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Form of workPrincipal
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
1. Master's degree from an accredited college or university.
2. New Jersey Principal Standard Certificate or a Certificate of Eligibility for Principal.
3. Demonstrated successful building level administrative or supervisory experiences.
4. Demonstrated success in increasing student achievement and effective staff development at the building level, utilizing
a variety of approaches that emphasize inclusion and acceptance.
KEY CHARACTERISTICS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
1. Believe all students can achieve at high levels and know how to lead a team that provides differentiated support so
students can meet these high expectations.
2. Grow diverse, inclusive teams that respect student and staff cultures and backgrounds.
3. Create and execute strategic plans to meet big goals.
4. Are reflective and actively seek opportunities to develop themselves and their team and cultivate this same mindset
amongst students and staff.
5. Effectively communicate with and support students, staff, families, and community members from diverse
backgrounds, leveraging strong social-emotional skills.
6. Are highly skilled educators with a record of improving student achievement.
7. Are expert at coaching teachers to improve their practice and student outcomes, and effectively develop other
administrators to do the same.
8. Create school environments where students and staff feel safe, respected and empowered.
ROLE OF THE PRINCIPAL
Instructional Leader
Provides actionable feedback to teachers and administrators and implements the Board's evaluation system with
fidelity. In addition to directly coaching teachers, develops administrators to evaluate and provide effective feedback to
teachers that results in improved practice, based on the Framework for Effective Teaching, as well as improved student
achievement.
Create and implement a Professional Development Plan for the school that strategically responds to collective and
individual teacher and other staff needs and provide differentiated opportunities for learning and growth.
Strategically manages staff resources, assigning and scheduling teachers to roles and responsibilities that maximize
their impact on students' academic success and well-being.
Develops and ensures the implementation of intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instructions
and assessment, aligned to state standards. Reviews and leverages valid assessment and other student data to create and
implement programs that promote students' academic success, with emphasis on the NJSLA Standards and the
expectations of the state mandated tests; love of learning; and student well-being.
Monitors programs and engages in continuous cycle of reflection and improvement to drive improving student
outcomes.
Ensures instructional practice is intellectually challenging, authentic to student experiences, recognizes student
strengths, and is differentiated and personalized.
Provides a coherent system of academic and social supports, services, extra-curricular activities, and accommodations
to meet the range of learning needs of each student.
Organizational Leader
Strategically develops and cultivates shared school mission and core values that support a high-quality education and
the academic success and well-being of each student. Strategically takes action to create a school environment that
upholds these values.
Creates a school culture and working conditions that promote collective ownership of student outcomes and a
continuous cycle of reflection and professional growth. Strategically creates opportunities for teacher leadership,
including faculty-initiated improvement of programs and practice, and opportunities for staff to provide feedback and
participate in decision-making.
Models and creates a school environment in which school staff act ethically and according to professional norms,
supporting each student's academic success and social and emotional development. This includes being a responsible
steward of the school's resources, taking responsibility for each student's success and well-being, setting the moral
direction for the school, and leading with social-emotional insight and respect for all staff's cultures and backgrounds.
Works to create equity of educational opportunity within the school. Ensures that each student has equitable access to
effective teachers, learning opportunities, academic and social support, and other resources necessary for support,
including resources to support English language learners and those with disabilities.
Utilizes culturally responsive practices to promote each student's academic success and well-being. Ensures that each
student is treated fairly, respectfully and with an understanding of each student's culture and context, leveraging
students' strengths and culture as assets for teaching and learning. Develops and implements policies and addresses
student misconduct in a positive, fair and unbiased manner.
Ensures the health and safety of all students and staff.
Develops and administers systems for fair and equitable management of conflict among students, staff and families.
Recruit, hire support, develop and retain effective and caring teachers and other staff.
Community Leader
Creates and sustains positive, collaborative and productive relationships with families. Partner with families to support
student learning in and out of school and develops and provides the school as a resource for families and the
community.
Builds and sustains productive partnerships with community, public and private sector partners to promote school
improvement and student learning.
Understands, values and employs the community's cultural, social, intellectual and other resources to promote student
learning and school improvement.
Administrative Leader
Assumes responsibility for the management of the school in accordance with law, administrative code and board
policies and regulations.
Seeks, acquires and manages fiscal, physical and other resources necessary to maximize the school's impact on
students' academic success and well-being.
Uses technology to improve the quality and efficiency of operations and management. This includes developing and
maintaining data and communication systems that deliver actionable information for classroom management and
school improvement.
Develops and manages productive relationships with feeder and connecting schools for enrollment management and
academic alignment.
Ensures the safekeeping of student and personnel files and other confidential records and documents, and the
destruction of public records in accordance with law and regulations.
Prepares or supervises the preparation of all reports, records and other paperwork required or appropriate to the school's
administration.
