SCEN0352812-0000
2025-09-02T00:00:00
2025-08-31T00:00:00
JOB DESCRIPTION:The Schenectady City School District is committed to the elimination of race, economics, and disability as predictors ofstudent achievement. SCSD is seeking an innovative leader with an Equity and Culturally responsive mindset, vision andskills to lead the school to excellence and recognition. The Middle school principal must be willing to be an advocate,organizational developer and an agent of cultural change. He or she must provide evidence of and commitment todeveloping a culture of high expectations for students, staff and families as well as implementing research-basedinstructional practices, using data to monitor, measure, and improve student achievement. A Middle School principalshould provide leadership in creating a learning environment that encourages innovation, creativity, and studentsuccess. This position requires a high degree of skill in engaging visionary leadership, effective instructional practices,intensive academic interventions, explicit acknowledgment of race, and parental and community engagement driven byequity and culturally responsive practices.Middle School Principal Expectations• Demonstrated expertise in the use of data-driven instruction to support all students and to tailor interventionsbased on student lived experiences;• Proven ability to motivate staff and students to achieve equity and excellence;• Supervision and evaluation of staff and programs;• Master Scheduling;• Knowledge of content and behavioral standards, instructional and assessment practices that incorporateresearch-based strategies and methodologies, while ensuring alignment with equity and culturally responsivepractices;• Team development and leadership skills that engage staff on continuous learning;• Ability to work collaboratively with staff members, and administrators of all backgrounds;• Ability to build strong relationships with diverse students, staff, parents and the community;• Administers the overall school program using principles driven by equity;• Capacity to identify, diagnose and prioritize key issues;• Maintains a safe and orderly learning environment using restorative and positive behavioral supports;• Supervises and evaluates all teaching and support staff within the school by creating a positive and creativeculture that is aligned with District APPR,MPPR, and other evaluation guidelines;• Provides instructional leadership for the school by analyzing and interpreting student data to make soundinstructional decisions;• Creates a positive, high-expectations and high support academic environment for students and staff;• Assigns and schedules teachers and staff to best meet student needs;• Develops and maintains a fiscally morally responsible budget that meets student, staff and community needs;• Attend parent conferences and team meetings as needed;• Foster and maintain positive and respectful relationships between home, school and the community thatsustains continuous communication and collaboration;• Defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions using an Equity and CulturallyResponsive lens;• Performs other duties as assigned by the Superintendent• Participates in district-wide activities, professional development and committees.Middle School Principal Key Qualities• Establish leadership approach aligned with systems and a school culture that nurtures those whose firstlanguage is not English; those who live below the poverty line; those who are from unrepresented groups; Thosewho have learning differences; and those who are marginalized and underserved due to their immigrationstatus, sexual orientation, religious preferences, and geographic location;• Embrace, celebrate, deeply understand, and build on the richness of diversity school-wide;• Integrate and marry diversity and equity within every aspect of school building;• Committed to developing environments, systems, and practices in ways that provide students with what theyneed based on careful attention to student circumstances;• Prevent and dismantle punitive disciplinary policies that harm students academically and socially;• Provide assistant principals, social workers, school counselors, and teachers opportunities to develop andimprove their practices;• Advanced skills for effective delegation and follow-through;• Attract teachers who know their content and subject matter well and understand how to align studentexperiences with instructional practices;• Develop systems to make sure families and communities are actively involved in the education of their children;• Strive to increase the teacher of color pipeline in your school;• Focus more on continuous learning organizationally, curriculum and instruction and less discipline;• Establish a culture that focus on helping students develop a life-long love of learning;• Acknowledges that without high-quality teaching, increased hours of instruction do not equal increasedlearning. The increase in learning is directly dependent on the quality of the teaching.SALARY: Starting at $104,500 - Commensurate with exp.LOCATION: Mont Pleasant Middle SchoolQUALIFICATIONS:• Minimum 3-5 year of teaching experience; preferably in an urban school setting;• Minimum of 3 years of administrative experience; preferably in an urban school setting;• Candidates must possess proper NY State Certification, SBL, SAS or SDA required;• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills and the ability to adapt to support themultiple cultures of students in the district.
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