Job Opportunities

The person serving in this position will be the educational and administrative leader of the school. Achieving academic excellence requires that the principal work collaboratively to lead and nurture all members of the school staff and to communicate effectively with parents, members of the community, and colleagues in other districts and schools. Inherent in the position are the responsibilities for planning, curriculum development, program evaluation, extracurricular activities, personnel management, financial management, emergency procedures, resource scheduling, and facilities operations. The principal also serves as a leader and champion for the school and the district. As such, recruitment and retention of scholars and maintaining high visibility in the community are essential functions of this position.

Our mission is to ensure that all scholars are educated, self-directed and productive members of society.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Master's Degree in Secondary Administration, Supervision, or Education.
• Three (3) years of teaching experience.
• A valid Michigan school administrator's certificate, or not later than 6 months after employment begins, enroll in a program leading to certification as a school administrator. Completion of the program must occur within 3 years of hire.

Preferred:

• Experience as a principal in an urban school district.
• Demonstrated experience in supervision, administration or leadership roles.
• Five (5) years of teaching experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of and experience working with the multiplicity of issues of an urban school district.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership in working with staff, scholars, and community in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with diverse populations.
• Ability to demonstrate professional and personal expertise in best practices and research in reading, writing instruction, effort-based instruction, and culturally responsive pedagogy.
• Ability to demonstrate experience using collaborative skills and attitudes to work with others in teams, effective interpersonal communication skills, creativity, optimism, problem solving, and flexibility.
• Ability to frequently interact with the public and other staff and regularly work extended hours.

Essential Job Functions:

• Leads, organizes, and implements the school improvement planning process.
• Ensures that teachers understand and deliver standards-based instruction through the utilization of the district's approved curriculum and provide appropriate assessments to ensure scholar learning and growth.
• Ensures that staff receive appropriate professional learning including utilizing professional learning communities.
• Ensure that data is utilized to drive, inform, and differentiate instruction.
• Ensures that culturally responsive teaching techniques and strategies are utilized to enhance scholar learning and growth.
• Ensures that scholars and parents are aware of and enroll in higher level courses and opportunities including dual enrollment and that these programs are implemented with fidelity.
• Utilizes the evaluation process to provide timely feedback for staff and scholar development and growth.
• Leads and implements a process for unit and credit recovery.
• Establishes schedules and implements strategies that provide extended learning time for scholars.
• Provides appropriate social-emotional and community-oriented services and supports for scholars.
• Assists special education administrative staff with leading the special education referral process.
• Provides for the appropriate inclusion of special education scholars in the total school environment.
• Implements and monitors Positive Behavior Support (PBIS) systems as a means of nurturing school climate and an Effort-Based Learning Environment.
• Ensures the Response to Intervention Plan for the school is implemented.
• Ensures the resources for English Language Learners are allocated and that scholars are receiving appropriate services.
• Promotes a school environment that will enable learning to occur in a meaningful manner in a climate of high expectations for self, staff, scholar, and parents.
• Provides ongoing mechanisms for family and community involvement.
• Develops and maintains community partnerships that enhance and support instruction leading to scholar achievement.
• Interacts with scholars, parents, staff, and community in positive, supportive, and collaborative ways.
• Consistently demonstrate dependable attendance and punctuality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Administrative:

• Ensures the District's procedures and policies are implemented with fidelity.
• Recruits and implements processes to retain scholars through graduation.
• Prepares the budget and administers expenditure records per District procedures and policies.
• Facilitates and leads the supervision of staff including ensuring appropriate staffing levels and evaluation per District policies and procedures.
• Facilitates the operation, maintenance and use of the school building and grounds.
• Procures and provides for effective use of instructional materials, equipment, and supplies.
• Coordinates the unique needs of scholars and human services agencies through inter-agency collaboration.
• Plans and coordinates extra-curricular activities for scholars.
• Provides for the supervision of scholars during non-instructional hours (before school, lunch, after school, bus loading and unloading).
• Maintains an up-to-date inventory of equipment, books, and supplies.
• Ensures the building/program operations comply pursuant to all District, local, state, and federal laws, and guidelines.
• Stays visible in the community and promotes the Grand Rapids Public Schools.

ADA Requirements:

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

The work is medium work which requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust/focus.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate. Work is performed indoors although there will be required outdoor activities. The employee is directly responsible for the safety, well-being, and work output of scholars.

Mental Functions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile, and negotiate.

Non-Discrimination/Accommodation Assistance:

The Grand Rapids Public Schools will not discriminate against any person based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, height, weight, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran, or military status.

Assistance with the application process may be requested through the Human Resources Department at (616) 819-2022 or humanresources@grps.org.

Disclaimer:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description.