Middle School/High School Principal

The duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides effective leadership in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating the instructional program, technology management, fiscal leadership/management, and school operations.
• Ensures a guaranteed and viable curriculum for all students.
• Interprets and enforces federal/state laws and state and local board policies with professional ethics.
• Assists in the mentoring, recruiting, screening, selecting, and assigning of the school's certified and classified staff.
• Assists in securing, maintaining, and managing material resources.
• Prepares and administers the school budget and supervises school finances.
• Identifies day-to-day challenges in the classroom, recognizes barriers to program delivery, and collaborates with staff to address these challenges.
• Ensures students receive appropriate placement and services.
• Understands and communicates linkage between evaluation data and professional development activities.
• Communicates and clarifies the school's mission, vision, and goals to stakeholders and others.
• Provides a safe, orderly environment that facilitates teaching and learning.
• Provides a climate of high expectation for staff and students with a focus on learning and results.
• Supervises, observes, and evaluates teachers and staff.
• Interprets data from student assessments, program evaluations, and benchmarking activities to improve and accelerate student learning.
• Builds community.
• Leads benchmarking process.
• Understands and develops strategic plans that affect the building level and complement the system level to insure continuous improvement.
• Motivates and leads Professional Learning Communities that focus on collaborative efforts.
• Participates in cutting edge school reform initiatives that combine proven business and education management strategies.
• Designs and implements directed systematic intervention both during and after school hours.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Must have a valid Alabama Certification in Educational Administration, Educational Leadership, or Educational Supervision.

Must have a minimum of three (3) years of teaching experience.

Must attach three (3) letters of professional references within the last three years to your online application (One from current, immediate supervisor; the other two from other supervisors or colleagues who are knowledgeable about work experience and performance).

Must provide official transcript(s) for all degrees and administrative courses.

Must submit all qualifications and credentials by the established deadline.

Must attach a resume to your online application.

Preferred - A minimum of two years of school site administrative experience.