Middle School Principal

A complete application packet should include the following:

Current Resume
Cover Letter
Completed Application

PRINCIPAL - Middle School

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION-Residency in the Independence School District required.

4 day Instructional Week
 
INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT
JOB DESCRIPTION
PRINCIPAL
 
QUALIFICATIONS:     

• Appropriate certification.
• Masters Degree or higher.
• Administrative experience preferred.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

 
REPORTS TO:

• Assistant Superintendent/grade-level

 
JOB GOAL:

• To use leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills to promote the educational development of each student.

 
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate in the school.
• Initiates, designs, and implements programs to meet specific needs of the school.
• Keeps the assistant superintendent informed of the school's activities and problems.
• Makes recommendations concerning the school's administration and instruction.
• Prepares and administers the school budget and supervises school finances.
• Supervises the maintenance of all required building records and reports.
• Prepares or supervises the preparation of reports, records, lists, and all other paperwork required or appropriate to the school's administration.
• Works with various members of the central administrative staff on school problems of more than in-school import, such as transportation and special services.
• Keeps supervisor informed of events and activities of any unusual nature as well as routine matters related to the supervisor's accountability.
• Assumes responsibility for the implementation and observance of all Board policies and regulations by the school's staff and students.
• Maintains active relationships with students and parents.                                                            
• Budgets school time to provide for the efficient conduct of school instruction and business.
• Leads in the development, determination of appropriateness, and monitoring of the instructional program.
• Schedules classes within established guidelines to meet student needs.
• Assists in the development, revision, and evaluation of the curriculum.
• Supervises the guidance program to enhance individual student education and development.
• Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary, according to due process rights of students.
• Establishes guides for proper student conduct and maintaining student discipline.
• Attends special events held to recognize student achievement, and attends school-sponsored activities, functions, and athletic events.
• Maintains and controls the various local funds generated by student activities.
• Supervises the maintenance of accurate records on the progress and attendance of students.
• Assumes responsibility for the attendance, conduct, and maintenance of health of students.
• Assumes responsibility for his or her own professional growth and development through membership and participation in the affairs of professional organizations; attendance at regional, state, and national meetings; and enrollment in advanced courses.
• Keeps abreast of changes and developments in the profession by attending professional meetings, reading professional journals and other publications, and discussing problems of mutual interest with others in the field.
• Assists in the recruiting, screening, hiring, training, assigning, and evaluating of the school's professional staff.
• Supervises the school's teaching process.
• Approves the master teaching schedule and any special assignments.
• Supervises all professional, paraprofessional, administrative, and support personnel attached to the school.
• Orients newly assigned staff members and assists in their development, as appropriate.
• Evaluates and counsels all staff members regarding their individual and group performance.
• Conducts meetings of the staff as necessary for the proper functioning of the school.
• Assists in the in-service orientation and training of teachers, with special responsibility for staff administrative procedures and instructions.
• Recommends, according to established procedures, the removal of a teacher whose work is unsatisfactory.
• Makes arrangements for special conferences between parents and teachers.
• Assumes responsibility for the safety and administration of the school plant.
• Supervises the daily use of the school facilities for both academic and nonacademic purposes.
• Plans and supervises fire drills, tornado drills, and an emergency preparedness program.
• Asserts leadership in times of civil disobedience in school in accordance with established Board policy.
• Provides for adequate inventories of school property and for the security and accountability for that property.
• Supervises all activities and programs that are outgrowths of the school's curriculum.
• Supervises and evaluates the school's extracurricular program.
• Participates in principals' meetings, negotiations meetings, and such other meetings as are required or appropriate.
• Serves as an ex officio member of all committees and councils within the school.
• Responds to written and oral requests for information.
• Assumes responsibility for all official school correspondence and news releases.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with local community groups and individuals to foster understanding and solicit support for overall school objectives and programs; to interpret Board policies and administrative directives; and to discuss and resolve individual student problems.
• Serves as a member of such committees and attends such meetings as directed by the superintendent.
• Delegate authority to responsible personnel to assume responsibility for the school in the absence of the principal.

 
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• Eleven month year.
• Salary and work year to be established by the Board.

 
EVALUATION:

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