1 Dual Language Academy Principal Job in Allentown, PA
Allentown School District is Hiring a Dual Language Academy Principal Near Allentown, PA
Administration/Principal
4/17/2024
Administration Center - Allentown, PA
Salary Range: $109,913-$153,878
Qualifications:
- Master's degree with a major in educational leadership, educational supervision, or a related field.
- Valid and active PA Certification in Administration; ESL certification and bilingual preferred
- Five (5) or more years of experience in public education, including secondary or elementary school instruction.
- Skillfully utilize technology and software programs typically used in school administration.
- Demonstrated knowledge in language acquisition and dual language programming models.
- Demonstrated knowledge of a standards-based curriculum required in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- Experience in Urban Administration and/or bilingual education preferred.
- Satisfactory work record & criminal/child abuse clearances (Acts 34, 114, and 151).
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Such additional or alternatives to the above qualifications as the board or superintendent may determine appropriate and acceptable.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Data-driven decision-making - Identifies, analyzes, and uses key human capital metrics to make updates and changes in support of teacher quality. Shares data with key stakeholders.
- Assists in establishing clear approaches to measuring student growth and measures it by individual student to ensure that every student has an opportunity to go to college or post-secondary schooling.
- Lead in implementing a comprehensive instructional improvement system.
- Regularly reviews pertinent student performance data to assess the effectiveness of interventions in helping at-risk students and to devise new action plans for newly identified and previously identified at-risk student
- Provides supervision, leadership, and evaluation of each professional employee as designated by the Superintendent of Schools.
- Embodies the school's goals, mission and visions articulated in its school improvement plan and use data to assess whether the school is on track to achieving the goals.
- Works collaboratively with all appropriate departments of Central Administration to ensure alignment between district and school programming for the benefit of all stakeholders in the school community.
- Establishes and maintains relationships with colleges, community organizations, and other schools to coordinate educational services.
- Supervises extracurricular programs and evaluates these programs by regular attendance at these events.
- Establishes and maintains strong relationships with employee associations and relevant stakeholders. Places high priority on team and organizational goals.
Customer Service Orientation - Makes customers and their needs a primary focus. Takes appropriate immediate action to meet customer needs and concerns and continually assesses feedback from customers to make improvements.
- Creating and Sustaining a Culture of High Expectations: establishes and regularly works to maintain a strong, restorative school culture that promotes a culture of high aspirations and achievement for every student and requires staff and students to demonstrate consistent values and positive behaviors aligned with the school's vision and mission and successfully develops the full range of students' learning capacities - academic, creative, social-emotional, behavioral, and physical
- Supervises building discipline, student, faculty, and staff attendance, class schedules, cumulative records, and grade reporting ensuring that all are consistent with district policies and regulations.
- Administers educational programs for students with special needs.
- Reads, analyzes, and interprets professional journals, studies of best practices, and federal, state, and local regulations.
- Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as may be assigned or delegated by the Superintendent of Schools or designee.
- Dual Language Principal Job Description.pdf
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$105k-133k (estimate)
04/22/2024
05/20/2024
allentownsd.org
BETHLEHEM, PA
1,000 - 3,000
1774
AZIZ ATTIEH
$200M - $500M
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About Allentown School District
The Allentown School District is part of 17 square miles that encompass the City of Allentown with a total population of 118,032 (US Census, 2010). The richness of Allentown's diversity is strengthened by the District's central role in educating for America's future through academic excellence and celebrating the cultural, athletic and artistic range of talent in the schools. ASD students originate from 51 countries and speak 26 languages. 25 academic buildings throughout the City. To find out more about the City of Allentown, go to: www.allentownpa.gov. Allentown is part of the Lehigh Valley... area, for information about the area, go to: www.discoverlehighvalley.com. This district is led by Thomas E. Parker who was named Superintendent for Allentown School District in December 2016 and began his new role on July 1, 2017. Facts and Figures (as of Winter 2017) - Current Enrollment: 16,628 Grade-Level Enrollment: - Elementary Schools & Early Childhood Centers (15): 7,976 - Middle Schools (4): 3,520 - High Schools (3): 5,369 Families denoted as Low Income (as of 12/3/15): 89.1% Percentage of students receiving Free/Reduced Lunch: 100% Total Personnel: 2,292 - ASD is the third largest urban school system out of 500 Districts in the Commonwealth. - Serving a community with a poverty rate of 38.64% of the City's population. (2013 Census) - Seven different employee associations/unions including the Allentown Education Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association and the Pennsylvania State Education Association. - The Allentown School District Foundation, established in 2009 as a 501(c) 3 tax exempt independent public charity, is expanding enrichment opportunities for ASD students.
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