Elementary Principal

Job Summary

PRINCIPAL JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Principal

SUPERVISES: Faculty, staff, and students at assigned schools.

JOB GOAL: To serve as the instructional and administrative leader of the school, to work with staff, students and community to ensure a high-quality educational program, and to formulate and accomplish the school mission. To provide leadership in an environment of high expectation for staff and students.


QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's Degree or higher;
• Minimum of 3 years successful teaching experience;
• Minimum of 3 years successful leadership/administrative experience preferred;
• Must have Administrative/Instructional Leader/Supervision endorsement;
• Must be an ALSDE certified teacher/administrator evaluator;
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board might find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO: School Principal/Director


SALARY: To be determined commensurate with local salary matrix, credentials, and experience.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Essential functions may include, but are not limited to:

1. Provides effective leadership in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating the instructional program.
2. Interprets and enforces federal and state laws and state and local board policies.
3. Assists in the recruiting, screening, selecting, and assigning of the school's certified and classified staff.
4. Assists in securing, maintaining, and managing material resources.
5. Prepares and administrators the school budget and supervises school finances.
6. Assumes responsibility for scheduling.
7. Ensures students receive appropriate placement and services.
8. Plans and accomplishes personal professional growth and demonstrates professional ethics.
9. Demonstrates proficiency in written and oral communication.
10. Provides professional opportunities for staff.
11. Communicates and clarifies the school's mission to students, staff, and community.
12. Provides a safe, orderly environment that facilitates teaching and learning.
13. Provides a climate of high expectations for staff and students.
14. Supervises, observes, and evaluates teachers and staff.
15. Perform such other duties and assume such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the supervisor and/or Superintendent.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Employees in this position must have the ability to:

1. Sit for extended periods of time.
2. Enter data into a computer terminal/typewriter, operate standard office equipment, and use a telephone.
3. See and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aides.
4. Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone.
5. Speak so that others may understand at normal levels and on the telephone.
6. Stand, walk and bend over, reach overhead, grasp, push, pull and move, lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds at waist height.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Employees in this position will be required to work indoors in a standard office environment and come in direct contact with PCBOE central staff, district staff, and the public.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Length of contract and salary will be established by the Board.

EVALUATION:

Performance of the job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Classified Professional Personnel.