Principal or Vice Principal Assistant Principal-High School
Job Description
MANITOU SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 14
MANITOU SPRINGS COLORADO
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
POSITION: ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL – Manitou Springs High School
LOCATION: MANITOU SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
401 EL MONTE PLACE
MANITOU SPRINGS, CO 80829
SCHOOL PROFILE:
Manitou Springs High School is an innovative, forward-thinking, award-winning school of nearly 425 students (46% of all students choice into Manitou Springs School District from surrounding communities) and 60 staff members. Manitou Springs High School is proud of our success in meeting the needs of every student. In addition to a challenging academic curriculum including Advanced Placement and Concurrent Enrollment course offerings, Manitou Springs High School offers comprehensive art, physical education, music, computer technology, Special Education, and Gifted/Talented instruction.
The culture of the school is positive, safe, kind, inclusive, and collaborative. We are looking for a new and fully committed Assistant Principal to accentuate our outstanding and numerous attributes while leading us to become an even more effective, responsive and innovative school moving on into the next decade. Our high school is seeking an Assistant Principall who can relate to students and help guide them on the journey of life.
COMMUNITY PROFILE:
Manitou Springs is a small, mountain community to the west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. This historical, tourist town is scenically beautiful and a perfect spot if you love the outdoors, where people know and care about each other. Manitou is a community where residents are long-term and support their local school district. It’s a terrific place that’s “big enough” but “not too big.”
https://manitousprings.org/. We are driven by our core values of Relationships, Deep Learning, and Opportunity as we serve our children and our communities.
REQUIREMENTS:
- School leadership, including assistant principal or dean experience preferred
- High school experience preferred
- Must possess a Master’s Degree and hold, or be eligible to hold, a Colorado Principal License
- Demonstrated success as an instructional leader (professional development/ curricular/program development/instructional delivery/pedagogy)
- Demonstrated experience in establishing and maintaining a positive, proactive, safe and innovative climate for students and staff
- Demonstrated success in fostering a positive school culture (i.e. attendance, positive discipline)
- Demonstrated experience in team-building (collaborative, kind, loyal)
- Demonstrated ability to communicate to all stakeholders in multiple ways
- Demonstrated ability to successfully co-lead a culturally responsive school
- Demonstrated success as someone who builds strong relationships with families
Expected Qualities/Characteristics:
We are looking for an individual who is (has):
- Exemplify instructional leadership that is able to maximize the school’s potential (e.g., music, experiential learning, athletics, arts integration, social-emotional learning.
- Consistently implements systems that support and honor the school’s and district’s goals, policies, and procedures, while also holding self to the same expectations
- Models open and transparent communication with respect, honesty, and integrity
- Models follow-through and a willingness to learn, unlearn, and relearn while leading towards a shared vision
- Knows each student by name and how to support the student and family
- Understands the history, traditions, and uniqueness of Manitou Springs and the Ute Pass community
- Coordinates and collaborates to grow vertical alignment strategies by building strong relationships across all schools and families
- Welcomes, grows, and sustains parent involvement with the School Accountability Committee in partnership with school staff and parents
- Embodies genuine and authentic leadership that leads to trust and the empowerment of others
- Supports and leads a safe environment where all students achieve their potential and beyond and where social and emotional learning is embedded in all aspects of the school
- Demonstrates excellent use of time and resources—focusing all members and leading and managing in a very effective manner
- Develops, in collaboration with principal, staff and students, a strong plan of student engagement, restorative practices, and accountability for actions/decisions that honors the developmental stages of elementary school-aged students
- Maintains an empowering place where students are free to explore their authentic-self, intellectual interests, and passions for learning and doing while being held to a high standard of respect and responsibility
- Supports staff by providing opportunities for growth and development
- Fosters a positive school climate where all students and staff are healthy, hopeful, engaged, encouraged and celebrated
- Coordinates with the Principal and the Ute Pass BOCES Director, 504 Coordinator, and Assistant Superintendent to ensure proper support for students with specific educational plans and needs (i.e., Individualized Education Plans, Advanced Learning Plans, 504 Plans, English Learning Plans)
- Supervises the registration, placement, evaluation and progress reporting of students
- Collaborates with principal and school staff to develop a multi-tiered system of support (both academic and social-emotional/affective)
- Exercises decisive leadership in crisis situation
- Remains current about changes and developments in the field of education
TERM OF
EMPLOYMENT: August 2020 – June 2021 (190-day contract)
COMPENSATION: Please see Administrator Salary Range on Salary Schedule
(on District Website)
SITUATION: Grades 9 – 12
TO APPLY: Please submit an online application packet
Applications available at www.mssd14.org
POSTING DATE: August 11, 2020
CLOSING DATE: August 24, 2020: 5:00PM
PAPER SCREENING: August 25, 2020
INTERVIEW DATE: August 28, 2020
Please include your responses to the three essay questions as part of your application packet.
Limit your response to 400-500 words per question.
Essay Question #1:
Provide an example of one instructional innovation you initiated and lead at the school level. This example should include:
- Why the innovation was needed?
- How you collaborated with others to ensure success?
- What lessons did you learn along the way that informed your leadership philosophy and approaches to leading change?
- What obstacles did you overcome to bring this innovation to fruition?
- What results did the innovation bring to your school?
Essay Question #2:
Describe a moment in your career that changed the way you approach instructional leadership. What did you learn about yourself and others? Who or what did you lean into to gain insight, support, mentorship, or a deeper understanding of yourself?
Essay Question #3:
What are your biggest strengths and areas of growth when it comes to:
- Coaching and developing school staff,
- Supporting a highly effective feedback systems that honors and values MSHS’s
Whole School, Whole Child, Whole Community approach to education, - Developing positive and meaningful relationships with all stakeholders, and
- Creating vertically aligned curricula that is co-developed with teachers and other school leaders?
Manitou Springs School District 14 is an equal opportunity educational institution and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, sex (which includes marital status), sexual orientation, disability, age, genetic information or conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth in its activities, programs or employment practices as required by Title VI, Title I, and Section 504. For information regarding civil rights or grievance procedures, contact Dr. Elizabeth Domangue, Superintendent of Schools, Manitou Springs School District 14, 405 El Monte Pl., Manitou Springs, CO 80829, (719) 685-2024, edomangue@mssd14.org, or the Office of Civil Rights, U.S Dept of Education, 1961 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80294, (303) 844-2991.
