Elementary Principal

Elementary Education Director

Reports to: Director for Elementary Education

Education and/or Experience:

• MDE Teacher Certification is required.
• MDE Administrator Certification is required.
• Master's degree in education or educational leadership or related field.
• Has completed 5 or more years of successful elementary classroom teaching experience.
• Has previous dynamic school leadership experience.
• Has previous school improvement leadership experience.
• Prior experience as an administrator of a school building preferred.

Primary Purpose: Provides instructional leadership to staff including curriculum planning, review and implementation of professional development. Responsible for day-to-day building administration and the safety and welfare of both students and staff, and activities. Ensures a safe, pleasant and effective educational atmosphere, creates and maintains a positive school culture and climate, and enforces school policy.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for the management and administrative daily operations of the school, ensuring fiscal compliance with district policies and regulations.
2. Responsible for supervision of personnel, which includes work allocation, training, and problem resolution; evaluates performance and makes recommendations for personnel actions; motivates employees to achieve peak productivity and performance.
3. Interacts and collaborates with students, parents, and the community to build a school environment that maximizes student learning, academic performance, and social growth.
4. Creates a stable, smooth-functioning educational organization by establishing and maintaining an environment of mutual trust and respect through supportive leadership.
5. Develops or assists with the development and implementation of policies and procedures consistent with those of the organization to ensure an efficient and safe operation of the school.
6. Participates in development, implementation and maintenance of policies, objectives, short- and long-range planning; develops and implements projects and programs to assist in accomplishment of established goals.
7. Other duties as assigned.