School Principal

Educational Leadership

•  Implements a high-quality, rigorous, joyful school programs that are consistent with RISC mission and vision.
• Sets ambitious school goals for student achievement and performance and holds staff members accountable for achieving results
• Develops, oversees, and continual evaluates and improves the school’s instructional model and curriculum.
•  Models high quality instruction and provides frequent coaching for instructional staff.
•  Uses data to inform practice and drive decision-making and instruction at the school

Legal compliance

•  Assures the filing of all legal and regulatory documents and monitors compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Mission, policy and planning

• Works with Management to oversee the growth of the school to its full capacity.
• Helps the Management determine the school’s vision, overall direction, and short- and long-term goals.
• Oversees the charter renewal and site visit process and development of school’s Annual Report.
• Develops, implements, and ensures adherence to the school’s accountability plan.
• Keeps the Management fully informed on the condition of the school and on all the important factors influencing it.

Management and administration

• Creates and sustains an environment of mutual respect, high standards, safety, and support for learning.
• Provides general oversight of all school activities, manages the day-to-day operation of the school, and develops a smoothly functioning, efficient organization through coordination with Management, committees, staff and volunteers.
• Ensures that the member of management h/she has the necessary resources and expertise to lead the school’s educational program.
• Ensures that h/She has all the capabilities to effectively oversee all operational aspects of the school.
• Leads recruiting efforts for all staff members. Recommends staffing and financing to the Management. In accordance with Management action, negotiates professional contracts, and sees that appropriate salary structures are developed and maintained.
• Evaluates and supervises members of the management team of school and supervises evaluation of all members of the staff.

Governance

• Helps the Management establish role and Accountabilities for Management, its committees and members and helps evaluate performance regularly.
• With the Management Chair, develops agendas for meetings so that the Management can fulfill all its responsibilities effectively
• Develops an annual calendar to address all crucial issues in a timely fashion.
• Works with Management officers and committee chairs to: get the best thinking and involvement of each Management member and to stimulate each Management member to give his or her best; and, enable Management committees to function effectively.

The ideal candidate for Principal:

• is self-reflective, self-aware, and has a 360° view of what’s going on
• can see how a change in policy or new idea or event will be interpreted by others
• has a thick skin and takes criticism and negative feedback well
• handles stress well, and accepts responsibility for problems and mistakes
• inspires and motivates students and teachers
• wants to create the best school in the city and state
• is always searching for a solution to the next problem
• has confidence in what he or she is doing but the humility to know he or she can always do a better job.

Management

• understands the unique nature of schools as organizations
• is a strong manager of people and can manage inward, outward, upward, and downward
• sees the forest daily, and not just the trees
• prefers truth and honesty over avoidance and harmony
• is willing to give clear, direct, and tough feedback to students, teachers, and families
• is willing to make singularly tough decisions
• is an excellent judge of talent.

Academic

• is aware of 21st century framework.
• 5 years of experience of dealing academics of high school and university.
• Believes that creativity flourishes within a structured academic environment
• Believes that high academic and behavioral expectations must be coupled with more time on task 7.understands that academic success is about the 100% solutions