Elementary Principal

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:

• Provides effective leadership in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating the instructional program.
• Interprets and enforces federal and state laws and state and local board policies.
• Assists in the recruiting, screening, selecting, and assigning of the school's certified and classified staff.
• Assists in securing, maintaining, and managing material resources.
• Prepares and administrators the school budget and supervises school finances.
• Assumes responsibility for scheduling.
• Ensures students receive appropriate placement and services.
• Plans and accomplishes personal professional growth and demonstrates professional ethics.
• Demonstrates proficiency in written and oral communication.
• Provides professional opportunities for staff.
• Communicates and clarifies the school's mission to students, staff, and community.
• Provides a safe, orderly environment that facilitates teaching and learning.
• Provides a climate of high expectations for staff and students.
• Supervises, observes, and evaluates teachers and staff.
• 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:

• Sit for extended periods of time.
• Enter data into a computer terminal/typewriter, operate standard office equipment, and use a telephone.
• See and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aides.
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone.
• Speak so that others may understand at normal levels and on the telephone.
• 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.