Performs other duties which may be assigned or required by law, code, regulation or board policy.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
1. Master's degree from an accredited college or university.
2. New Jersey Principal Standard Certificate or a Certificate of Eligibility for Principal.
3. Demonstrated successful building level administrative or supervisory experiences.
4. Demonstrated success in increasing student achievement and effective staff development at the building level, utilizing
a variety of approaches that emphasize inclusion and acceptance.
KEY CHARACTERISTICS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
1. Believe all students can achieve at high levels and know how to lead a team that provides differentiated support so
students can meet these high expectations.
2. Grow diverse, inclusive teams that respect student and staff cultures and backgrounds.
3. Create and execute strategic plans to meet big goals.
4. Are reflective and actively seek opportunities to develop themselves and their team and cultivate this same mindset
amongst students and staff.
5. Effectively communicate with and support students, staff, families, and community members from diverse
backgrounds, leveraging strong social-emotional skills.
6. Are highly skilled educators with a record of improving student achievement.
7. Are expert at coaching teachers to improve their practice and student outcomes, and effectively develop other
administrators to do the same.
8. Create school environments where students and staff feel safe, respected and empowered.
ROLE OF THE PRINCIPAL
Instructional Leader
Provides actionable feedback to teachers and administrators and implements the Board's evaluation system with
fidelity. In addition to directly coaching teachers, develops administrators to evaluate and provide effective feedback to
teachers that results in improved practice, based on the Framework for Effective Teaching, as well as improved student
achievement.
Create and implement a Professional Development Plan for the school that strategically responds to collective and
individual teacher and other staff needs and provide differentiated opportunities for learning and growth.
Strategically manages staff resources, assigning and scheduling teachers to roles and responsibilities that maximize
their impact on students' academic success and well-being.
Develops and ensures the implementation of intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instructions
and assessment, aligned to state standards. Reviews and leverages valid assessment and other student data to create and
implement programs that promote students' academic success, with emphasis on the NJSLA Standards and the
expectations of the state mandated tests; love of learning; and student well-being.
Monitors programs and engages in continuous cycle of reflection and improvement to drive improving student
outcomes.
Ensures instructional practice is intellectually challenging, authentic to student experiences, recognizes student
strengths, and is differentiated and personalized.
Provides a coherent system of academic and social supports, services, extra-curricular activities, and accommodations
to meet the range of learning needs of each student.
Organizational Leader
Strategically develops and cultivates shared school mission and core values that support a high-quality education and
the academic success and well-being of each student. Strategically takes action to create a school environment that
upholds these values.
Creates a school culture and working conditions that promote collective ownership of student outcomes and a
continuous cycle of reflection and professional growth. Strategically creates opportunities for teacher leadership,
including faculty-initiated improvement of programs and practice, and opportunities for staff to provide feedback and
participate in decision-making.
Models and creates a school environment in which school staff act ethically and according to professional norms,
supporting each student's academic success and social and emotional development. This includes being a responsible
steward of the school's resources, taking responsibility for each student's success and well-being, setting the moral
direction for the school, and leading with social-emotional insight and respect for all staff's cultures and backgrounds.
Works to create equity of educational opportunity within the school. Ensures that each student has equitable access to
effective teachers, learning opportunities, academic and social support, and other resources necessary for support,
including resources to support English language learners and those with disabilities.
Utilizes culturally responsive practices to promote each student's academic success and well-being. Ensures that each
student is treated fairly, respectfully and with an understanding of each student's culture and context, leveraging
students' strengths and culture as assets for teaching and learning. Develops and implements policies and addresses
student misconduct in a positive, fair and unbiased manner.
Ensures the health and safety of all students and staff.
Develops and administers systems for fair and equitable management of conflict among students, staff and families.
Recruit, hire support, develop and retain effective and caring teachers and other staff.
Community Leader
Creates and sustains positive, collaborative and productive relationships with families. Partner with families to support
student learning in and out of school and develops and provides the school as a resource for families and the
community.
Builds and sustains productive partnerships with community, public and private sector partners to promote school
improvement and student learning.
Understands, values and employs the community's cultural, social, intellectual and other resources to promote student
learning and school improvement.
Administrative Leader
Assumes responsibility for the management of the school in accordance with law, administrative code and board
policies and regulations.
Seeks, acquires and manages fiscal, physical and other resources necessary to maximize the school's impact on
students' academic success and well-being.
Uses technology to improve the quality and efficiency of operations and management. This includes developing and
maintaining data and communication systems that deliver actionable information for classroom management and
school improvement.
Develops and manages productive relationships with feeder and connecting schools for enrollment management and
academic alignment.
Ensures the safekeeping of student and personnel files and other confidential records and documents, and the
destruction of public records in accordance with law and regulations.
Prepares or supervises the preparation of all reports, records and other paperwork required or appropriate to the school's
administration.
Performs other duties which may be assigned or required by law, code, regulation or board policy.
