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CES Job Announcement
Principal Charter High School - Oakland, CA
Organization: Envision Schools
Type of Organization: CES Affiliate School
Type of Job: Administrator
Grades: High School
Application Deadline: 05/02/2008
Job Description:
Principal – Envision Academy, Oakland, CA
Job Description and Hiring Process
Based on a nationally recognized and award-winning model for secondary education, Envision Schools is seeking a highly experienced Principal to work collaboratively with the Envision Schools’ management team to lead Envision Academy in Oakland, CA, a vibrant school with grades 9-11 in 2008-2009, anticipating its first graduating class in 2010.
Major Responsibilities
Educational Leadership
• Serve as instructional leader
• Drive and support implementation of the Envision School Design Principles, set the tone and culture of the school, and hold the school accountable for student achievement
Administrative and Operational Oversight
• Responsible for all day-to-day school operations
• Supervise school facilities, including repairs and minor construction
Human Resources
• Responsible for recruiting, hiring, supervising, supporting, developing, evaluating, disciplining and termination of staff
• Work with Envision Schools to monitor overall employment processes and issues including but not limited to the following: hiring, credentialing, security, fingerprinting, and background checks, discipline, performance evaluations, and terminating
Governance and Internal Relations
• With CEO of Envision Schools, serve as representative to the chartering school district
• Primary spokesperson as educational leader of the school
Budget and Development
• Prepare the Annual Budget for approval by the Site Council and Envision Schools Board of Directors
• Coordinate development work with the Envision Schools Director of Development
Salary and working conditions
Salary and Benefits: Highly Competitive
Work Year: 209 days
Leadership Institute: 1 week at the end of June
Summer Planning: 3 weeks in early August
Minimum qualifications
• A Master’s degree highly preferred
• Administrative Credential preferred
• 5 years successful teaching experience preferred
• Successful school leadership experience or targeted training
• Spanish Bilingual preferred
• Thrives in a start-up environment and able to generate enthusiasm and support among partners for the mission of the organization
Hiring Process
1. Please submit the following via email to Envision Schools at jobs@envisionschools.org:
• Cover Letter – Please respond to the following questions:
1. What specifically makes the Envision Schools vision a good fit for you?
2. Describe how your leadership effectively brought about positive student outcomes.
3. Describe your leadership style. Please provide specific examples of your leadership style in practice.
• Resume
2. Candidates who are invited to interview will be expected to:
1. Complete an Envision Schools Employment Application
2. Submit letters of reference and/or reference contact information (applicants are encouraged to include letters from supervisors, teaching colleagues and students)
3. Provide Envision Schools supporting documentation (i.e.: college or university transcripts, credentials, etc.)
Timeline (Subject to change)
May 2, 2008 – Application deadline
May 12-14, 2008 – Panel interviews
May 20-23, 2008 – Final round interview day
Week of May 26, 2008 – Selection of New Principal
About Envision Schools:
Envision Schools was founded as a 501(c)(3) charter school management organization in 2002 to bring high quality college preparatory education to communities with the greatest need. Although Envision Schools focuses on students who will be the first in their families to attend college, the organization’s goal is to send all its students to college. Our schools are true communities marked by intentional diversity, rigorous academic discipline, and excellence at every level, where compassion and high expectations inspire and empower our students. Each Envision school is academically rigorous and integrates art and technology across the curriculum to instill the critical thinking, life experience and creative skills necessary for students to be successful in college and beyond. As such, Envision Schools is a model for public high schools everywhere. Today, Envision Schools operates four schools in the Bay Area – two in San Francisco, one in Oakland, and one in Hayward. Envision Schools has garnered over $10 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as substantial funds from the Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation, the Stuart Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and the California Department of Education amongst others.
At Envision Schools, we strive to make our schools an exciting place to work, teach, and innovate by actively fostering an environment where all staff are part of a professional learning community. Our values are:
• Social Justice, applied.
High school dropouts are four times as likely to be unemployed as college graduates, and if they
are employed, they’ll earn 88% less than college graduates. A solid high school education can be
the great equalizer.
• Superior Educational Model.
Rigor. We employ a rigorous, project-based college-prep curriculum that sets high expectations for everyone, and we give our students the skills and motivation they need to meet them.
Relationships. Our schools are small, personalized learning environments. Class size is limited and teams of teachers and peers provide students with academic and social guidance.
Relevance. Education must have meaning every day. Our faculty creates curriculum around current
events, personal backgrounds, historical realities, while emphasizing competency in 21st century skills.
Results. Our students consistently outscore their peers on standardized tests. Most important, they
leave Envision with the desire and skills to succeed in college and beyond.
• The Wisdom of Diversity.
To prepare our students for a diverse world, we create diverse student populations, from every different social, economic and intellectual stratum. In fact, Envision targets underserved urban youth, particularly those who are first in their families to attend college. And we teach them all to succeed, together.
• Excellence by Design.
It is our intention that our schools operate on high standards. That goes for everyone here, from organizational management to administrators to teachers and students. In that way, we all become models for the success we’re teaching.
• Work Hard. Succeed. Repeat.
By showing the way high schools should and can work, we will help catalyze state and national education reform. We will document our practices and create tools so others can replicate our educational model and school system.
For More Information:
Visit www.envisionschools.org, email jobs@envisionschools.org, or call 415-348-9955.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.
Qualifications:
Minimum qualifications
•A Master’s degree highly preferred
•Administrative Credential preferred
•5 years successful teaching experience preferred
•Successful school leadership experience or targeted training
•Spanish Bilingual preferred
•Thrives in a start-up environment and able to generate enthusiasm and support among partners for the mission of the organization
Salary & Benefits:
Competitive
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How to Apply:
1. Please submit the following via email to Envision Schools at jobs@envisionschools.org:
• Cover Letter – Please respond to the following questions:
1. What specifically makes the Envision Schools vision a good fit for you?
2. Describe how your leadership effectively brought about positive student outcomes.
3. Describe your leadership style. Please provide specific examples of your leadership style in practice.
• Resume |
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