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Democracy Prep - Principal

Employer
BES
Location
Camden, NJ, United States
Salary
Competitive

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Job Category
Administrator, Principal
Who You Are


• A leader and education reformer with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars.
• Innate or highly developed ability to set vision across an entire school and motivate others towards achieving the vision.
• Have a clear track record of raising student achievement in an urban classroom for at least four years.
• An expert at translating academics standards and state assessment requirements into effective instructional design.
• Demonstrated success in building and developing the leadership capacity in others.
• Excellent writer and skilled orator - ability to easily connect with students, families, and staff and effectively tailor communication to multiple stakeholder groups.
• Adept at data analysis; ability to extract meaningful insights across school wide data.
• A graduate of a Bachelor's degree program, Master's degree preferred .

What You'll Do

• Oversee a Democracy Prep campus and serve as its educational leader, charged with shaping the instructional vision and school culture.
• Establish and promote a positive culture of high expectations, continuous improvement, and a relentless focus on academic achievement for scholars and staff.
• Drive the instructional programs of the school: provide targeted coaching and professional development for teachers, evaluate and set goals for teachers, review lesson plans, and model effective instructional strategies.
• Manage, evaluate, and implement clear and effective procedures for the operation and functioning of the school including instructional programs, extracurricular activities, and discipline systems.
• Actively monitor student and staff growth through collection of formal and informal data; use data to inform short and long term strategic plan of the school.
• Establish the annual master schedule for instructional programs, ensuring sequential learning experiences for scholars consistent with the school's instructional goals.
• Plan and execute weekly staff professional development that improves teacher practice and scholar achievement

Compensation

Salary is commensurate with your experience. Democracy Prep employees are provided with a benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental insurance, 403B matching, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, a smartphone, and a laptop.

Apply for this position here: https://boards.greenhouse.io/democracypreppublicschools/jobs/1485385

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Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertises, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

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