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SALEM HIGH SCHOOL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, 2018-2019

Employer
Salem Public Schools
Location
Salem, MA, US
Salary
Competitive

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Job Category
Administrator, Assistant Principal
Grade Level
High School
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Application Due Date: May 30, 2018

Start Date: July 1, 2018 (or upon availability)

Terms of Employment: Per Administrator's Association

Salem High School—Background

Salem High School is a comprehensive high school serving a diverse population of students who come from a variety of ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. Currently, there are 920 students enrolled at Salem High—16% are English language learners, 25% are students with disabilities, and 46% are identified as economically disadvantaged.

A priority of the school is to ensure that all students are challenged by an academic experience that is accessible, rigorous, relevant, and engaged. To ensure that this goal is realized, Salem High School has begun a redesign process intended to bring the school's programs and practices in alignment with this goal and the demands of a rapidly changing world. The redesign effort is anchored in an overall goal of excellence and equity. See high school redesign goals here http://www.salemk12.org/Pages/SalemPublicSchoolsStrategicPlan2017-2022_June%208%202017.pdf

In addition to supporting the management of the day-to-day operations of Salem High School, the Assistant Principal will play a key role in the high school redesign effort.

Essential Skills and Mindsets
  • Inspires and engages students, teachers, families, and community partners in creating a shared vision focused on preparing all students for the future via inclusive, student-centered, personalized approaches
  • Supports the principal in establishing a learning-focused culture that is asset-based, trusting, and celebratory
  • Works to eliminate biases and low expectations associated with underserved or marginalized populations
  • Supports the principal in demonstrating and effectively communicating non-negotiables, including a commitment to equity and high expectations for all students; models belief in the potential of every student to achieve at high levels
  • Upholds school norms that develop, support, and celebrate student voice, choice, and agency
  • Applies a solid and observable grasp of learning theory and universal design for learning


Quality, Inclusive, Student-Centered Learning Environments
  • Makes learning and the social and emotional growth of all students the core mission and organizing force of the work
  • Creates and maintains an inclusive learning environment
  • Employs an approach to assessment and curriculum design that reduces barriers and optimizes levels of challenge and support, to meet the needs of all learners
  • Strong knowledge of MA curriculum frameworks and standards-based practices


Staff Supervision and Development
  • Supports the principal in building, developing, and sustaining an effective leadership team and teacher teams
  • Recruits, hires, develops, and retains effective and caring teachers and other professional staff
  • Delivers actionable feedback about instruction and other professional practices via coaching and written observations
  • Ensures that all staff are evaluated annually and receive ongoing, timely actionable verbal and written feedback
  • Builds educators' capacity for assessment for learning and strategic data use
  • Addresses instances of underperformance and provides guidance for staff to improve


Qualifications:
  • MA administrator's licensure
  • 3+ years of teaching experience, preferably in an urban setting serving a diverse population
  • Administrative and/or teacher leadership experience
  • Comprehensive, current knowledge of high school curriculum, instruction, and assessment
  • Experience and expertise working with ELLs and students with disabilities
  • Driven to improve the minds and lives of all students in and out of school
  • Dedicated to providing a safe, respectful, and welcoming environment for all students
  • Effective use of data as a basis for decision-making
  • Candidates of color strongly encouraged to apply
  • Fluency in Spanish preferred


Please forward letter of interest and resume to: Kristin Shaver, Office of Human Capital

Position Type: Full-time

Equal Opportunity Employer
Salem Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws.

Contact Information
Liza Bento, Director of Human Capital
29 Highland Avenue
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Phone: 978-740-1115
Fax: 978-740-1279
Email: humancapital@salemk12.org

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