Norberry Board Office

**Divisional Principal (Term)**
**BULLETIN NUMBER: 042/A/25 DATE POSTED: April 17, 2025**
**SCHOOL: LOUIS RIEL SCHOOL DIVISION BOARD OFFICE**

**COMMENCING**: Duties will commence on August 01, 2025 until June 30, 2026, or one day prior to the return of the incumbent, whichever occurs first.
**DIVISION PROFILE**:
The Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) is the third largest school division in Manitoba with more than 17,500 students across 41
schools and a staff of more than 4,300, including Teachers, Educational Assistants, Support, Casual, and Substitute employees.

**EXPECTATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Reporting to a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Divisional Principal will provide support to schools and classrooms. The
role’s primary focus is advancing the 26 Strategic Actions in the 2023-2027 Multi Year Strategic Plan. At the heart of this MYSP are
diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility with a focus on Indigenous education, anti-racism/anti-oppressive education, trauma
responsive, reconciliation, and restorative practices. In collaboration with colleagues on the School and Classroom Support Team,
the Divisional Principals will supervise teams to develop, implement, and monitor projects and initiatives.

The role encompasses instructional, managerial, and leadership functions related to the following activities:

- collaborating with the Senior Leadership Team to improve outcomes for marginalized K-12 learners through the

implementation of systemic evidence-informed collaborative inquiry cycles and job-embedded professional learning,
- supervising members of the School and Classroom Support Team,
- collaborating with school principals/vice-principals in guiding school planning processes to support the development,
- implementation, evaluation and improvement of programs and instruction to meet student needs,
- supporting the co-creation of initiatives to address issues of systemic racism in a proactive, capacity building, and systematic
- way,
- supporting the development and implementation of on-going equity-based curriculum and policy review processes to further
- the inclusion of Indigenous perspectives, anti-racist education and decolonization, and
- performing other duties as assigned.

**Expectations**:

- Support the strategic actions of the Louis Riel School Division’s Multi Year Strategic Plan.
- Modeling of professional integrity, adaptability, creativity, and enthusiasm for students and learning.
- Responsibility for articulating and promoting positive expectations for student learning and social development.
- Knowledge of Manitoba Education curricula and program implementation, including Special Education programs, and evidence
- based practices.
- Commitment to, and expertise in:

- providing equity seeking, data literate, and impactful educational leadership in a learning community
- responding to diverse student needs and the challenges schools embrace in preparing citizens for a democratic and

sustainable world
- supervising teaching and non-teaching staff
- performing all management functions associated to the principalship
- promoting the Division’s positive profile in the community
- collaborating effectively with the divisional administration team
- leading staff and community learning in anti-racist, anti-oppressive education
- Including Indigenous perspectives into teaching and learning

**REQUIRED AND PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Level I and II School Administrator’s Certificate preferred.
- Master’s degree in education preferred.
- Minimum of five years of successful school administrative experience preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in providing professional development for teacher/student/program evaluation and supervision, and
- curriculum implementation.
- Demonstrated ability to develop the enthusiasm, capacity, initiative and leadership skills of a school team.
- Effective interpersonal, team building, problem-solving, organizational and change management skills.
- Effective and technically exemplary communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and effectively with parents and the community.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise appropriate dimensions of authority and perform school management functions.**
- Excellent verbal and written skills in both official languages (English and French) is an asset.
**CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT**:

- Permanent Manitoba Teaching Certificate.
- Satisfactory Criminal Record Check, including Vulnerable Sector Search.
- Clear report from the Child Abuse Registry.
- _Respect In School_ or _Commit To Kids_ certification.
- Review and comply with divisional policies and guidelines.

**APPLICATION PROCEDURE**:
equity-seeking groups with diverse abilities, backgrounds, cultures, identities.
- Include in your current resume and cover letter:

- your strengths related to each of the required and desired qualifications.
- Educational qualifications and experience related to the specific position.
- A summary o