Middle School Principal

Middle School Principal

Provides visionary educational leadership at the middle school level to all school employees and facilitates an educational setting that promotes a positive learning experience for middle school students. Responsible for all policies and procedures related to student attendance and discipline. Supervision and evaluation of certified and classified employees. Coordinate with other Building Principals, Assistant Principals, and Middle School Administrative Principal regarding the inter-relationship of the neighborhood.

Essential Functions:

• Analyzes data to improve school operations.
• Helps develop and implement the district's continuous improvement plan.
• Provides staff leadership.
• Engenders staff enthusiasm and teamwork.
• Promotes a safe, efficient, and effective work/learning environment.
• Advances the change process.
• Implements strategies and time-frames to accomplish organizational objectives.
• Helps resolve problems.
• Monitors community demographics, resources, and emerging trends.
• Cultivates relationships that promote a strong commitment of public support for the district and enhance student learning.
• Facilitates staff selection and orientation processes.
• Expresses high expectations and provides support to improve staff performance (e.g., observations, consultations, meetings, etc.).
• Administers the instructional program.
• Promotes academic excellence in a nurturing environment.
• Facilitates the development of curriculum guides and courses of study.
• Manages the planning process to select instructional materials and equipment.
• Monitors education laws, rules, and regulations.
• Keeps current with state academic content standards, benchmarks, and indicators.
• Promotes the continuity of the instructional program.
• Oversees the development of a master schedule.
• Ensures the equitable distribution of workloads.
• Ensures that classrooms are covered during teacher absences.
• Administers the development of program schedules (e.g., courses, auxiliary services, student activities, etc.)
• Oversees student testing programs.
• Analyzes test results.
• Provides leadership for instructional modifications and interventions that enhance student learning and improve test performance.
• Helps staff resolve problems that impede student participation in appropriate learning activities.
• Ensures that students are appropriately supervised (e.g., arrivals/departures, parking lots, lunch periods, changing classes, extracurricular programs, etc.).
• Supervises collection, verification, and recording of program information as directed.
• Upholds the student conduct code.
• Maintains high expectations for behavior and performance.
• Helps with pupil management issues.
• Prepares conduct reports and discipline recommendations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid state department of education license/certificate appropriate for the position.
• Ability to establish working relationships with co-workers and function as part of a cohesive team.
• Commitment to keep current with workplace innovations that enhance personal productivity.
• Successful teaching experience.
• Effective organizational planning and project management skills.
• Ability to identify, evaluate, and implement program options, auxiliary services, and curricular materials that support the diverse learning needs of students.
• Uses diplomacy and exercises self-control when dealing with other individuals.

Hiring Manager: Sean Patton, Chief of HR and Operations Rachael Coleman, Chief of Schools HR Staff: Tikalah Dixon, Confidential Administrative Assistant-HR