SUMMARY:

The first step in creating a truly great school is finding a strong leader. Bring your passion for influencing and supporting our youth to National Heritage Academies (NHA) as a new school principal.

This is an opportunity to establish a school from the very beginning - hiring your own staff and creating the ultimate safe learning environment for students.

SCHOOL INFORMATION:

Located in Aurora, Colorado, Sky Ranch Academy is set to open in fall 2023-24 as part of the National Heritage Academies network of schools. Through a character-based approach to education, we inspire our students to excel academically and think creatively to reach their full potential. Our dedicated teachers help students apply critical-thinking skills to solve real-world problems. As a result, students are prepared to tackle 21st century challenges and excel in college, life, and beyond.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coach deans and enhance their performance during weekly one on one meetings.
• Possess a growth mindset to improve personal and professional skills.
• Lead and ensure staff hiring process is of quality and finds the best staff possible.
• Partner with community organizations, like teacher preparation programs, to support the school.
• Collaborate with other principals to share ideas and develop each other as leaders.
• Establish annual performance goals for the school and deans.
• Utilize data from myNHA to monitor and support school success and student outcome.
• Conduct classroom visits with school teams to assess quality, ensuring alignment to NHA's Classroom and Schoolwide Framework.
• Develop and implement school policy and procedure - structure matters to our children
• Plan and participate in school professional development.
• Collaborate closely with school registrar to plan and implement events to ensure full enrollment.
• Facilitate parent education and involvement to foster high parent engagement.
• Monitor staff engagement - ensure staff is properly trained, collaborative, receive full dean support, and are happy to come to work.
• Create and implement quality operational items such as school's master schedules, grant funding, school budgets, School Improvement Plan, interventions, special education, etc.
• Communicate with school's board of directors, attending all meetings, presenting a board report, ensuring high quality partnership.
• Collaborate with various Service Center departments to ensure the school is fully supported.
• Model and ensure adherence to the NHA core values.
• Other duties as directed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• College diploma (BA or equivalent) or higher in Education or related field.
• School Administrator Licensure in states where this is required.
• Preferred school leadership experience working with K-12 diverse student population.
• Demonstrate achievements in student proficiency and growth that can be linked to his/her leadership and intervention.
• Strong written and verbal skills.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to see complex projects through from start to finish.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills.

COMPANY INFORMATION:

National Heritage Academies (NHA) partners with communities to build and operate public charter schools. Founded in 1995, today NHA has over 100 schools in nine states, serving more than 60,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Our schools are designed to eliminate the achievement gap and provide school choice to families so their children are prepared for success in college, career, and life. In fact, a majority of our schools consistently outperform their local district on the state test. According to the Center for Research Outcomes at Stanford University, NHA is a leading performer among charter schools and management organizations, outperforming both conventional district schools and other charter school operators. In addition, according to our employee survey, over 90% of respondents agree that the work they do is meaningful to them. Join us. Together we impact a life.

To learn more about our core values, please click here.

National Heritage Academies is an equal opportunity employer.

$90,000.00 will be the starting pay and is commensurate with experience, education, and market as defined by NHA.