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PRINCIPAL, ELEMENTARY - ASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Employer
Denver Public Schools
Location
Denver, CO, US
Salary
Competitive
If you are not currently a DPS Principal, in order to apply for this position, you must first apply and screen into the Highly Qualified Principal Pool. To get started, please submit your application to Job ID 31539 - Apply here!. If you have not completed this process your application will automatically be screened out when you apply .

ASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Northeast

Traditional 215 work days

FTE: 1.0

School Year: 2019-2020

Essential Functions and Objectives:

The Principal is responsible for academic excellence and personal growth of every student, through leadership of an elementary or secondary facility. Organizes school operations around improvement of instruction by maintaining a safe and orderly environment, upholding state laws, contracts and District Policies. Manages personnel, maintains facility to provide a quality learning environment, efficiently manages financial and facility resources, establishes effective public relationships, and coordinates effective instructional programs with a master schedule.

The DPS School Leadership Framework details the expectations required for all of our school leaders. The framework and the behaviors associated with each indicator are available at www.leadindenver.com. Successful applicants will demonstrate the key leadership traits embedded within our framework:

- Evidence of the DPS Shared Values in interactions in the school, district, and community

- Strategic problem-solving and project management

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to connect and communicate with parents and the community

- Capability to build solid relationships

- Self-reflection and continuous professional growth

- Solid ethical commitment to this work

L eadership Team Personnel

The Ashley Elementary School leader will require excellent leadership skills appropriate for an innovative elementary school undergoing significant educational reform.

The Ashley Elementary Principal is Academically and Instructionally Focused . This Leader...

• Demonstrates a passion for preparing students to be successful in the global world of the 21st century.

• Has a deep understanding of the importance of instructional leadership and model the use of best practices in meeting the learning needs of all students.

• Engages the staff in shared study of the research to bring the best ideas to their learning community in order to support student success.

• Models a self-reflective, continuous improvement disposition for their own growth and value it for all members of the learning community.

• Understands and demonstrates the leadership skills necessary for effective planning and alignment of resources to meet academically and instructionally focused goals for all students as well as professional development for the staff.

• Utilizes a clinical approach to the supervision of instruction supporting all staff in reaching the highest levels of performance.

• Understands interdisciplinary instruction and support the teachers in creating cross-disciplinary connections that foster strong literacy and numeracy development as well as use the arts as a vehicle for learning

The Ashley Elementary Principal is a Proficient Thinker and Problem Solver . This Leader...

• Uses creative problem solving skills and resourcefulness to act on the needs of individual students, colleagues and the school community.

• Utilizes current research and data, both qualitative and quantitative, for effective decision-making as part of a system of continuous improvement.

• Understands and engages complex problems, collects, analyzes and synthesizes information from a range of sources, tolerates ambiguity and uncertainty, and produces viable solutions as they relate to the success of the learning community.

• Advises and advocates for students to support their successes and help them overcome challenges.

The Ashley Elementary Principal is Culturally Aware . This Leader...

• Recognizes, values, and respects the broad spectrum of ethnicities and cultures represented in the school community, utilize these assets in further internationalizing the school culture, and assist members of the community in valuing each other.

• Recognizes her/his responsibility to encourage a continuing diversity in the recruitment and sustainability of a diverse faculty and student body.

• Intentionally creates and hones a school culture that supports the attainment of the goals of Ashley Elementary.

The Ashley Principal is a Collaborative Leader . This Leader...

• Is an excellent communicator, valuing her/his role as a listener, evidence gatherer, coach and supporter of high caliber learning for all students.

• Understands that change is a process not an event and allows time and provides support for innovation to be tested and developed into sustainable practice.

• Shares authentic decision making opportunities with members of the staff in order to build their capacity as teacher leaders.

• Builds the collective efficacy of all school community members to become purposeful in conceptualizing and achieving the goals of the school.

• Participates actively in DPS, collaboratively sharing ideas and searching for solutions to contribute to the field of education.

• Provides the necessary leadership, time and resources for job-embedded continuous, intentional professional development that meets the expressed instructional needs of the school community.

The Ashley Principal is an Effective User of Technology . This Leader...

• Models the use of technology to support her/his learning as well as the managerial functions of leadership.

• Uses technology to support data driven decision-making and facilitate ongoing communication with the school community.

• Provides the necessary training and resources for equitable access to technology and new media for all students to support their learning.

The Ashley Principal is a Responsible and Ethical. This Leader...

• Makes decisions that are fair and equitable and keeps the students and their learning in the center of all she/he does.

• Acts ethically and responsibly to support the school, its students, DPS, and the community.

Knowledge, Experience, & Other Qualifications:

- Must possess a valid Colorado Principal/Administrator license.

- A minimum of five (5) years of actual instructional/classroom experience as an educator.

- Experience in serving at-risk students and the needs of second language learners required. Bilingual skills in Spanish preferred.

About Denver Public Schools :

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Tom Boasberg and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org .

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

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