Hibriten High School Principal

HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Summary
To serve as the chief school administrator in developing and implementing policies, programs, curriculum activities, and budgets in a manner that promotes the educational development of each student and the professional development of each staff member.

Required education, training, and experience
Master’s degree or higher with successful principal experience. Shall possess a valid North Carolina license in school administration.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Maintains the overall administration and leadership of the school.
• Ensures the planning, development, organization, coordination, and supervision of instructional programs and activities; interprets and implements the district approved curriculum program in light of individual school needs.
• Provides leadership to the professional staff in determining objectives and identifying school needs as the basis for developing long and short-range plans for the school.
• Supervise student enrollment, records, attendance, and health requirements.
• Develop and implement plans for emergency situations, in cooperation with staff and public safety agencies.
• Maintains a commitment to ongoing growth in self and others, supports and participates in district and site professional growth programs.
• Relates to students with mutual respect while carrying out a positive and effective discipline policy.
• Supervises the reporting and monitoring of student attendance, with follow-up student/parent contact where necessary.
• Has knowledge of local policies, state and federal laws relating to minors.
• Ensures that the school program is compatible with the legal, financial, and organizational structure of the school system.
• Establishes, implements, and evaluates procedures used to carry out the daily routine of the school.

• Supervises and appraises the performance of the school staff.
• Must maintain a valid North Carolina driver’s license.
• Performs other related duties as needed.

Physical environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, etc.

Must be able to exert up to 30 pounds of force occasionally; and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people, or things.
• Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc.
• Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, policies, etc. using prescribed formats.
• Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference, and statistical theory.
• Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Must be adaptable to perform under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Developments and establishes the school goals and objectives and the planning of the school instructional program.
• Provides direction to staff in implementing goals and objectives and interacts and meets with staff to assist in their development.
• Supervises and assists with the evaluation of the school program and of staff and assists to initiate needed improvements.
• Involves the staff in setting budget priorities.
• Acts to enhance and continuously improve professional knowledge and skills.
• Ensures the preparation and management of budgets and schedules in the coordination and implementation of the co-curricular program.
• Defines and disseminates information about school discipline policy and procedures to parents, students, staff, and the community.
• Communicates and carries out established policies, delegates, and accepts responsibility for completion of tasks.
• Supervises and maintains auxiliary service and uses community resources to supplement the school program.
• Communicates and carries out program goals, objectives, and policies to the community.
• Promotes and maintains open communications, positive student attitudes, respects the dignity, the worth of staff, students and complies with established lines of authority.
• Ensures completion of records and reports and in the supervision and inventory of necessary supplies, textbooks, equipment, and materials.

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this position. They are not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and skills that may be required of the employees assigned to this position. This description may be revised by the supervisor, with HR review and approval, at any time.