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1 Oct 2024

Principal or Vice Principal School Leader

Literacy Academy Collective
 Kings County, New York, United States

Job Description

The Office of New School Development & Design is working to reimagine the educational landscape of NYCPS.  We are committed to the pioneering spirit of a transformative approach developing and designing schools that are innovative, flexible, and student-centered. The core of the work is to create many paths to the same outcome: a good education, preparation for college and productive citizenship, and a path to economic security.

The New School Acting Principal Assigned / Project Director will design and implement a plan for a new structured literacy school targeted to struggling readers who are at least two to three years behind in foundational reading skills. The Project Director will design and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and partners – students, families, and divisions of NYCPS – to plan a new structured literacy school that will launch with 36 students in grades 2 and 36 students in grade 3 in the 2025/2026 school year. The Project Director will design and develop the new school, including in the following targeted areas:

  • Structured literacy
  • Student and staff recruitment
  • Curriculum development
  • Data-driven instruction
  • School culture
  • Serving special populations
  •  Budget, and finance
Responsibilities:

School Support – Design and Implementation

  • Collaborate with NYCPS stakeholders to create the mission, vision and design for the school launching fall 2025
  • Design scope and sequence, units of study and build a team from the ground up
  • Create an innovative school model with a commitment to the Science of Reading as the basis for all language instruction
  • Model strong organizational skills and distributed leadership to promote team empowerment through collaboration with school stakeholders
  • Harness the power of student voice, and family and community involvement to ensure that all voices are heard and considered in the day-to-day life of the school

Performance Management:

  • Provide ongoing support, guidance, feedback, and support to collaborators to ensure high-quality contributions and full engagement. Support leaders’ work in planning deliverables

Qualifications:

  • Applicants must possess a valid New York State certificate in School Administration/Supervision (SAS), School District Administrator (SDA) or in School Building Leadership (SBL) and must be in the Principal Candidate Pool. Please note, we do not accept internship certificates.
  • A Master’s degree in education or a related field
  • Proven track record of improving student achievement and fostering a positive school culture.
  • Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
  • Knowledge of current educational trends, research, and best practices.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.

For more information regarding NYCPS supervisory certification requirements, as well as a link to the New York State Education Department’s website to apply for certification, please visit our website at https://www.schools.nyc.gov/careers/principals-and-assistant-principals/school-leader-and-supervisory-certification

Preferred:

  • Track record of success at increasing student achievement outcomes in a school
  • Experience in data-based decision making and strategic planning around instructional implementation to increase student achievement
  • Attentive to details, well organized, able to work under pressure, and meet frequent and changing deadlines
  • Sound judgment; skilled with group problem-solving and working with complex concepts in a dynamic setting
  • Ability to organize facts and present information and figures in a clear, concise, and logical manner, both orally and in writing
  • Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources and reconcile incongruent data
  • In-depth knowledge of the NYC public school system and the NYC Department of Education
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to receive constructive feedback and engage in collaborative and rigorous development of school design
  • Prior success in planning and leading the creation of a new school or program
  • Prior success in leading adult team building—being a team leader and teaching others how to lead teams
  • Experience in co-taught classrooms/experience coaching teachers working in co-teaching classrooms/helping teachers optimize learning in a co-teaching environment
  • Commitment to using a direct, explicit evidence-based reading instruction across all content areas throughout the day
  • Knowledge and background of children with language-based learning disabilities
  • Willingness to participate in ongoing training and coaching in evidence-based practices in structured literacy

Appointment to the principal position is subject to selection through the Chancellor’s C30 Process.

Posting close date: October 15, 2024

How to Apply

If interested, please send cover letter and resume to: resumes@literacyacademycollective.org
 

Bureaus: New York. Job Categories: Full-Time. Job Types: Principal or Vice Principal. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

Job expires in 26 days.