Riverside Unified School District
3380 Fourteenth Street
Riverside, CA 92501
(951) 788-7135
Date Posted: April 16, 2015
Deadline Date: May 7, 2015 4:30pm
CERTIFICATED MANAGEMENT VACANCY
Martin Luther King High School
Principal
SALARY: $119,246 - $139,500 (221 work days a year)
Riverside Unified School District is the 15th largest school district in California, enrolls approximately
44,000 K-12 students in 47 schools. Riverside is proud of its public schools- among them are 34
California Distinguished Schools, 4 National Blue Ribbon Schools, and 6 Federal Title I High
Achieving Schools, as well as innumerable state and national academic titles and athletic
championships. RUSD has the largest AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program in
the world and is recognized as a model nationwide. RUSD is also a leader in instructional technology
and launched the innovative Riverside Virtual School.
RUSD is seeking an experienced administrator with high school experience to improve the instruction
program, oversee personnel activities and functions, work with the community, manage the school
and oversee the overall operations and activities of the District. Selected individual must possess
strong leadership skills in the areas of curriculum and instruction, personnel and community
involvement. It is desired that the successful candidate have experience with Professional Learning
Community collaboration.
QUALIFICATIONS – KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
• Perform a variety of duties to improve the instruction program including implementing
the District adopted curriculum, maintaining open channels of communication, working
cooperatively with District administrators, and analyzing and utilizing facilities, time,
and appropriate skillful personnel.
• Ability to understand and utilize auxiliary services such as guidance, health, psychology
and speech therapy to further improve the instruction program.
• Knowledge of the regular evaluation of school programs.
• Knowledge of how to develop, implement and evaluate school reform initiatives.
• Knowledge of how to develop and implement district and/or state-funded career
partnership academies and other school-to-career programs.
• Knowledge of how to establish and coordinate partnerships and grants that support
efforts to integrate vocational and academic programs.
• Ability to understand and analyze student achievement data for the purpose of
instructional program improvement.
• Develop and implement and evaluate instructional programs to meet the diverse needs
of students and which result in increased student achievement.
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Coordinate the selection and evaluation of personnel; establish procedures for the
implementation of new personnel policies and interpret policies to staff members; assist
the staff in understanding individual rights and responsibilities.
Serve as liaison and represent the interests of assigned staff to the Superintendent, the
Board, and the community.
Work with parents and citizens in educational planning according to established
policies; work with staff in initiating and scheduling parent visitations to schools and
parent-teacher conferences.
Maintain current knowledge of the structure of the community.
Work with staff in establishing effective communications within the community and
encourage participation in community activities.
Coordinate activities with the staff regarding the organization of the school in
compliance with State and District policies, the development of the school’s budget, and
the development of flexible schedules for instructional organization and routine
operations of the school; work with certificated and classified staff for an effective school
plant operation.
Provide leadership in developing and implementing District policies, goals and
objectives.
Work with parents, staff and students in developing procedures to alleviate potential
local and District problem areas.
Work with District and school staff to develop the use of technology for instruction,
research, data management and information retrieval.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
• Possession of an Administrative Services Credential.
• Possession of a valid California Teaching Credential.
• Master’s Degree.
• Five years of successful site administrative experience.
• Knowledge of effective programs in the areas of CTE, College Career Readiness, A-G,
and Activities.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
For this Recruitment, RUSD will be accepting on-line applications ONLY for all applicants. No
paper applications will be accepted. For RUSD Employment opportunities, please go to the
Edjoin Web site to view job description and apply on-line.
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CANDIDATES:
Please make sure all documents are submitted via EdJoin
• Application via EdJoin
• A letter of interest
• A resumé
• Three current letters of reference
• A copy of all valid credentials
Selected applicants will be notified to appear for a personal interview
Riverside Unified School District • 3380 14th Street • Riverside, CA 92501• (951) 788-7135