Job Abstract

In Glendale Unified schools, we focus on maximizing student achievement, fostering students’ social and emotional growth, and creating a vibrant, inclusive environment where all children can learn and thrive. Glendale Unified is the third largest school district in Los Angeles County. We proudly serve more than 24,000 students in preschool through 12th grade and beyond. We proudly offer dual immersion programs in seven languages; Armenian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. Glendale Unified also offers six magnet schools focused on technology, world languages, and visual and performing arts, and a wide variety of Career and Technical Education pathways beginning in middle school. Through a collaborative partnership with Glendale Community College, Glendale Unified offers students multiple opportunities to earn college credit before they graduate from high school, including our Hoover Early College Academy and Glendale High Cloud Computing and Computer Science Academy. This year, our District launched an innovative new virtual high school, the Online College and Career Academy. We are excelling together to provide our students with endless pathways for success! Several of our schools are recipients of prestigious awards such as: National Blue Ribbon Schools California Distinguished Schools California Gold Ribbon Schools Title I Academic Achieving Schools Student Demographics: Glendale Unified is a diverse school district that welcomes students and families from all over the world. Our students come from a wide range of ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds and speak 48 different languages.

The Principal, Franklin Elementary School, is directly responsible for instructional leadership, academic program success, and the administration, management, and operation of the school. Must have knowledge of the elementary school curriculum. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills. Experience working with an ethnically diverse population of families. Applicants must be committed to leading a collaborative school-based management setting. Franklin Elementary School is a dual language immersion school, supporting instruction in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The principal should have experience in dual-language immersion instruction. Proficiency in a second-language, especially the school’s target languages is desired.