Our Division & Communities Foothills School Division (FSD) serves the learning needs of approximately 8000 students from preschool to grade 12. We operate 22 public schools, an online digital school, an alternative campus, and three colony schools. These are located in the towns of Okotoks, High River, and Diamond Valley, and the communities of Blackie, Cayley, Heritage Heights, Red Deer Lake, Longview, Millarville and Foothills County. F SD is located on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy and the first peoples of southern Alberta including the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Tsuutina, and Stoney Nakoda First Nations. This land is also the proud home to the Mtis Nation of Alberta Region 3. FSD stretches from the city of Calgary's southern border and east of Kananaskis Country in Foothills County. The Opportunity We are inviting applications from innovative and visionary educational leaders for the Principal at Cayley School, as well as Cayley Colony, McMillan Colony and High River Colony Schools to commence December 2024. Join us on our journey to ensuring that education is at the center of a flourishing community within the division and the broader community. Cayley School is located in the town of Cayley, this is a community-focused K-8 school and serves a student population of 100 students with a teaching staff of 6 and instructional support staff of 7. Cayley and MacMillan Colony Schools are located West of the town of Cayley. High River Colony School is South of the town of Blackie. These schools are multi-aged and each has its own culture. The student populations numbers are 27, 23, 8 respectively.In accordance with AP 430 System Leader and School Leader Staffingthe following school leader profile reflects the leadership competencies, attributes, skills and knowledge required for the role of principal. The Cayley/Colony Principal will: be a confident and positive person who is:a learner who recognizes the strengths that exist within the Cayley and Colony learning communities and is able to engage and partner with community members to support studentsmotivating, energetic, visible, and approachable in fostering positive relationships with members of the school and local community a trusting, respectful and supportive relationship builder who acts with fairness, respect and integrity an active listener able to understand and consider multiple perspectives from all stakeholders and willing to make and stand behind difficult decisions able to demonstrate a commitment to respond to staff, parents and students in a timely manner and follow through with what is committedbe actively engaged and visible within Cayley school and the three Colony communitiesa visionary leader who collaborates with the school community to create and implement a shared vision for student engagement, support and successable to implement a shared vision and check in regularly with all stakeholders to remove barriers and encourage adoption of goalsa positive role model dedicated to excellence through attainable expectations of self and othersinnovative, reflective and engaged career-long learner focused on continuous improvement supporting areas for growthan organized and strategic planner who effectively directs school operations to support optimal student learning and the wellbeing of all school community membersable to recognize that all staff regardless of their role are to be equally valued and supportedbe an experienced administrator able to provide evidence of:effective instructional leadership and staff development through collaborative structures that results in sustained quality teaching and learning successfully supporting a K - 12 learning environment where both academic success and social emotional learning (SEL) are highly valuedestablishing safe, caring and inclusive environments where diversity is respected and all members of the school community are welcomedable to respectfully and calmly preserve the learning environment, and promote the value of dedicated learning time for studentsstrong literacy and numeracy instructional leadershipsupporting a comprehensive repertoire of effective planning, instruction, and assessment practices to meet the learning needs of every studentestablishing home/school communication plans that effectively report progress of student learning and achievement to parentscultivating opportunities for members of the school community to develop leadership capacity and to support others in fulfilling their educational rolesaccessing, sharing and using a range of data to support informed decision makingbe able to sustain shared commitment to:the vision of Engagement, Support and Success for each learnermodeling and supporting the wellbeing of all school community members including students, families and work-life balance for stafffoster the potential in students, and encourage extra-curricular opportunities and initiatives for studentschampion a smooth transition for grades 7 and 8 students to Highwood High Schoolbe acknowledging and accepting of the existing structures and relationships between Colony communities and staff, and working collaboratively to support the communitytrusting the experience that exists within Colony schools which they have acquired over many yearsexpress interest in coaching of sports and other extra-curricular activities, and also encourages skill-building and participation of educatorsembrace and understand a rural community and its culturesupport the Foothills School Divisions vision, mission and goals advocates for the school within the framework of Divisional teamworkQualifications:To prepare for this role, you will have: Mastersdegree, complete or near completion, in educational leadership or a related field Alberta Leadership Quality Standard (LQS) certification or commitment to complete A proven record of successful educational leadership experiences Application packages should include a cover letter, a resume that summarizes related experiences, a statement of educational philosophy, and up to five confidential reference contacts. Please apply through our Foothills School Division careers web page. This posting will close on November 28, 2024 at 12:00pm. We appreciate and consider all applications, however, only those applicants selected for further consideration will be contacted.