25-26 Principal

Buckeye Elementary School District Job Description

TITLE: Elementary School Principal

REPORTS TO: Superintendent or Designee

JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide instructional leadership, supervision and administrative skills to manage an assigned school in order to promote the educational development and wellbeing of each student.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Master Degree in Education, Educational Administration, or in a related field

Arizona Administrative (Principal) Certification

Three (3) to five (5) years of successful K-8 teaching experience in public schools

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities performed by the incumbents of this class.)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establish and promote high standards and expectations for all students and staff for academic performance and responsibility for behavior.
• Build common vision for school improvement with staff
• Establish the master schedule for instructional programs, ensuring sequential learning experiences for students that meet and exceed Arizona Learning Standards.
• Supervise the instructional programs of the school, evaluating lesson plans and observing classes on a regular basis to encourage the use of a variety of instructional strategies and materials consistent with research on learning and child growth and development.
• Oversee and/or facilitate Professional Learning Communities
• Ensure that the instructional programs engage the learner in tasks that require analytical and critical thinking, questioning the known, problem solving and creativity, that they address the range of skills and developmental needs found in the classroom, that they encourage the student to define individual goals and accept responsibility for learning, and that they provide a variety of methods for the student to demonstrate performance and achievement.
• Direct planning activities with staff to ensure attainment of school’s mission.
• Identify, analyze, and apply research findings (e.g., effective school correlates) to promote school improvement.
• Monitor instructional and managerial processes to ensure that program activities are related to program outcomes and use findings to take corrective actions.
• Implement and observe state laws, Board policies and regulations, and district curriculum and procedures.
• Participate in the recruitment, screening and selection of staff assigned to the school.
• Maintain fiscal responsibility for all funds allotted to or collected by the school.
• Responsible for orderly conduct and operation of the school, carrying on continual appraisal and evaluation of staff, programs and procedures.
• Responsible for classification, promotion and retention of students.
• Promote activities and programs designed to establish and maintain good staff morale and school climate, including regular staff meetings and written communications.
• Provide leadership for the school’s parent, student and school-connected community organizations that may include communication through regular newsletters or other printed information to parents as well as attendance at parent-teacher organization and other pertinent evening meetings and programs.
• Supervise and participate in special education and support programs assigned to the school building.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

EVALUATION: Administrative Evaluation

SUPERVISES: Assistant Principal, Assigned certified and classified staff, Administrative Assistant