Aspire Public Schools is a fast growing, high paced not-for-profit charter school organization. Aspire Public Schools was founded in 1998 to enrich student lives and reshape public school systems. Aspire increases the academic performance of California’s diverse K-12 students through personalized learning experiences, and develops outstanding educators to catalyze change in public schools. We’re looking for individuals who are: • 110% committed to getting all students into college • Organized and able to create a rigorous and respectful learning environment • Collaborative • Resilient, proactive, and able to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. Overview: Lead, manage and oversee all functions of individual school site, including education program to ensure academic performance of student, budget to ensure fiscal solvency of site, school office operations, community relations, people management and facilities in accordance with Aspire standards. Responsibilities: 1. Provide Instructional Leadership for the school site, including: maintaining school-wide focus on high standards of student achievement; ensuring coverage of CA standards; modeling Aspire instructional guidelines; managing process for analyzing data to increase student achievement, supporting all teachers in their professional development, and supporting New Teachers through Induction. 2. Manage all human resources at the school site, including: attracting and selecting top performers; providing professional development opportunities; developing collaborative team culture; and managing performance. Adhere to company policy and state/federal employment laws. Consult with Human Resources as appropriate. 3. Manage all resources at school site, including: setting and maintaining a balanced budget, planning for future needs, and ensuring compliance with restrictions and reporting requirements of categorical funds and restricted donations. Adhere to company policy and protocols for sound fiscal management. 4. Develop an effective school community, including: working with parents to better serve students; garnering support from community groups and leaders; and developing positive relationships with sponsoring district and neighborhood schools 5. Manage process for determining priorities; set development timetables and support school team in achieving deliverables. 6. Manage daily operations, facilities, safety, and administrative processes school, including addressing issues and problems that arise in a principle-centered, creative, thoughtful and constructive way; following-up with constituents as needed; adhering to Aspire best practices, policies and procedures; and seeking outside support as appropriate. 7. Lead long term strategic planning and medium term process improvement as needed 8. Work in collaboration with other Principals and Home Office to achieve organizational goals. 9. Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements, standards, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior. 10. Performs other related duties as required and assigned. Qualifications: 1) Required knowledge, skills & abilities: • Demonstrated commitment to students and learning • Demonstrated knowledge of curriculum development and program design • In-depth experience developing teachers • Strong experience in performance assessment • Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to write clearly and persuasively • Excellent organization, time management and follow-up skills; high sense of urgency; demonstrated ability to successfully handle multiple projects concurrently; ability to work as a team • Strong community-building skills • Entrepreneurial passion • Demonstrated P&L responsibility 2) Minimum educational level: • Bachelor’s degree; Masters or Ph.D. in education preferred 3) Experience required: • 7+ years teaching and administrative experience To learn more about our schools and this specific opening, please go to http://www.aspirepublicschools.org and click on the link to "Careers," where you can create an online application. To apply for the Principal position at our Millsmont Academy, enter Keyword 1578 (the job number for this opening) under Job Listings.

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