Job Description

Founding Elementary Principal
Reports to: CEO
Classification: Certificated
Job Status: Full Time/Exempt
Year Round Employee
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Seattle, WA

ABOUT RAINIER VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY:
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy is a public, tuition-free, charter school, that provides an anti-racist collaborative community and rigorous education while providing access to civic leadership and college success for all scholars in Seattle. RVLA will serve grades 6-12 in the Seattle Community. We respect and celebrate the wealth and vitality of the ethnic and cultural traditions that thrive in our neighborhood. Our mission is to put every child on the path to success in college and career, leadership, and life.

We integrate college and career-ready and hands-on instruction to expose all scholars to a variety of authentic experiences. Our teachers use the data-driven collection to meet scholar needs and differentiation. We use common planning time and collaborative team time to analyze data to inform instruction. We provide a teacher mentor for every scholar and focus on personalized learning.

RVLA boasts a highly-qualified and diverse faculty and staff that not only have excellent educational credentials but also bring to the school community many years of dedication to scholar success and passion for our mission. Our small school community allows adults to know each other and every scholar by name, strength, and need. We pride ourselves on building and maintaining close relationships with each other, our community, scholars, and families.

OPPORTUNITY:
We are seeking a mission-aligned Founding Elementary Principal to join the growing team at Rainier Valley Leadership Academy to serve scholars in grades 6-12. Our ideal candidate is scholar focused and utilizes innovative, data-driven, anti-racist instructional practices to engage, connect and build relationships with scholars and their families to foster educational success. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about being a founder who is rooted in the community they serve has a long-term commitment to joining the RVLA community and wants to help build a community-centered school driven to dismantle systemic oppression through the unit of the school.

To learn more about what it\xe2\x80\x99s like to work at RVLA, please visit: myrvla.org

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Educational Program Oversight and Vision

• Serve as administrator and instructional leader of the school, directing and supervising the curriculum and advisory program of the school
• Lead an instructional administrative team to provide world-class professional development, coaching, and learning opportunities for staff
• Engage in data-driven instructional strategies to close skill gaps and accelerate scholar learning
• Oversee the school\xe2\x80\x99s approach to curriculum, including rigorous, standards-aligned curriculum and differentiation to give access to all scholar learners as well as responsive elective offerings
• Plan the master schedule of classes for scholars and ensure college preparatory course sequences
• Oversee an inclusive special education and Multilingual Learner program and training for all staff

Performance Management

• Monitor scholar growth and absolute performance data and adjust academic strategies as needed
• Coach and evaluate the performance of teachers and other school employees, ensuring individual development and growth

Ensuring Strong School Culture

• Champion building an equitable, inclusive environment welcoming of all scholars, families, staff, and community partners
• Ensure a scholar-centered socioemotional program and scholar discipline policies to meet unique scholar population needs
• Maintain professional standards and a school environment that is productive, safe, and focused
• Manage attendance and truancy processes, tracking key metrics like ADA, chronic absenteeism, etc.
• Hire and develop school staff (certificated and classified)

Community-Centered Leadership

• Work closely with parents and our community, building relationships to support scholars\xe2\x80\x99 academic growth and socioemotional wellbeing
• Initiate and implement parent and/or community support and advisory groups
• Available for contact with parents, scholars, and staff to discuss scholar progress and problems after class, at night, or on weekends (via cell phone or in person)

Organizational Leadership

• Engage in the school budget planning process, ensuring alignment of resources to strategic priorities and monitoring spending
• Maintain work hours extending beyond school hours for other professional duties or functions such as staff meetings, supervision of scholar events, etc.
• Support scholar recruitment efforts and strategy
• Co-lead annual strategic planning process to receive Board approval
• Manage relationships with Board to ensure effective governance of the school\'s academic program and outcomes, including presentations and participation in monthly Board meetings
• In partnership with executive leadership, maintain relationships with civic leaders
• Ensure a scholar-centered socioemotional program and scholar discipline policies to meet unique scholar population needs
• Maintain professional standards and a school environment that is productive, safe, and focused
• Manage attendance and truancy processes, tracking key metrics like ADA, chronic absenteeism, etc.
• Hire and develop school staff (certificated and classified)
• Manage relationships with Board to ensure effective governance of the school\'s academic program and outcomes, including presentations and participation in monthly Board meetings
• In partnership with executive leadership, maintain relationships with the civic leader.

This employer strives for a balanced, productive workforce, which is diverse in terms of age, gender, and cultural identity. We do not base hiring or promotional decisions on factors other than performance and professional growth potential.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Possessing a growth mindset and an anti-racist approach to learning
• Experience with leadership roles (mentor teacher, department chair, assistant principal, etc.)
• Special Education Endorsement (strongly preferred)
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities
• Proven management and team-building skills
• Experience creating and implementing policies and systems
• Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills
• Experience working in an entrepreneurial environment
• A passion for improving middle and high schools and driving education reform
• Ability to establish/foster a positive and safe school culture
• Experience in coaching teachers
• Experience in planning and implementing quality professional development
• Experience in leading/managing a team
• Experience in strategically engaging stakeholders
• Experience in conflict resolution
• Experience in making data-driven decisions
• Experience and demonstrated ability in managing multiple teams and resources
• Experience in creating and monitoring strategic plans
• Experience managing budgets
• A valid Washington State Administrative Credential or comparable out-of-state credential which is transferable to WA
• A minimum of 3 years of teaching experience, preferably at the middle or high school level, with a history of success in improving scholar achievement
• Prior administrative experience as an Assistant Principal or Principal (Required)
• Knowledge of bilingual education (strongly preferred)
• Clear fingerprints & background checks with Puget Sound Educational Service District
• Washington State Principal Endorsement with OSPI
• Washington State Teaching Residency Endorsement with OSPI
• Official College Transcripts
• Clear fingerprint and Background check with Puget Sound Educational Service District

RVLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strives for a balanced, productive workforce, which is diverse in terms of age, gender, and cultural identity. We do not base hiring or promotional decisions on factors other than performance and professional growth potential. Please note that we are unable to sponsor H-1B Visa applicants

Compensation:

Title: Founding Elementary Principal
Compensation Rate: $129,016-$166,593
Status: FT
FTE Equivalent: 1.0
Estimated Weekly Hours: 40 hrs
Benefit Eligibility: Yes



APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
If interested in this position, please email your resume and cover letter to careers@myrvla.org. Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted, and we interview and hire on a rolling basis. The start date for this position is late July 18, 2023. Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.


About Rainier Valley Leadership Academy:

ABOUT RAINIER VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: Rainier Valley Leadership Academy is a public, tuition-free, charter school, providing an anti-racist collaborative community and rigorous education, while providing access to civic leadership and college success for all scholars in Seattle. RVLA will serve grades 6-12 in the Seattle Community. We respect and celebrate the wealth and vitality of the ethnic and cultural traditions that thrive in our neighborhood. Our mission is to put every child on the path to success in college and career, leadership, and life. We integrate college and career-ready and hands-on instruction to expose all scholars to a variety of authentic experiences. Our teachers use data driven collection to meet scholar needs and differentiation. We use common planning time and collaborative team time to analyze data to inform instruction. We provide a teacher mentor for every scholar, and focus on personalized learning. RVLA boasts a highly-qualified and diverse faculty and staff that not only have excellent educational credentials, but also bring to the school community many years of dedication to scholar success and passion for our mission. Our small school community allows adults to know each other and every scholar by name, strength and need. We pride ourselves on building and maintaining close relationships with each other, our community, scholars and families.