High School Principal Career Prep School

Job Purpose

The School Principal leads the school team to success in all FusionEd Career Prep School Systems. First and foremost, he or she is a leader who manages the school team to recruit and retain a full student enrollment throughout the year. With full enrollment, the Principal also ensures a quality educational experience for all students and, working with their staff, guides students into promising job and career pathways.

Systems

Academic Scheduling

Apex

Attendance Procedures

Enrollment Process

FTE

Compliance/Operations

Course Close-Out

CTE/Alternative Pathways

Daily Schedule

Discovery

Graduation Planners

MTSS

Quick Access

Retention

Student Academic Achievement

Staff Evaluations

Student Discipline

Student Onboarding

Accountable Functions

Academic Scheduling:

Assign two academic courses to each student and successfully enroll students in CBI or CTE programs

Manage academic scheduling for all of post-Discovery students to ensure that CTE is scheduled to not conflict with or surpass academic hours

Ensure CBI/CTE is correctly scheduled by Student Enrollment Specialist at enrollment

Apex:

Enroll students in academic courses upon completion of Discovery and during the Course Close Out process

Archive inactive student weekly

Attendance Procedures:

Work with Student Enrollment Specialist to ensure that attendance is entered in a timely fashion

Ensure that the sign in/sign out system is being followed

Enrollment Process:

Ensure a seamless enrollment process that is easy for students and parents to navigate

Check that cumulative files are consistent and in order with all necessary documents

Coordinate with EMIS team

FTE:

Coordinate and monitor all efforts to reach and maintain budgeted FTE including enrollment events and retention efforts

Marketing:

The school's calendar possesses one day per month in which an open house or community event is scheduled.

The school has a community connections binder that is comprised of local businesses, community agencies, and schools that it connects with on a routine basis.

The school possesses a standard stock of marketing collateral.

The school completes Marketing BINGO with the support of the Marketing Coordinator

Compliance/Operations:

Ensure school is compliant with all federal, state, and sponsor requirements including the use of Epicenter

Monitor and implement a safe environment

Inspect and maintain the school grounds

Course Close Out:

Input credits in the SIS from course completion packet and updates the Credits tab in Quick Access

Update the graduation planner with earned credit/credit remaining

Update the student schedule in the SIS to reflect completed/new course

Enter the earned credential (if applicable) as a GW record

File course completion packet in student academic file

CTE/Alternative Pathways:

Understand and articulate graduation options for the State of Ohio

Monitor implementation of programs for student success including the maintenance of CTE programs

Daily Schedule:

Ensure implementation, with fidelity, of the daily schedule

Manage student schedule flexibility/Credit Flex Plan

Respect scheduled CTE blocks by not overscheduling academic courses

Discovery:

Work with the Student Success Coach to ensure that students fully complete the Discovery process prior to starting academic coursework

Create a Credit Flex Plan or Flexible Schedule in conjunction with the Success Coach and Family Advocate

Work with Student Success Coach to ensure students in the CBI program are completing Discovery 2 and 3

Graduation Planners:

Mange the creation and reactivation of Graduation Planner for each student upon enrollment

Shares with the student view only and with the guardian upon request

Update Graduation Planner when transcripts are received and after each course completion, including test scores and completed Graduation Seals

Code completed courses as green, in-progress courses as blue, and not attempted courses as white

Update credits remaining to reflect what the student has left to graduate regardless of credits earned

Adjust the date each time the Grad Planner is updated

MTSS:

Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of the schools MTSS program including PBIS and AIT

Hold monthly, full-staff MTSS meetings to review student progress in all intervention programs

Monitor data in Math and ELA intervention programs

Quick Access:

Manage the All Students tab

Manage the Credits tab

Manage the CTE tab

Manage the MTSS tab

Manage the Potential Grads tab

School Store/ Uniform

All Non-Instructional Staff Members in Uniform*

Schools SRO Stocks and Maintains the schools PBIS Store

Retention:

Monitor the process of documenting school absences from the issuance of attendance letters to home visits to scheduling AIT meetings to create intervention plans

Student Academic Achievement:

Conduct and monitor data from all BLT and TBT sessions

Monitor and analyze data from Tier 2 and Tier 3 MTSS interventions

Write and implement a school One Plan with the team

Evaluate progress on One Plan action steps with the entire staff quarterly

Make notation on progress in Ed Steps and pivots, as needed, documenting in the One Plan with evidence

Conduct classroom walkthroughs with pre and post conferences with a focus on keeping an eye on instructional practices and professional development needs

Implement and monitor all site-based data including the Quick Access and accountability data (ie Graduation Cohorts)

Staff Evaluations:

Will be responsible for some or all of the staff evaluations

Student Discipline:

Execute all discipline and provide due process to students in the instance of school rule violations

Work with the IS and SpEd Coordinator when Manifestation Determination hearings are required

Ensure that all discipline actions align with Board discipline policies

Student Onboarding:

Determine if a student is enrolled in a CBI or CTE program

Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Collaborate closely with Central Support and Special Education services (i.e. IEPs,/ETRs)

Work to maintain Meets Standard or higher on Ohios DORP Report Card by becoming thoroughly knowledgeable in the RC formulas, track progress constantly, and execute targeted plans to improve in needed areas

Track the progress of all students, with special attention on upper classmen, providing them the coaching needed for them to progress in their graduation and career plan and score well on required tests

Increase teachers capacity to analyze research to make instructional decisions

Advance teachers understanding and use of various strategies to assess student progress toward established goals and to improve teaching practice

Act as a resource to support job-embedded professional learning and improved academic achievement in the school

Facilitate a variety of in-depth, sustained professional learning experience aligned with the school improvement goals for student achievement

Provide classroom-based support for implementation of new and/or refined instructional practices

Create structures and processes for collaborative work that promote collegiality and shared responsibility

Keep school board and other stakeholders aware of activities, progress, obstacles and successes in student achievement and improved teacher practice

Create a positive and professional school environment that welcomes learners and their families

Route inquiries and requests to or from board members, sponsors, and Ohio Department of Education to the Regional Director of Leader Support

Uphold operational, academic, and personnel policies with the support of FusionEd Central Support Team

Work as an ambassador between the school, FusionEd, and the local community, maintain a positive and professional reputation

Collaborate with FusionEd Central Support Team to manage the Imprest account, complying with all expense handling and reporting

Attend regular Principal training, mentorship, and support meetings.

Perform all other duties as assigned