Principal - School - Edmonton, Canada - Elves Special Needs Society

Elves Special Needs Society

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Edmonton, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Elves' School Program serves children and youth with disabilities within a specialized early education or Grades One to 12 educational environment.

Our learners may present with severe medical, physical, intellectual, or psycho-social disabilities or neuro-developmental profiles, including Autism or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Elves operates two school locations, with our multidisciplinary team serving over 300 learners with approximately 120 staff members, including teachers, therapists, and assistants.

Our dedicated personnel work together to provide wrap-around services for learners.

Elves' team members and leadership also work with families to optimize the success of individuals. Our current long-term Principal is relocating from Edmonton. We seek an individual who has experience working with special needs learners in a multidisciplinary environment. A Master's Degree in Education or Leadership Certification is required.

The actions of the Principal will align with Elves' mission, vision, and values. The Principal's role is pivotal to a positive learning environment and the success of Elves' learners and personnel.

The Principal supports a safe and caring work environment with consideration given to abilities and needs of learner and staff skills.

Elves' Principal will demonstrate an understanding of instruction and strong knowledge of methods to adapt or modify the Alberta Education curriculum to align with learner abilities.

Knowledge of disabilities and positive behavioural support strategies is essential to this role. As an effective leader, it is necessary to share or promote best practices founded in current research.

There is also the need to demonstrate initiative, resourcefulness, and well-reasoned judgement when supporting the development of student programs, recruitment and mentorship of new and current teachers, and evaluation of teacher and educational assistant performance.

The Principal will also be responsible for managing Society resources and capital accessed by School Program personnel.

The Principal works closely with key members of our Learning/Leadership Team (PUF/Transportation Coordinator and Special Education Supports Learning Coach) designated to act as school leaders in Elves' facilities when the Principal is absent.

These personnel report back to the Principal daily.

Definition:

Plan, organize, and direct services and activities of special education within a designated special education program;
Provide educational and administrative leadership to staff and students at designated sites;
Plan, coordinate, schedule, supervise, and evaluate work performed by certificated and classified staff;
Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of school operations; work cooperatively with Elves' Executive Director to provide regular updates, and share details critical to the development of School Program budgets;
Serve as liaison between Elves' operations, partnering school boards, outside agencies, and the general public;
Manage and coordinate facility use; provide responsible and professional staff assistance in managing the education program; and
Perform related duties as assigned.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Working under general direction, the incumbent assists in the development and implementation of goals and objectives for Elves Special Needs Society;
Budgetary responsibilities include assistance in developing budgets, and monitoring approved expenditures within approved budgets;
Supervisory responsibilities include recruitment, writing contracts, daytoday supervision of certificated and classified staff, conducting staff evaluations, and initiating consultant work;
Collaboratively planning School Program objectives, making major decisions in program operations, and when necessary, referring specific cases to Elves' Executive Director.

Supervision Received and Exercised:

General direction is provided by Elves' Executive Director;
Responsibilities include direct and indirect supervision of certificated and classified staff.

Examples of Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Plan, manage, assign, and supervise, special education programs conducted in one or more school sites;
Attend Individual Program Plan (IPP) meetings, determine class placement, and monitor delivery systems for student special education services;
Direct and monitor school support activities to ensure facilities maintenance, clerical assistance, appropriate record keeping, and adherence to department procedures;
Direct and assist staff through conferences, meetings, memos, inservice workshops, classroom demonstrations, and site visits;
Confer and assist in resolving a variety of educationrelated issues and problems with students, teachers, social workers, therapists, parents, designated school leadership, and other agency personnel;
Establish, implement