Principal, Skyline High School (2023-24)

Principal, Skyline High School (2023-24)

The Skyline High School community will engage our students by embracing an education that values critical thinking, academic rigor, cultural responsiveness, and healthy relationships. We strive to create equitable and meaningful learning experiences in which students thrive in college, career, and community with confidence, courage, and joy. Academics at Skyline promote rigor, in-depth study, challenging coursework, and a range of study that compliments a variety of student interests. Our curriculum prepares students for college and career through honors and Advanced Placement (AP) classes, four Linked Learning Pathways, and wide range of electives that encourage students to follow their aptitudes and interests during their time at Skyline. In addition, Skyline’s curriculum is guided by the California A-G requirements, Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and our school-wide Student Learner Outcome Objectives.

BASIC FUNCTION:

Under assigned supervisor, serves as the instructional leader and chief executive of the comprehensive high school. Responsible for the direction, assessment, and evaluation of student progress, instructional and adjunct programs, performance of assigned certificated and classified personnel, operation and maintenance of the school facility, and of the fiscal integrity of all school elements; Coordination of partners and programs. Identifies goals for the school and delegates duties appropriately. The Director serves as immediate supervisor of employees at the site.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

(Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below. This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge, abilities, or dispositions associated with this classification, but is intended to reflect the principal job elements accurately.)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain an authentic, transparent, authoritative and accessible leadership presence.
• Demonstrate the ability to foster and deepen relational trust among all constituents as a primary resource for school improvement.
• Demonstrate responsiveness in order to strengthen the awareness of inequity, structural issues of race and poverty, and cultural discontinuity; advocate for culturally responsive pedagogy and effective collective responses to the structural issues facing schools and society among teachers and staff, students, families/caregivers, partnerships and community.
• ... (and so on for each essential function)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

PREPARATION, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A Master’s degree from an accredited college or university, 5 years classroom teaching experience and 2 years administrative experience.

LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Valid California Teaching Credential with English Learner authorization
• Valid and appropriate Administrative Services Credential
• Valid California Driver’s License
• Employment eligibility will include fingerprints, tuberculosis and/or other employment clearance

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: Successful experience as an administrator, fiscal expertise that enables first-hand oversight of and responsibility for school budgets, previous experience working effectively with culturally and linguistically diverse groups, ability to speak a language in addition to English, and so on.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

... (detailed knowledge and abilities)

WORKING CONDITIONS

ENVIRONMENT: Office environment and diverse school site environments; May be required to work outside normal workdays and office hours to meet operational deadlines; may be required to work in emergency situations; driving a vehicle to conduct work; fast-paced work; constant interruptions; some exposure to childhood and other diseases in a school environment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Consistent mental alertness; sitting or standing for extended periods of time; lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling objects up to 30 pounds, occasionally 30 pounds; bending and twisting at the waist, reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally; dexterity of both hands and fingers while performing duties; seeing to read, write and use the computer; hearing and speaking to exchange information, in person or on the telephone, and make presentations.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY: The Oakland Unified School District does not discriminate in any program, activity, or in employment on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, gender, sex, or sexual orientation.

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $128,915.68 - $164,565.20 per year

Benefits: Dental insurance, Flexible spending account, Health insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plan, Vision insurance

Schedule: 8 hour shift, Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate: Oakland, CA 94619: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience: Administrative: 5 years (Preferred)
Work Location: One location