2025-2026 Principal, (High), (Anticipated)

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Company: School District of Lee County

Location: Fort Myers, FL 33908

Description:

Qualifications

  • Master's degree or higher.
  • Valid school principal certification or the equivalent covering educational leadership or administration and supervision.
  • Five (5) years of Highly Effective/Effective teaching experience.
  • Three (3) years of Highly Effective/Effective administrative experience.
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find acceptable.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
  • Oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work with diverse groups of people.
  • Knowledge of and experience with industry-standard computer applications.

Responsibilities

  • Achieve results on the school's goals and demonstrate that student learning is the top priority through leadership actions that build and support a learning organization focused on student success.
  • Enable faculty and staff to work as a system focused on student learning and engage faculty and staff in efforts to close learning performance gaps among student subgroups within the school.
  • Maintain a school climate that supports student engagement in learning and generates high expectations for learning growth by all students.
  • Work collaboratively to develop and implement an instructional framework that aligns curriculum with state standards, effective instructional practices, student learning needs, and assessments.
  • Implement the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices as described in Rule 6A-5.065, Florida Administrative Code through a common language of instruction.
  • Engage in data analysis for instructional planning and improvement and communicate the relationship among academic standards, effective instruction, and student performance.
  • Implement the District's adopted curricula and state's adopted academic standards in a manner that is rigorous and culturally relevant to the students and school and ensure the appropriate use of high quality formative and interim assessments aligned with the adopted standards and curricula.
  • Recruit, retain, and develop an effective and diverse faculty and staff.
  • Generate a focus on student and professional learning in the school that is clearly linked to the system-wide strategic objectives and the school improvement plan.
  • Evaluate, monitor, and provide timely feedback to faculty on the effectiveness of instruction.
  • Employ a faculty with the instructional proficiencies needed for the school population served and identify faculty instructional proficiency needs, including standards-based content, research-based pedagogy, data analysis for instructional planning and improvement, and the use of instructional technology.
  • Implement professional learning that enables faculty to deliver culturally relevant and differentiated instruction, provides resources and times, and engages faculty in effective individual and collaborative professional learning throughout the school year.
  • Structure and monitor a school learning environment that improves learning for a diverse student population and maintains a safe, respectful, and inclusive student-centered learning environment that is focused on equitable opportunities for learning and building a foundation for a fulfilling life in a democratic society and global economy.
  • Recognize and use diversity as an asset in the development and implementation of procedures and practices that motivate all students and improve student learning.
  • Promote school and classroom practices that validate and value similarities and differences among students and provide recurring monitoring and feedback on the quality of the learning environment.
  • Initiate and support continuous improvement processes focused on the students' opportunities for success and well-being.
  • Engage faculty in recognizing and understanding cultural and developmental issues related to student learning by identifying and addressing strategies to minimize and/or eliminate achievement gaps.
  • Employ and monitor a decision-making process that is based on vision, mission, and improvement priorities using facts and data and give priority attention to decisions that impact the quality of student learning and teacher proficiency.
  • Use critical thinking and problem solving techniques to define problems, identify solutions, and evaluate decisions for effectiveness, equity, and intended and actual outcomes.
  • Empower others and distribute leadership when appropriate.
  • Use effective technology integration to enhance decision making and efficiency throughout the school.
  • Actively cultivate, support, and develop other leaders within the organization, provide evidence of delegation and trust in subordinate leaders, and plan for succession management in key positions.
  • Promote teacher-leadership functions focused on instructional proficiency and student learning.
  • Develop sustainable and supportive relationships between school leaders, parents, the community, higher education, and business leaders.
  • Manage the organization, operations, and facilities in ways that maximize the use of resources to promote a safe, efficient, legal, and effective learning environment.
  • Organize time, tasks, and projects effectively with clear objectives and coherent plans and establish appropriate deadlines.
  • Manage schedules, delegate, and allocate resources to promote collegial efforts in school improvement and faculty development and demonstrate fiscal responsibility to maximize the impact of fiscal resources on instructional priorities.
  • Practice two-way communication and use appropriate oral, written, and electronic communication and collaboration skills to accomplish school and system goals by building and maintaining relationships with students, faculty, parents, and the community.
  • Actively listen to and learn from student, staff, parents, and community stakeholders and recognize individuals for effective performance.
  • Communicate student expectations and performance information to students, parents, and the community.
  • Maintain high visibility at the school and in the community, regularly engage stakeholders in the work of the school, and communicate opportunities within the school to engage students, faculty, parents, and community stakeholders in constructive conversation about important school issues.
  • Ensure faculty receive timely information about student learning requirements, academic standards, and all other local, state, and federal administrative requirements and decisions.
  • Demonstrate personal and professional behaviors consistent with quality practices in education and as a community leader.
  • Adhere to the Code of Ethics and the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, pursuant to Rules 6B-1.001 and 6B-1.006, Florida Administrative Code.
  • Demonstrate resiliency by staying focused on the school's vision and reacting constructively to barriers that include disagreement and dissent with leadership.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to the success of all students, identifying barriers and their impact on the well-being of the school, families, and the local community.
  • Demonstrate willingness to accept responsibility for actions and utilize constructive criticism for professional growth.
  • Demonstrate explicit improvement in specific performance areas based on previous evaluations and formative feedback.
  • Implement regulations as they pertain to the assigned school.

Additional Job Information

U20, $107,018.40, 8 hours, 255 days

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