NEWARK BOARD OF EDUCATION
HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES
765 BROAD STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102
ROGER LEÓN, DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
PRINCIPAL SECONDARY
(Pending availability of funds and Superintendent’s approval)
The Superintendent invites qualified and interested persons to apply for the position of Principal Secondary.
POSITION OVERVIEW
At Newark Board of Education, we aim to provide a world-class education for every student. Our principals bring this vision to life at their school. As the principal, you lead all aspects of the school, from bringing your teachers and staff together around a common vision to making sure day-to-day operations are running smoothly. You’re an instructional leader, spending time in classrooms, working with teachers to ensure that students are learning, and partnering with families on post-secondary success. You’re a culture leader, fostering an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community for students and staff and building strong relationships with families and the community. And you’re an organizational leader, which means doing everything from managing a budget and evaluating staff to analyzing data and ensuring your school’s efforts follow district policy. You’ll balance many priorities and wear many hats. You’ll be a presence at College Night and the basketball game. As the school leader, you’re ultimately responsible for the success of your school - but you won’t get there alone. Because school success is a team sport, you’ll foster the leadership of your vice principal(s) and entire team of teachers and staff, empowering them and enabling the collaboration needed for your school to succeed.
WHAT NEWARK PRINCIPALS DO
To lead thriving schools that enable each student’s academic success and well-being, Newark principals spend their time in ways that align with the foundational practices described in the Professional Standards for Education Leaders. They:
- Develop, implement, and sustain a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education, and use deep knowledge of instruction, curriculum, and assessment to achieve the school’s vision
- Set realistic and ambitious multi-year and annual school goals based on aggregated and disaggregated data
- Establish systems to strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices
- Develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment through consistent, specific, and timely feedback
- Foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff, and develop their professional capacity and practice
- Coach teachers on instructional delivery with planned professional opportunities to leverage teachers’ instructional strengths to maximize instructional impact
- Proactively engage with all stakeholders
- Cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that fosters strong relationships and advances the school mission and vision
- Prioritize being visible and engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways
- Strategically manage school operations and leverage resources to support the school’s instructional program and professional learning community
- Act as an agent of continuous improvement
- Act ethically and according to professional norms
- And of course, they also perform other duties which may be assigned or required by law, code, regulation, or board policy
KEY BEHAVIORS AND SKILLS
We are looking for principal candidates whose experiences have helped them build the strengths they’ll need to succeed when leading a school. Does this describe you?
- You know that all students can succeed at high levels, maintain a relentless focus on improving student outcomes, and are personally resilient in that pursuit
- You consistently apply an equity lens, implement strategies to address inequities and institutional biases, and help create an inclusive school culture
- You prioritize and allocate limited time strategically, and adjust to changing conditions
- You collaborate effectively with staff and families, engage and motivate them in pursuit of school success, and empower others to lead
- You understand and have used effective planning, instructional strategies, assessment, and intervention to improve student outcomes
- Your coaching gets to the root issues, and motivates and enables others to improve
- You consistently focus on getting better by reflecting, learning and changing your actions
- You act ethically and fairly at all times
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university
- New Jersey Principal Standard Certificate or a Certificate of Eligibility for Principal
- Successful experience as a teacher
- Successful building-level administrative or supervisory experience
- Success in increasing student achievement and effectively developing staff at the building level, utilizing a variety of approaches that emphasize inclusion and culturally responsive practice
REPORTS TO: ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
SALARY, EMPLOYMENT PERIOD, AND UNION AFFILIATION
- Salary: $135,300-169,500
- Employment Period: Twelve (12) Months
- Union Affiliation: City Association of Supervisors and Administrators (CASA)
HOW TO APPLY
Newark Board of Education only accepts electronic applications.
THE NEWARK BOARD OF EDUCATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER