Cheviot Hills Continuation High School - Principal, Continuation
Published Date: Jul 28, 2025
Location: US
Company: Los Angeles Unified School District
INFORMATION ON SCHOOL SITE(S):
CHEVIOT HILLS
CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL
Principal, Continuation
Cheviot Hills School provides students in the Los Angeles area with an alternative pathway towards a high school diploma.
Cheviot Hills School, home of the Jaguars, serves between 50-90 students on a yearly basis in a small setting that fosters academic excellence, credit recovery, and character development. The student body is 11% Latinx, 32% Black and 11% White. The school has a Title 1 designation with 90.09% economically disadvantaged, 11% English Learners and 13% Students with Disabilities. Cheviot Hills School’s staff work collaboratively to ensure that all their students graduate and are ready for a productive life beyond high school. Students make connections with adults for academic and social-emotional support in a small learning environment where the curriculum is individualized. The school is located at 9200 Cattaraugus Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:
The ideal candidate will have familiarity with personalized pathways to graduation and alternative settings, the ability to think structurally about and operationalize the systems of infrastructure, resources, staff, and partnerships needed for students’ success and continuous improvement to ensure that students complete requirements for a high school diploma and are college and career ready; will have experience using disaggregated data to increase the academic achievement of all students; will utilize the Teaching and Learning Framework to provide teachers with actionable feedback to improve teacher effectiveness, and student academic outcomes; will have knowledge of State, Federal, Title I and LAUSD policies, and all applicable procedures and regulations; will have experience with implementing the District's Discipline Foundation Plan and with School Wide Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports; will have experience in implementing systems to improve student safety as well as the culture and climate of the school; will have experience with planning and delivering professional development.
SALARY:
Salary: MST 40G - E Basis ($123,618 - $153,961) – 234 paid days
- For employees who change basis during the school year, this basis change may prevent them from earning a full year of service credit.
- For an annualized employee who is changing basis during the year, this change may result in an annualized “settlement” (i.e., the process by which the District resolves an under or overpayment).
- Selected individual may be subject to displacement due to norm allocation and seniority based RIF provisions or due to budget limitations.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE (PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING):
- Five years of successful full-time public school certificated service
- Three years of experience as a teacher in a K-12 public school program
- Two years of experience at a middle or senior high school grades 7 through 12
Desirable Qualification:
- One year in a non-classroom leadership position (i.e., Temporary Adviser, Categorical Adviser (0704), Out of Classroom Assignment (0706), or Instructional Coach).
- Teaching and/or counseling experience in a continuation, alternative, or opportunity school.
Employees who have been issued a below-standard Performance Evaluation, or Notice of Unsatisfactory Act(s) and/or Suspension, shall be ineligible for application to any promotion process for one calendar year following the issuance of such a Notice.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:
(All minimum requirements must be met on or before the filing deadline. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that documentation of minimum requirements is on file with the Human Resources Administrative Selection Unit. For information on submitting your documentation, please contact (213) 241-6886.)
- A valid California teaching credential requiring a Bachelor's degree and a program of professional preparation, including student teaching
- A valid California Administrative Services Credential • Multicultural coursework*
- Master’s degree from a regionally-accredited college or university • District Master Plan requirements*
*Candidates have one year to complete this requirement
For all school based administrative positions, candidates must be in the appropriate LAUSD eligible pool for the position or currently serving in the class for which they are applying. In order to be placed in the eligible pool, candidates must successfully complete the appropriate LAUSD Aspiring Administrator Program. Qualified applicants not in an eligible pool from within or outside LAUSD may be considered if fewer than five applicants from the eligible pool apply for the position.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
To be considered, you must submit the following:
- Letter of Intent that describes successful experience in the following areas:
- Monitoring instruction and providing actionable feedback
- Planning and providing professional development to increase instructional outcomes
- Using data to drive change in teaching and learning
- Experience with development of the Master Schedule and Special Education programs
- Current resume (include employee number, if a District employee)
- Upload as a separate attachment list of four (4) references with valid contact information including your current supervisor, classified staff member, parent/community member, and teacher.
FOR INFORMATION ONLY, PLEASE CONTACT:
Florida Herrera, Regional Director
Region VAEOS/ West
(213) 241-2231
DEADLINE: AUGUST 11, 2025
The Los Angeles Unified School District intends that all qualified persons shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotions