GUILFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY Hiring for Principal at Durham, NC Full Time

JOB POSTING

Job Title: Guilford Preparatory Charter School Principal

Location: Greensboro, North Carolina

Full time- Exempt Position

JOB SUMMARY: Guilford Preparatory Academy (GPA), is currently seeking a results-oriented, principal.

GPA serves 500+ students in grades K-8, with a staff of 50+.

Applicants should have a proven track record of improving student academic growth, fostering culturally-responsive practices, designing a school-wide professional development plan for staff, and positive collaboration with the internal and external school community.

The Principal provides programmatic leadership for the Guilford Preparatory Academy Charter School in Greensboro, North Carolina. Responsible for the overall operations of these departments including financial oversight, marketing, human resources management, quality improvement and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and standards.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

EXPECTATIONS

1. Responsible for financial oversight including budget preparation, monitoring and timely response.

• Monitors and responds appropriately to departmental financial indicators including budget reports, analyses, scorecards, and activity reports.
• Reacts as necessary to correct or improve volume, budget and indicator variances.
• Provides financial analyses and reports within defined timeframes and formats.
• Modifies departmental services, staffing and programs to respond to demand, resource availability and to ensure goals, objectives, and financial projections are met.

2. Ensures program compliance with all safety, licensing, funding, contract and accrediting requirements.

• Meets or exceeds all local, state and federal rules, policies, and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with all executed contracts
• Stays knowledgeable and up-to-date on all requirements.
• Compiles reports for outside agencies as required .

3. Manages the human resources necessary for high quality programs.

• Manages personnel: staffing, recruiting, disciplinary actions, terminations.
• Completes performance reviews within defined timeframes.
• Addresses staff issues and concerns appropriately.
• Maintains up-to-date job descriptions.
• Regularly meets department staff, maintaining at least monthly meetings and trainings to ensure collaboration and cooperation within the program departments as well as with others to achieve the highest quality programs and services.
• Audits all departments for compliance with program standards and requirements.

4. Responsible for quality improvement activities, including defining standards of care, regularly monitoring, reporting, and implementing the ongoing effort to continuously improve and enhance the services delivered.

• Visits classrooms, observes teaching methods, reviews instructional objectives, examines learning materials and activity, and actively manages teachers and their staff to develop and maintain curriculum standards and objectives, sets educational standards and goals, and establishes appropriate procedures to ensure consistent implementation of the above.
• Ensures quarterly quality monitoring activities are competed, recorded, and reported within the defined timeframes and on appropriate performance improvement forms and tools.
• Collates, analyzes, and reports constituent satisfaction surveys and feedback.
• Keeps current with new trends and developments in the programs and services, implementing appropriate changes to maintain GPA’s state of-the-art programs.
• Achieves and/or maintains approved accreditations.
• Reacts as necessary to correct or improve constituent and stakeholder feedback.
• Assists (attends meetings, prepares documentation and reports and provides follow-up) as requested for GPA’s Board of Directors and Committees

5. Writes, revises, and implements GPA’s policies, procedures, guidelines, grant and contract requirements.

• Documents processes in a timely manner and in accordance with existing policies and procedures to ensure organizational consistency, standardization, and accountability.

6. Supports all GPA’s organizational

functions

• Participates by serving as a positive role model, volunteer and leader in GPA’s special event and fundraising activities.
• Encourages staff participation in special events and other fundraising activities.
• Provides support for Gift Planning activities (i.e., donations, grant writing, and stewardship efforts).

7. Utilizes positive management skills to manage interagency and intra-agency relationships

• Maintains community contacts by serving on appropriate committees, task forces, and boards.
• Establishes and maintains a positive GPA presence.
• Serves as a positive role model, facilitator, and problem-solver to ensure resolution of organizational, employee, and procedural issues and concerns.

8. Preserves the integrity and confidentiality of protected health information.

• Understands, acknowledges, and implements GPA’s privacy policies involving the disclosure of protected health information and protected personal and educational information of GPA clients.

9. Demonstrates a strong commitment to self-development.

• Attends continuing education courses or participates in other forms of self-development

10. Maintains a clean, safe, hazard-free work environment.

• Inspections indicate no recurring problems and no incident reports due to unsafe environmental conditions.

11. Completes all assignments and responsibilities, is flexible and a team player.

12. Acts in accordance with the GPA purpose and values.

• GPA expectations and values met

13. Completes other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Special Education or Early Childhood Education, previous teaching experience required, extensive managerial, supervisory and performance improvement experience required. Early childhood and/or ESE certification required. Possess or is eligible for a valid North Carolina Educator Certificate in Educational Leadership, Administration and Supervision.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and manage numerous activities at one time
• Possess good organizational skills
• Excellent computer skills
• Possess a valid North Carolina driver’s license and proof of current automobile insurance.

PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES:

• Able to stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently
• Able to see clearly and close up
• Able to receive oral communication via phone and in person
• Express and/or exchange ideas in spoken word and in written communication.
• Operate a computer, copier and fax machines.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Employees are required to work in a drug-free workplace
• Employees are required to work in a smoke-free workplace

We offer a generous benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long Term Disability Insurance plus Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay and a 457 plan which includes an employer match after 1 year of employment. Open until filled.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,093.00 – $174,774.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

COVID-19 considerations:
All students and staff wear mask, sanitizer stations in the hall, temperature checks for students, well ventilated spaces.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Greensboro, NC 27405: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Education:

Experience:

• Education administration: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: One location