluates these programs by regular attendance at these events.
• Establishes and maintain strong relationship with employee associations and relevant stakeholders. Places high priority on team and organizational goals.
• Customer Service Orientation – Makes customers and their needs a primary focus. Takes appropriate immediate action to meet customer needs and concerns and continually assesses feedback from customers to make improvements.

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of High Expectations: establishes and regularly works to maintain a strong, restorative school culture that promotes a culture of high aspirations and achievement for every student and requires staff and students to demonstrate consistent values and positive behaviors aligned to the school's vision and mission and successfully develops the full range of students' learning capacities – academic, creative, social-emotional, behavioral, and physical.

• Supervises building discipline, student, faculty, and staff attendance, and class schedules, cumulative records, and grade reporting ensuring that all are consistent with district policies and regulations.
• Administers educational programs for students with special needs.
• Reads, analyzes, and interprets professional journals, studies of best practices, and federal, state, and local regulations.
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as may be assigned or delegated by the Superintendent of Schools, or designee.

Share in our community! Grow with our students! Join our district today and be a part of our future!

The Allentown School District is committed to excellence! The richness of The Allentown School District's diversity is strengthened by its central role in educating our students for America's future through academic excellence and celebrating the culturally responsive, athletic and artistic range of talent in the schools. ASD students originate from 51 countries and speak 26 languages.

The Allentown School District offers a comprehensive benefits package to those who qualify.

*Eligibility for specific benefits will be outlined in each labor group's specific collective bargaining agreement.

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Personal and Sick time
• PSERS Retirement Fund