Who We are and What We Expect:

DC International School is an innovative middle/high school created by five elementary language immersion public charter schools in DC to create a pathway through secondary school for their students and families. DCI will enable students to continue their language immersion in French, Spanish, and Mandarin while participating in inquiry-based education through the International Baccalaureate Middle and Diploma Years Programmes. We will have grades 6 through 9 (MYP 1, 2, 3 and 4) for the 2016-2017 school year. We will grow into a 6-12 middle and high school.

As a new school, we expect faculty and staff to embrace the rigor and commitment necessary to build, maintain, and expand a shared culture and vision. Your educational values should include a commitment to social justice, environmental stewardship, diversity, internationalism, and interdisciplinary education as reflected in the International Baccalaureate curriculum framework. We expect that all of our students can achieve academically at the very highest levels. Our mission statement reflects our core values: DC International School fosters inquiring, engaged, knowledgeable and caring secondary students who are multi-lingual, culturally competent, and committed to proactively creating a socially just and sustainable world.

Faculty and Staff Development/Benefits:

DCI is committed to the principles of servant leadership and to providing faculty and staff with the resources and training they need to provide an excellent education experience for every student and family.

We will have a benefits package that includes health and disability insurance and paid leave.
We offer teachers daily planning time, professional development, and reasonable class sizes.
Teachers and staff have the appropriate technology and support to do their work.

Please reference the position title in your cover letter.

Principal Position Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled education leader to join our leadership team at DC International School. As we expand into High School, we seek a MS or HS principal who is passionate about urban education, the International Baccalaureate MYP and DP Programmes, environmental stewardship, social justice, language immersion education, and most important, middle and high school students.

DCI will serve approximately 200 students in grades 6 and 7 in its opening year, growing to approximately 1200 students in grades 6-12. Our first class of seniors will graduate in 2020.

DCI is the creation of a consortium of five language-immersion public charter schools in the District of Columbia in order to provide a continued language immersion pathway for our students through middle and high school. The IB MYP and DP Programmes are being implemented to continue our collective inquiry-based approaches to learning, our focus on internationalism and language, social justice, and environmental stewardship. We seek a principal who embraces these values and who is excited about the potential inherent in a new school.

DC International School is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural and multilingual environment. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can contribute, through their teaching, work history, and/or language experience, to building our secondary International Baccalaureate learning community.

Our principal will have the knowledge, skills, and attributes to demonstrate the following:

Instructional Accountability

Inspire and enable teachers to achieve maximum student learning.
Articulate a clear instructional vision with a school-wide focus on teaching and learning that is evidence-based, data-driven, standards-aligned and rooted in a belief that all students can achieve at high levels.
Lead an IB MYP and DP school to World School accreditation based on the most recent understanding about learning, including processes which address developing, implementing and monitoring curriculum and learner progress.
Be a ‘leader of learning’ who fosters a vision and practical culture of maximum learning and development of potential for the full range of diverse learners.
Develop and maintaining a purposeful school culture that supports a rich, safe and effective learning environment
Demonstrate knowledge of how to use instruction to reach student achievement goals.
Identify and implement effective, evidence-based instructional practices and provide feedback, coaching and professional development to teachers to improve the quality of instruction throughout the school.
Oversee a continuous evaluation program for faculty
Ensure that our 1:1 technology culture is implemented effectively for students

Community and Culture

In collaboration with the Leadership Team, develop, articulate and implement a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community.
Possess the ability to inspire and motivate students/adults towards the vision.
Provide a productive and accountable environment for learning.
Strengthen and connect teaching and learning by promoting professional growth focused on improved student achievement.
Develop and mobilize resources for active parent-community involvement to improve student learning.

Professional Accountability

Lead and interact in ways which demonstrate a knowledge of and sensitivity to the culture of a diverse IB school.
Model the skills and attitudes of a global citizen.
Be an advocate every day for every learner and assumes accountability for student learning.
Focus on evidence-based growth and results to drive the school towards annual and long-term goals.
Engage school community members effectively to ensure all stakeholders are included in school improvement efforts.
Listen to and communicate with all the school’s stakeholders; building successful interpersonal relationships with leadership, faculty, staff members, family and community members and students.
Collaborate with leadership on the change processes necessary to move the school and students forward.
Demonstrate an effective approach to team-building, including clarity of purpose, shared responsibility.
Value, solicit and integrate different perspectives effectively.
Articulate short- and long-term goals to address school-wide issues/plans.
Identify challenges, organize people and resources appropriately to make decisions and action plans.
Utilize multiple sources of data to inform decision-making.
Demonstrate self-awareness, ability to articulate own strengths and growth areas.
Model continuous learning and openness to feedback and improving own performance.

Qualifications:

Candidates should demonstrate the following professional qualifications:

A Master’s or other advanced degree in Education Leadership or related field
Experience in urban education/diverse environments
At least 3 years teaching experience, preferably at the secondary level
Experience/training in the International Baccalaureate curriculum framework
Experience in language immersion environment: Bilingualism strongly preferred
Experience leading and managing teachers
Knowledge of best practices for students who receive special education or ELL
Understanding of the public charter school landscape in DC
Strong collaboration and communication skills, both orally and in writing

How to apply

DC International School is hiring a full time Principal for SY 16-17. Please submit your cover letter and resume to resume@dcinternationalschool.org, referencing this position. You will need to pass a background check. No phone calls please.