Building Principal

Company:

Beanstalk Academy is a leading, full-service childcare, HeadStart, 3K, UPK, and early childhood education provider. We support and accommodate our families' needs by providing a safe and nurturing childcare experience. We are actively hiring Lead Preschool Teachers for Head Start, 3K, and UPK classrooms.

The Position:

The School Principal is the official point of contact and leadership for his/her center-based location and maintains responsibility for oversight of all operational components, with the overarching mission to successfully utilize all classrooms to maximize full enrollment.  As such, the School Principal provides and coordinates the necessary support, resources, supervision, and leadership to ensure the provision of nurturing care and education to young children in a group setting. 

Building Principal Responsibilities:

• Enrollment: Oversee all elements of student enrollment and daily recruitment efforts
• Administrative Leadership and Supervision: Facilitate a professional learning community that embraces ongoing professional development, thoughtful communication, and meaningful collaboration amongst staff 
• Building Maintenance: Ensure effective health and safety measures across all center-based operations
• Education and Disabilities: Supervise all efforts to implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and instruction that is inclusive of all child and family needs
• Family Engagement: Coordinate all efforts to engage families actively and inclusively in student learning and center-based events, trainings, and activities
• Health and Safety: Spearhead staff accountability for promoting and ensuring child health and safety across all aspects of center-based programming
   

Building Principal Requirements:

• NYS Teacher Certification (B-2, N-6, or 1-6); experience in school leadership position preferred
• Leadership skills, including the ability to delegate responsibilities as needed across the school
• Training skills, including ability to motivate and empower staff
• Strong hospitality skills, including ability to interact positively with anyone who enters the school
• Positive work ethic and morale, with transparency and straightforwardness in all interactions
• High tolerance for staff mistakes; patience to train and encourage staff
• Strong knowledge of Article 47 and all relevant quality program regulations
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build professional and collaborative relationships with colleagues and members of the community at large.
• Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal accountability
   

Building Principal Rewards:

• $85,000-$110,000 annual salary
• Health insurance
• Tuition discount for family members at any Beanstalk location