BASIC FUNCTIONS: Enable all children to achieve at high levels. Ensure that every child receives an excellent, free, public education. Lead teachers, staff and community members in creating a collaborative learning community.

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, or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to accurately reflect the principal job elements) All of the functions listed below are essential.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Improve student achievement by nurturing excellent teaching and learning and building a safe and supportive student culture.
• Supervise students and staff.
• Use data to inform decisions about instruction.
• Distribute leadership across staff, students.
• Manage and evaluate staff using sound methods.
• Engage parents in student learning and site functioning.
• Develop and empower teams.
• Build trust to facilitate change.
• Plan strategically.
• Schedule and manage effectively.
• Manage personal and staff time and priorities.
• Build and maintain network of support outside the school.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, LICENSES, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Any combination of education and/or experience equivalent to: Master’s Degree or higher from an accredited college or university with graduate courses and minimum of three (3) years teaching experience;
• Valid California driver’s license.
• Valid Clear California credential authorizing service as a principal.
• Employment eligibility that may include fingerprints, health (TB) and/or other employment clearance.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
KNOWLEDGE OF:

• California content frameworks and standard
• Numerous, proven, successful instructional practices
• Leadership skills, management strategies and community building techniques
• Local policies, state and federal laws relating to minors
• Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint

ABILITY TO:

• Provide effective instructional leadership
• Create a nurturing and safe learning based on high expectations for all students
• Develop collaborative, professional learning communities
• Analyze data and use it to make decisions
• Provide professional development and coaching to teachers
• Distribute leadership among administrators, teachers, staff, parents, students & community members
• Effectively manage staffing, budget, facility, and other administrative responsibilities
• Build and lead the school community in attaining community, school –based, district, state and federal goals
• Use relational databases, web-based tools, the internet and other technologies 
• Calmly and efficiently handle crises and solve problems
• Effectively communicate orally and in writing
• Manage competing priorities and time.

PERFORMANCE METRICS:
TBD

WORK CONDITIONS 
ENVIRONMENT:
Office environment; fast-paced work; constant interruptions. Employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to extreme.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and make presentations; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard; seeing to monitor various activities and read documents, and view computer monitors; sitting or standing for extended periods of time; kneeling, bending at the waist, and reaching overhead, above the shoulders, and horizontally; lifting light objects.

 

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.