Tulsa Legacy Charter School is a premier PreK through 8th-grade charter school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We continue to grow and harness best practices to serve and empower our scholars each year. We are looking for a Primary Academy Principal (grades PK-4th) who embodies our values of commitment, rigor, excellence, achievement, teamwork, and empathy. The Principal is the leader of the school. Therefore, they drive exceptional scholar achievement, scholar culture, teacher development, and day-to-day school-level operations. We are a data-rich organization, so all practices are grounded in the data.

The Principal is ultimately accountable for all site-level results: academic, cultural, and operational. The ideal candidate has leadership experience in a high-performing school and has a big heart for scholars

Data Management & Instructional Leadership

• Lead the school team to achieve goals; align school goals to the TLCS model

• Manage all school programs in a manner that ensures efficiency, effectiveness and compliance; evaluate programs and make changes, as necessary, in line with the TLCS model

• Ensure timely, continuous and effective use of data for decision making and differentiated programming and instruction (Assessment Analysis Feedback, NWEA Analysis)

• Conduct weekly observations of teachers, read all assistant principals/instructional leaders observations and action steps, assist in coaching tier 2 or more veteran teachers by providing professional development and more in-depth growth/action steps

• Create grade level meetings agendas and facilitate weekly grade-level meetings

• Make recommendations to the ED for curriculum purchases and lead in staff training for all curriculum

• Coach and evaluate staff, create Improvement Plans and ensure follow-up and implementation

• Work in conjunction with DSSS when a referral for Special Education needs to take place

  
  

School Culture

• Provide the collaborative leadership necessary to implement the school’s mission; coordinate work and collaborate with the TLCS Culture Team . Conduct weekly check-ins with culture team, monitor behavioral data, ensure implementation of strategies/initiatives in response to data trends)

• Create a school culture with staff, parents and students focused on strong academic achievement, equity, respect, and high expectations for behavior (aligned with the TLCS model) that allows students to take risks and strive to reach goals, by responding to parent concerns within 24 hours, training teachers on home visits and conferences, monitoring and managing all school-to-home communication, and attending Family Nights

• Respond to survey data by reflecting on comments, questions, and concerns and creating policies, initiatives, or ideas to address teacher and parent concerns

• Host weekly Leadership Team Meetings to problem-solve and proactively create student and staff initiatives

• Create weekly staff email to ensure all staff remains connected and up-to-date

• Coordinate School-wide Town Hall Meetings & Ubuntu Fests in conjunction with the culture team

• Support school culture initiatives to further develop the school culture

• Work within budget to plan EOY Field Lessons for Scholars in PK-4th grade

• Plan and lead staff learning experiences through professional development and grade level meetings focusing on school-to-home communication, student engagement in and out of the classroom, and mentoring programs available to students, community engagement, and summer engagement/ staying connected

• Observe in classrooms and provide support with behavior management and classroom culture

• Provide coaching and professional development on classroom management, classroom culture alongside the Dean of Culture.

  
  

Community Engagement

• Recruit, recommend for hire, onboard, train, and evaluate staff, and complete any other personnel actions, in accordance with TLCS policies and procedures

• Establish, build and maintain community partnerships and relationships (arts partners, educational and child advocacy groups, business partners, media) to support the success of a diverse student population and the mission of the school, and to bring in volunteers and additional resources

• Work in conjunction with Director of Operations to solve any HR issues arise on campus

• Collaborate with the school leadership team to create and manage a safe and welcoming learning environment

• Plan Summer PD with the TLCS leadership team

  
  

Compensation: $75,000K - $90,000K (pending experience) + 403 B, + benefits

Office Hours: We aim to work a 50hr/work week.

• We are typically in-person for 8.5 hours a day, generally from 7:15 am - 5:00 pm CST local time.

Travel: Travel may be required.

• Must have Master's Degree

• Must believe in High Expectations, Equals Results (it is not the fish, it is the groundwater. Click Here for more understanding)

• Must believe in Team & Family

• Must believe in Today Is The Day We Make It Happen

• Must believe in Whatever It Takes

• Must believe in Everything with Integrity

• Must believe in Through College and Beyond

High Expectations Equals Results- If we expect great things from our students, staff, and community, great things will be achieved. When we make excuses or accept mediocrity we lower the bar for everyone.

Team and Family- We care about and value each member of our school community by supporting and investing in each other. We know that the true support of our teammates involves being simultaneously warm and demanding. We invest in our relationships, cheer for each other, and support those who are struggling. We all work hard together, every day.

Today is the Day We Make it Happen- We don’t wait for change. We make change happen each day with all that we do. This change pushes our scholars, staff, families, and community towards reaching their goals. We are consciously aware of how our actions today have a ripple effect on the actions and unintended consequences of the future.

Whatever It Takes- We feel tremendous urgency to go the extra mile to make a life-changing difference for our students. We are relentless and creative in finding solutions to problems, pushing ourselves to find better ways or make them. We believe that “whatever it takes” is a team sport, and that we achieve our excellent outcomes not through unsustainable individual sacrifices, but by developing systems, strategies, and teams that collectively work smarter to do what we need to do for our students, families, and communities.

Everything with Integrity- We say what we mean and do what we say. We never lose sight of our mission to get our scholars to and through college, and we use this mission as the ultimate test for all decisions. We believe "what" you achieve and "how" you do it both matter, and we work hard to make sure our actions speak as powerfully as our words.

Through College & Beyond- We work hard to prepare ourselves for success in school and out of school. We aim our efforts at college- not just getting there, but graduating and the new opportunities that will be available beyond.