Employment Post

EXPERIENCE SUGGESTED:
The person holding this position should have had administrative experience, preferably as a Principal or Assistant Principal in a secondary school.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
As the Chief Administrative Officer of a secondary school, the Principal is responsible for every phase of the school’s program and personnel: the educational program, professional staff, classified staff, student body, plant maintenance, and community relations.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
The specific responsibilities of the Principal are subdivided into the following areas.

Instructional Program:
*Provides leadership in the improvement, development and evaluation of the instructional program.
*Provides leadership in the development of a climate for educational change, the implementation of new programs and the assessment of innovations.
*Supervises the instructional program and its development.
*Supervises the construction of the master instructional schedule and the assignment of professional staff within the schedule.
*Supervises the development of special instructional schedules, examination schedules and special program schedules.
*Responsible for the content of all curriculums in the building.
*Evaluates all educational programs in the building.
*Develops systems or models to collect achievement and social skills data for the building.
*Coordinates the school wide school improvement planning and implementation process for the building.
*Plans and implements graduation and honors night.
*Coordinates and directs the high ability learner program.

Professional Staff:
*Recommends selection, in cooperation with the Executive Director of Personnel, of new staff members.
*Assigns specific duties to all professional staff members.
*Provides leadership for the professional growth of the staff by developing and implementing inservice programs.
*Administers the system of instructional evaluation as established by district policy, through individual and group conferences with teachers and classroom observation.
*Develops an effective system of communication through faculty meetings, team meetings, departmental meetings, individual contacts and staff bulletins.
*Provides for the maintenance of appropriate records on professional personnel.
*Develops the building policy handbook, informs teachers of board policies and administrative regulations and interprets both to the professional staff.
*Assists in evaluating core and elective instructional staff.
*Evaluates assistant principals and deans.
*Recommends termination or discipline for employees whose work is unsatisfactory.

Student Personnel:
*Supervises enrollment, registration, and attendance procedures.
*Provides for the maintenance, confidentiality, and protection of student records.
*Ensures the provision of adequate guidance and counseling services.
*Ensures the provision of adequate health services.
*Supervises the disciplinary process.
*Supervises the assignment of academic credit.
*Supervises and develops revisions annually of the student handbook and reviews student publications.
*Provides for the administration of an adequate student activity program and supervises the administration of student accounts.
*Conducts building level discipline hearings as appropriate.
*Develops the supervisory plan for the building to ensure the safety of students and staff.
*Assigns deans to building zones for daily monitoring and readjustment of the supervisory plan.
*Supervises the maintenance of attendance records.
*Implements the district policies, regulations and procedures for school attendance.
*Develops building policies and procedures related to student discipline and control.

Student Relations:
*Provides sufficient time and adequate privacy for parent/teacher or parent/principal conferences.
*Administers a community relations program in order to ensure a cooperative atmosphere between the school and the home.
*Reviews news releases and bulletins which are distributed to the community or to specific parent or civic groups.
*Ensure transition programs are in place for students entering the work force and higher education.

Building and Grounds, Materials and Supplies, School Budget:
*Provides for the administration of a system for the proper inspection, maintenance, and repair of the buildings and grounds.
*Provides for the administration of a system of approval and responsibility for use of the building by non-school personnel.
*Supervises the administration of a system of inventory, requisition, and distribution of materials and supplies.
*Administers the development of and approves the submission of the annual budget to the appropriate Central Office personnel.
*Oversees the development of the instructional budget and the budgets for the elective departments.

General Administration:
*Performs other duties as assigned by the Superintendent of Schools.
*Informs the Superintendent of Schools of the school’s normal and unusual activities and problems.
*Prepares or supervises the preparation of all required building records and reports.
*Works cooperatively with various members of the district staff on school problems of more than school import such as transportation and special services.
*Responsible for the implementation of all board policies, regulations and procedures by the school’s staff and students.
*Attends student activities and events.
*Assumes responsibility for his/her own professional growth and development.
*Develops and implements, when needed, emergency procedures for civil disobedience, tornadoes, etc.
*Establishes and maintains relationships with local community groups and individuals to foster understanding and solicit support for school objectives and programs, to interpret board policies, regulations and procedures and to discuss and resolve individual student problems.
*Administers the development of the annual school calendar.
*Supervises the completion and submission of reports required by the office of the Superintendent, the State Department of Education and the Accrediting Agencies.
*Prepares and presents, when requested, reports for the Office of the Superintendent and the Board of Education.
*Attends Principal’s meetings and Administrative Council meetings with the Superintendent of Schools and staff.
*Cooperates with the Superintendent’s staff and other building administrators in the development, articulation, and coordination of curriculum, district wide policy development and all aspects of the job description.
*Fulfills those duties assigned to him by the Superintendent and/or his delegate.