Assistant Principal - Edmonton, Canada - Thrive Elementary School

Thrive Elementary School

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Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Job Description (EN):

Thrive

Assistant Principal Job Posting
Thrive Charter School is a kindergarten through grade 6 school located at 10735 McQueen Road opening in September 2023. The school is currently under renovation.

Thrive School is creating something special. A K-6 Public Charter School at no cost to families. A place where our students' brilliant futures come into clear focus, and anything is possible.

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Who we are
Thrive is a K-6 public charter school designed to support families' needs and dreams. The school will offer an accessible and challenging program. Students will have the opportunity to learn and grow in a nurturing small school environment. At Thrive, we have high expectations for both academic achievement and student well-being. That's because we believe in our students and families.

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Working together, we can build curious minds, confident hearts and big futures
At Thrive, we believe every child should have every chance.

Vision

An accessible and equitable education ecosystem that eliminates opportunity gaps, empowers students to realize their extraordinary potential and gives rise to positive multigenerational change.

Mission

We are fiercely committed to creating a learning environment for these students that is truly accessible and facilitates deep engagement.

To this end, we will:

Champion eager minds, unlocking each student's inherent potential for high achievement.
Empower every student with the skills, knowledge, experiences and confidence they need to pursue relentlessly bold futures.
Nurture belonging by building meaningful connections in the classroom, the school, at home and in the community.
Overcome the barriers, labels and implicit bias that undermine aspirations and wellbeing.
Elevate each student through integrated academic, individual, and familyfocused supports and services that are proactive and guided by a deep understanding of each unique individual.
Embrace a futurefocused mindset that places a high priority on enriched STEM learning for all students, preparing them for STEM pathways in high school and enabling students to see themselves as the innovators, scientists, inventors, engineers and technology experts of tomorrow.

Eligibility
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Position Description
1.0

FTE:

This role would be a leadership role with some dedicated assistant principal time, learning coach as well as the English as an Additional Language portfolio.

Responsibilities
Under the guidance of the Principal and in compliance with the Education Act and Thrive Elementary School approved charter:

Demonstrate knowledge and experience in leading for learning within our school community.
Demonstrate knowledge of current pedagogy and methodology of what constitutes exemplary teaching and for an outcomebased curriculum that defines the learning goals of education at Thrive and in accordance with Alberta Education.
Demonstrate experience providing instructional leadership to promote student learning, as well as using data to inform instructional and administrative decisions.
The ability to develop trust and positive, stable working relationships with students, staff, parents, professional groups, and relevant stakeholders.
The ability to play a lead role in shaping a safe and positive learning environment. You are able to facilitate a climate of trust ensuring that each individual feels welcome and safe within our school community.
Understand the importance of building the leadership potential of others wherein every individual is recognized as having strengths that are encouraged, nudged, and called upon to enable that person to be a leader when it is recognized that the situation calls for that particular person's strength, ability, or skills.
Lead by example and build vision by and through consensus, through the shared, collaborative creation of purpose and direction of Thrive with all stakeholders.
Demonstrate ability to cultivate a caring, supportive, and safe school community that promotes the academic success and the social, behavioral, and emotional wellbeing of each student as well as the personal and professional health, wellbeing, and worklife balance of staff.
Open to systems approach to the identification of operational/educational issues and problem solving
Ability to contribute effectively to the development of Thrive Charter's plans, policies, and practices.
Demonstrate strong supervisory, team building, time management, analytical, and problem solving skills.
Demonstrate ability to manage the school, its facilities, and financial and human resources to provide an effective and safe learning environment for students and staff.
Demonstrate ability and working knowledge in all aspects of managing the financial requirements for running a school. Including but not limited to receipt and disbursements of funds, bank reconciliations, expenditure rules, controls, and the importanc