Duties
Position Title: Principal
Reports to: Superintendent
Supervises: All classroom teachers, specials teachers, support staff (all personnel serving in assigned school)
Position Purpose: In the context of a Professional Learning Community, the principal will provide excellence in education through leadership, supervision, and administrative skills to promote a high quality, comprehensive learning environment for the educational, social and emotional development of each student.
Work Calendar: Full-Time, 11 month
The Building Principal shall be responsible for the following duties and perform other duties that may be assigned by the Superintendent:
- More than 51% of principals’ time shall be devoted to instructional leadership
- Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate in the school
- Initiates, designs, and implements programs to meet specific needs of the school
- Keeps superintendent informed of the school’s activities and problems
- Makes recommendations to the superintendent concerning the school’s administration and instruction
- Assists in the management and preparation of the school budget
- Supervises the maintenance of all required building records and reports
- Interprets and enforces all district policies and administrative procedures
- Maintains active and positive relationships with students, parents and community
- Leads in the development, determination of appropriateness, and monitoring of the instructional program
- Schedules classes within established guidelines to meet student needs
- Assists in the development, revision, and evaluation of the curriculum
- Supervises support programs, which include reading programs and guidance programs, to enhance individual student education and development
- Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline, as necessary, according to due process rights of students and Board policies
- Establishes procedures and guides for proper student conduct and maintaining student discipline
- Facilitates events for student achievement in all areas and attends school sponsored activities, functions, and athletic events
- Assumes responsibility for student attendance, health and conduct
- Assumes responsibility for his/her professional growth and development through membership and participation in the affairs of professional organizations; attendance at regional, state, or national meetings; and enrollment in advanced coursework
- Keeps abreast of changes and developments in the profession by attending professional meetings, reading professional journals and other publications, and discussing problems of mutual interest with other practitioners
- Supervises all professional, paraprofessionals, administrative and support personnel attached to the school
- Assist in the recruiting, screening, hiring, training, assigning, and evaluating of the school’s professional staff
- Supervises the school’s teaching process and instructional strategies
- Orients newly assigned staff members and assists in their development
- Conducts meetings of the staff as necessary for the proper functioning of the school
- Recommends, according to established procedures, the removal of a teacher whose work is unsatisfactory
- Assumes responsibility for the safety and administration of the school building
- Supervises the daily use of the school facilities for both academic and nonacademic purposes
- Plans and supervises fire drills, building and bus evacuation drills, tornado drills, and emergency preparedness program
- Provides for adequate inventories of school property and for the security and accountability for that property
- Supervises all activities and programs that are outgrowths of the school’s curriculum
- Supervises and evaluates the school’s extracurricular program
- Participates in principals’ meetings, negotiations, meetings, and such other meetings as are required or appropriate
- Cooperates with college and university officials regarding teacher training and preparations
- Responds, in a timely manner, to written and oral request for information
- Assumes all responsibility for all official school correspondence and news releases
- Organizes and administers the public relations program for the school
- Serves as a member of such committees and attends such meetings as directed by the superintendent
- Delegates authority to responsible personnel to assume responsibility for the school in the absence of the principal
How to Apply
Apply Online: https://www.applitrack.com/channahon/onlineapp/default.aspx?all=1