Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School

• Hold or be eligible for the appropriate Georgia Leadership Certification in the area of Educational Leadership;
• Three years of successful experience in public school administration and/or supervision, plus five years of certified school experience required;
• Successful track record as a Principal, preferred;
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and the Board may find appropriate.

• Ability to foster a collaborative and positive working environment among staff members;
• Ability to organize programs, personnel, and activities required for productive learning in the school;
• Ability to apply strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address challenges and find effective solutions to various issues;
• Ability to manage financial, material, and human resources effectively;
• Proven ability to make recommendations on various topics, detailed, controversial, simple or complex;
• Ability to embrace change and lead initiatives to enhance the school's overall effectiveness;
• Ability to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate program goals and initiatives;
• Ability to exercise strict confidence in handling sensitive information;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and conflict resolution skills;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Collaborates with stakeholders to implement and continually refine the school's educational programs to maintain consistency with the District’s and school’s philosophy, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures;
• Coordinates and executes actions for the school by ensuring barriers are removed and prioritized support is provided;
• Sets the vision for school-wide operations, staffing, scheduling, testing and finance to ensure they are aligned with school goals and priorities;
• Serves as the leader by providing high-quality instructional leadership in school turnaround strategies and best practices;
• Participates regularly in classroom observations and collaborative planning to provide focused feedback on data meetings, classroom instruction,teacher feedback, and other programs;
• Manages, reviews, monitors and provides feedback on school improvement action plans;
• Ensures that the turnaround priorities and needs are clearly communicated to key stakeholders, thereby ensuring that key district staff understands the critical role they play in achieving sustainable change;
• Collaborates with the human resources department to recruit highly qualified staff needed to turnaround schools;
• Conducts and leads regularly scheduled meetings with leadership team and staff to monitor progress, provide leadership development, and technical expertise;
• Employs frequent and open communication to ensure that expectations are vertically aligned and laterally supported to include district systems, processes, and practices;
• Implements comprehensive systems to provide targeted support and allow for operational flexibility in the school;
• Ensures that key resources (people, time, materials, and dollars) are aligned with the strategic plan and implementation strategy;
• Leads the development and implementation of a comprehensive, innovative, and effective curriculum to enhance student learning and teacher effectiveness;
• Coordinates stakeholder groups such as PTO and the Local School Governance Team;
• Acts as a spokesperson for the school and actively participate in community events;
• Provides ongoing support and professional development opportunities for staff members to build their knowledge in effective instructional design and academic standards;
• Observes and support instructional coaches to ensure they are providing helpful, high-impact, actionable and bite-sized coaching and feedback to teachers on a consistent basis, modeling, co-planning with teachers and providing effective instructional models and strategies;
• Ensures teachers can collaborate, analyze their practice and their student data, and adjust instruction in teams;
• Models expectations for leaders, teachers, and students on school-wide practices for creating a positive learning culture;
• Implements and enforces school policies to maintain discipline and uphold a positive learning atmosphere by establishing rules and regulations for proper student conduct that are consistent with the policies of the Board;
• Ensures a safe and supportive environment for students to thrive academically and socially;
• Assesses the strengths of the school, identifies the weaknesses, and takes supportive or corrective action as the situation demands;
• Cultivates own growth, sustainability and success through active participation in district-wide professional development and by seeking out high-impact growth opportunities;
• Monitors student progress and academic growth, communicates regularly with students and parents about student performance, and collaborates with colleagues to support student success;
• Supervises and evaluates all faculty and staff;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Dougherty County School System