Position Type:
Administration - Building Level/Principal
Date Posted:
4/26/2024
Location:
Gates Elementary School
Date Available:
7/1/24
Closing Date:
Until filled
April 26, 2024
East Aurora School District 131 has the following opening(s) for the 2024-2025 school
year and will accept applications from candidates who may be interested in the position(s)
listed below. Medical, dental, vision, and term life insurance policies are available.
VACANCY NOTICE
POSITION TITLE: Elementary School Principal
BUILDING(S): Gates Elementary School
CLASSIFICATION: Tier IB
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 12 months. Monday-Friday: 8 hours/day.
SALARY: Starting at $120,000/year commensurate with
credentials and experience
EVALUATION PROCEDURES: Annually
START DATE: July 1, 2024
JOB ID: 4362
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with General Administrative
Endorsement.
2. Master's Degree required with an area of emphasis in Administration.
3. Three (3) years of successful administrative experience and three (5) years of
successful teaching experience in elementary schools required.
JOB DESCRIPTION / RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Responsible for the improvement of instruction with a majority of time spent on
curriculum and staff development.
2. Coordinates efforts to create and implement a vision for the school and defines
desired results and goals that align with the overall school vision and lead to
student improvement for all learners and ensures that the school's identity, vision,
and mission drive school decisions.
3. Conducts essential conversations with individuals, teams, and staff based on
student performance data in a timely manner for the purpose of enhancing student
learning and results.
4. Develops, implements, and monitors the outcomes of the school improvement
plan and school wide student achievement data results to improve student
achievement.
5. Creates a safe, clean and orderly learning environment.
6. Works with staff to develop a consistent framework for effective teaching and
learning that includes a rigorous, relevant and viable curriculum aligned to
common core standards, research-based instructional practices, and high
expectations for student performance.
7. Creates a continuous improvement cycle that uses multiple forms of data and
student work samples to support individual, team, and school-wide improvement
goals, identify and address areas of improvement and celebrate successes.
8. Implements student interventions that differentiate instruction based on student
needs.
9. Selects and retains teachers with the expertise to deliver instruction that
maximizes student learning.
10. Evaluates the effectiveness of instruction and of individual teachers by conducting
frequent formal and informal observations providing timely feedback on
instruction as part of the district teacher evaluation system.
11. Builds staff capacity and ensures the training, development, and support for highperforming
instructional teacher teams to support adult learning and development
to advance student learning and performance.
12. Develops systems and structures for staff professional development and sharing of
effective practices including providing and protecting time allotted for
development.
13. Advances instructional technology within the learning environment.
14. Creates, develops and sustains relationships that result in active student
engagement in the learning process.
15. Proactively engages families and communities in supporting their child's learning
and the school's learning goals.
16. Demonstrates an understanding of the change process and uses leadership and
facilitation skills to manage change effectively.
17. Demonstrates personal and professional standards and conduct that enhance the
image of the school and the educational profession; treats all people fairly,
equitably, and with dignity and respect.
18. Creates and supports an instructional climate that values, accepts and understands
diversity in culture and point of view.
19. Builds a culture of high aspirations and achievement and for every student.
20. Leads a school culture and environment that successfully develops the full range
of students' learning capacities academic, creative, social-emotional, behavioral
and physical.
21. Requires staff and students to demonstrate consistent values and positive
behaviors aligned to the school's vision and mission; implements PBIS, PLC and
all other district structures with fidelity.
22. Monitors all building level budgets and expenditures.
23. Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Applications should be completed online at https://www.d131.org. Position(s) will
remain open until filled. East Aurora School District 131 is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.
For more information on this position, please read the full description document.:

• Posting GA Elementary School Principal #4362.pdf