Principal

Position title: High School Principal
Location High School
Reports to: CEO
Employment category: Full-time/12-Month/Salaried
FLSA status: Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY
The High School Principal serves as the instructional and operational leader for grades 9-12. Primary responsibilities are to provide a clear vision for learning for all students; ensure a safe, secure and orderly learning environment; and cultivate strong relationships with and acts in service to diverse stakeholders, including families and communities. Principals are expected to promote high-quality instructional practices, passionately enjoy working with children, and believe that all students can achieve. In addition, Principals participate in selection and assignment of staff while supporting differentiated professional growth and building the leadership capacity of staff. Principals are expected to collect, analyze and use multiple sources of data to guide continuous improvement in student achievement, manage school operations, and effectively evaluate and develop staff.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, articulate, steward, and operationalize a clear vision for learning for all students and implement a strategic plan to accomplish that vision
• Ensure that all school stakeholders are able to articulate a clear and shared vision for learning
• Promote high-quality instructional practices that consistently allow for excellent instruction school-wide
• Provide teachers with timely and constructive feedback on classroom instruction to develop teacher practice
• Develop systems and a school culture that promotes peer feedback, support, and collaboration
• Develop positive and collaborative relationships with families
• Manage the design of academic curricula (scopes and sequences, unit plans, lesson plans, and assessments) for all subjects and grades that meet and exceed Pennsylvania State Standards
• Accountable for the coordination and administration of State and non-mandated testing, including Keystone Assessments
• Observes, coaches, and evaluates teachers on a regular basis
• Runs ELA, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science data meetings, fostering teacher involvement, incorporating teacher feedback and data results, and ensuring high academic rigor
• Conducts and completes formal teacher observations
• Represents the school within the regional maritime community through regular attendance at industry events, conferences, and advisory meetings, strengthening partnerships that enhance curriculum relevance and student opportunities

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Current PA Administrative certification for High School Principal required
• Proven principal leadership experience in the upper grades
• Ability to implement and monitor practices and procedures that improve academic success for 9-12 grade students
• Collaborative work style, with ability to work in close communication with school administrative team

WORKING CONDITIONS
The working conditions of a Principal include:

• Very high levels of social interaction, with daily and consistent work with teachers and staff members.
• Communicating with people face-to-face on a daily basis, as well as communication through phone, e-mail, letters, and memos.
• Responsibility for the health and safety of the children in their school.
• Working as part of a team of educators.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The Principal is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, operate a computer, hand-held learning devices and other office equipment, reach with hands and arms, and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.