Assistant Principal Middle School - ( 24000061 )

Description

Milton Hershey School (MHS) is one of the world's best private schools, where students in pre-K through 12th grade from disadvantaged backgrounds receive an exceptional career-focused education with housing, meals, extra-curriculars, health care and more—and all costs are covered. Thanks to the generosity of Milton and Catherine Hershey, who founded the school in 1909, the school is fully endowed and has the resources to ensure students are provided with everything they need to thrive.

MHS is seeking an Assistant Principal (AP) to help lead our Middle School which serves over 700 students in grades 5 - 8. In addition to a strong career-focused academic program, the Middle School offers students extensive extra-curricular opportunities that are available to the students year-round.

The AP partners with the other administrative team members to provide leadership to students, faculty, support personnel, and ancillary staff. The AP plays a key role in facilitating student success and contributes to creating a culture of excellence supporting MHS’s core values. The AP collaborates extensively with key stakeholders to ensure a whole-child approach is taken to student success, which includes students’ houseparents and parents/sponsors. Ensuring positive academic growth and outcomes is a component of the job which includes monitoring assessment data, facilitating support plans, remediation efforts, and more. Oversight of summer school, Saturday Academy, SEL programming, monitoring student behavior, safety, wellness, and committee leadership are additional aspects of the job. This position pays $100,000 to $130,000 annually plus an excellent benefits package.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required. Principal Certification is strongly preferred.

• At least 5 years of successful teaching experience, preferably with students from diverse student populations from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• Supervisory experience desired.

• Demonstrated success in positively impacting student outcomes. PBIS & MTSS framework experience desired.

• Skilled in utilizing student achievement data.

• Exceptional leadership skills with students & adults required, including the ability to inspire & influence others.

• Exceptional organizational and time management skills required.

• Proficiency with Microsoft applications, Google Docs & databases required.

• Fluency in Spanish is a plus.

• Must demonstrate a high degree of integrity as all MHS staff are role models for students.

• MHS seeks “all in” candidates who are eager to actively engage with students beyond the job scope.

Schedule : Full-time

Job Type : Standard

Job Posting : May 1, 2024

Req ID: 24000061

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