Competencies:
- Understands the District's strategic direction, embracing the vision, mission, and goals
- Secondary teaching experience
- Understands the middle school child and his or her developmental needs
- Understands and advocates for the individual learning needs for all students
- Knowledgeable of best practices in high school curriculum, instruction, and assessment
- Understands professional learning communities and can apply continuous improvement processes and tools
- Knowledgeable of applicable state and federal school law
- Experienced in implementing 21st century learning skills
- Possesses excellent communication skills, especially interpersonal communication and conflict resolution
- Skilled at planning, organization, especially budgeting and facility management
- Embraces lifelong learning and serves as a model for professional development for staff
- Works well with school community, understanding balance between stakeholder requests and school resources
- Skilled facilitator and problem solver
- Skilled at making data-driven decisions
- Utilizes technologically to enhance instruction
- Student centered, visible, approachable and enthusiastic
- Clearly sets and communicates direction
- Proactive and flexible, able to make difficult decisions
- Able to establish, promote and sustain a collaborative, team-centered environment
- Serves as a guide and mentor, providing constructive feedback and capitalizing upon individual strengths
- Able to apply student discipline in a fair and balanced manner, in accordance with the student handbook
Working Conditions:
- Mental Demands: calculating, comparing, evaluation, interpreting, organizing, consulting, analyzing, planning, documenting, specifying, coordinating, implementing, and presenting
- Physical Demands: bending, stooping, kneeling, twisting, reaching, sitting for prolonged periods of time, standing, walking, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, repetitive motions, talking, hearing and visual acuity
- Environmental Conditions: The work is performed primarily indoors; however, outside work is required on occasion. Travel between buildings may be a requirement
