Principal - WHS

Principal - Wilsonville High School

* Salary listed is for the  school year and has not been adjusted for a potential COLA for the  SY.

Wilsonville High School is a high-performing school dedicated to each student’s personal and academic success. The West Linn-Wilsonville School District announces an opportunity to lead this dynamic, student-centered school guided by the essential question:

The West Linn-Wilsonville School District is seeking a highly motivated individual who is passionate about influencing the lives of all students and supporting them towards high levels of learning. The principal we seek will be transformational and an instructional leader, focusing on the quality of teaching and learning, curriculum, inclusive practices, school culture, student success, and parent engagement. The principal will insure equitable outcomes for each and every child.

We are seeking a principal with vision, creative energy, and a commitment to working together with all parts of our school community.

Personal qualities will include student centeredness, high integrity, outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, strong instructional leadership and management abilities, political astuteness, common sense, and a personal style that engenders trust and respect.

The successful principal candidate will demonstrate an ethic of excellence, a passion for rigorous and equitable learning and research, a collaborative approach, a belief in people, and a growth mindset.

• The ability to create and sustain a school culture that nurtures high expectations, a commitment to personal and academic excellence, and to foster growth mindset.
• An optimistic, energetic, tenacious, and dynamic perspective.
• The ability to create and sustain engaging and positive relationships with students and adults.
• The ability to instill a culture of reason, trust, fairness, respect, civility, community, discipline and a commitment to personal and professional integrity.
• A commitment to collaborative leadership and shared decision-making.
• A commitment to developing and fostering a climate of intellectual diversity, debate, and inquiry among staff and students.
• A commitment to culturally responsive and inclusive practice resulting in equitable outcomes for all students.
• The ability to hire, develop, and engage a diverse staff and school community in the processes necessary for continual school improvement.
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus.

The Principal will lead and manage the school, focusing on key areas of school leadership; equity; instructional leadership; school culture, student support and management; parent engagement, teacher and staff quality.

• Effectively develop and articulate a shared vision of success and serves as the lead learner of the school.
• Engage the school community in collaborative processes toward a vision of excellence.
• A dedication and commitment to Wilsonville High School, including its values, and professional standards, programs, and systems.

• Lead the faculty and staff, including communication, motivation, development, hiring and evaluation.
• Ensure that teachers are working effectively as individuals and collaboratively in professional learning communities, departments, and grade-level teams.
• Provide effective feedback.

• Ensure all systems and programs are implemented effectively, to achieve the goals and vision of the district.
• Ensure a safe and orderly learning environment.
• Oversee the teaching and learning program, including scheduling and class assignments, curriculum, lesson planning, professional development, assessment and accountability.

• Develop and embrace a culture of quality, continuous improvement, personal responsibility, and innovation directed at improving outcomes for each and every child.
• Create a welcoming, disciplined, and joyful school culture with high standards of behavior and a culture of respect, kindness, and…