Position Title

Cohort Principal (Anticipated)

Required Application Type

Teacher / Admin

Salary/Pay Scale

Per SAA contract, starting at $104,500

Job Description

Cohort Principal Role

This position reports to the principal of a midsize urban school district located in the Capital region of Upstate New York. The Cohort Principal provides educational leadership to a designated cohort of students.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Participates with the recruitment and recommends the hiring of necessary high school staff in collaboration with administrative team and within district procedures;
• Evaluates and provides support to assigned Cohort Professional Staff - Teachers and Non-Professional Staff;
• Recommends continued employment and tenure of Cohort House Teachers to the Superintendent and/or his designee;
• Responsible for any designated physical location or wing the cohort occupies;
• Supervises activities and extra-curricular activities within the high school;
• Develops, maintains, establishes goals, promotes, and evaluates high school programs in collaboration with administrative team, specifically including collection and evaluation of data;
• Responsible for the master schedule of students and staff within the high school in collaboration with other Cohort Principals, Coordinators, and/or High School Principal;
• Supervises budgets, grants, and any designated cohort office finances;
• Provides leadership and supervision for staff and program(s) within the high school;
• Oversees the daily function and operation of the high school in collaboration with the administrative team;
• Provides supervision, support, and discipline to students aligned to the cohort;
• Encourages and monitors student progress data in order to improve student academic achievement;
• Establishes and maintains communication with parents and extended high school community;
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the School District's policies and applicable laws;
• Maintains positive communications with High School Principal for any building level shared needs such as busing of students, custodial support, lunch program, etc;
• Maintains positive communications with other building and/or district administrators (Coordinators, Directors, etc) for any shared needs;
• And other similar duties as related to the running of a school building;
• And any other task as assigned by the Superintendent or his designee.

The successful candidate possesses:

• Administrative and teaching experience; preferably in an urban school setting
• Demonstrated expertise in the use of data-driven instruction;
• Proven ability to motivate staff and students to achieve excellence;
• Experience with supervision and evaluation of staff and programs;
• Knowledge of content and behavioral standards, instructional and assessment practices that incorporate research based strategies and methodologies;
• Team development and leadership skills;
• Ability to work collaboratively with staff members, and administrators;
• Ability to build strong relationships with students, staff, parents and the community;
• The ability to maintain resiliency through challenges;
  •  High energy with the ability to multi-task and execute quickly;
  •  Strong judgment, initiative and decision-making abilities;
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills;

Job Qualifications

• Candidates must possess proper NY State Certification; SBL, SAS or SDA required
• At least 3 years of teaching experience; preferably in an urban school setting.

Job Category

Administrator

Job Location

To Be Determined

Additional Information