Principal; Bilingual Spanish and English

Position: Principal (Bilingual Spanish and English)
# Principal (Bilingual Spanish and English)
San Jose, CA 95111

Category Education## Description
** Overview
* * Though 9 in 10 Latino young adults say that a college degree is important for success in life, fewer than 15% age 25 or older hold a bachelor’s degree.
** Voices College-Bound Language Academies exists to change that.
** Voices is a public charter school network with a mission to prepare all students for the challenges of higher education through the context of an academically rigorous dual-immersion program. Every student, regardless of home language, graduates bilingual and biliterate in English and Spanish.
** Role Summary
** Voices Academies’ Principal will be an inspiring and motivating instructional leader who can work independently. Reporting to the Principal Manager, the Principal forms part of the school’s leadership team. The principal oversees Teachers, Associate Teachers, and school support staff. The ideal candidate will have an unwavering commitment to ensure that students receive quality instruction, make accelerated educational progress, and reach or exceed their academic goals.

The Principal is responsible for Voice’s academic, operational, fiscal, and organizational management and success. This includes supervising instruction and conducting the evaluation program for all staff. This interaction will include providing guidance and support in the classroom as appropriate. The Principal interacts extensively with teachers, staff, students, parents, the CEO, Board members and the community through site-based management. Additionally, the Principal will be expected to meet specific performance objectives which may include such areas as academic, and financial goals in accordance with the Charter.
** Key Responsibilities
**** Principal:
*** Submits to the CEO recommendations relative to all matters requiring Board action or attention, together with the materials needed for informed decisions
* Reports on school operations to COO
* Interview, Train, supervise and evaluate staff
* Develop and implement a school-wide and individual staff development plan and provides ongoing support and coaching to teachers to help them meet their individual professional development plan goals
* Coordinates the work of all school educators and volunteer staff
* Advise the CEO or/and COO regarding the leave, classification, resignation, promotion, suspension or dismissal of school employees
* Assigns personnel within the school in accordance with Board policy
* Maintains appropriate channels of communication within the school and ensures that staff is informed about relevant federal, state, and county laws, policies, regulations and procedures, and matters related to the improvement and welfare of the students
* Plans, leads, and conducts staff professional development and staff meetings
* Manage and/or oversee all daily school operations, including student admissions and discipline, facilities, food service, front office, school scheduling, etc.
** Students and the educational program:
*** Serve as the schools’ instructional leader leader, including ensuring that the school mission and instructional program are being effectively implemented in each classroom
* Monitor the school’s instructional and operational accountability, including collecting, analyzing, and reporting school and student performance data
* Use this data (instructional and operational accountability) to develop school priorities and to drive decision-making
* Enforces compulsory attendance laws
* Continuously observes the instructional program and provides the CEO with regular evaluations of school programs and student progress
* Studies the curriculum and makes decisions regarding the course of study, major changes and time schedules, and sound programs
* Under appropriate circumstances, recommends to the Board a student’s suspension or expulsion
* Participates in student study teams and IEP meetings
** Non-instructional Operations:
*** Maintains and updates adequate census and scholastic records, business and property records, and personal records as applicable
* Annually prepares and submits to the Financial Department the school’s budget for…