Secondary Principal

Description

Must Do

• Lead the Secondary school staff by embodying and modeling a healthy culture, promoting staff core values, and ensuring a positive, caring climate for learning and working. 

Responsibilities

• Supervise Secondary operations, ensuring students are adequately supervised during non-instructional times. 
• Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed, and that student growth and discipline are appropriate and equitable.
• Develop and ensure a restorative student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior.
• Conduct effective communications (conferences, phone calls, emails, etc.) with parents, students, and teachers on student and school issues.
• Supervise reporting and monitoring of student attendance and work with administrative assistants on follow-up investigations. 
• Observe employee performance, record observations, and conduct evaluation conferences of all staff as an evaluator within the teacher appraisal system. 
• Help plan daily school activities by participating in the development of class schedules, teacher assignments, and extracurricular activity schedules. 
• Work with lead teachers and faculty to compile annual budget requests based on documented program needs. 
• Oversee the requisition of supplies, textbooks, and equipment; check inventory; maintain records, and verify receipts for materials.
• Assist with safety inspections and safety drill practice activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal and state laws and the Lincoln Board of Education policy.
• Oversee the process of PTO requests along with time-card updates and approvals. 
• Participate in professional development, corporate and self-guided, to improve skills related to job assignment and overall personal development.
• Participate in the development and evaluation of educational programs. 
• Encourage and support the development of innovative instructional programs, helping teachers pilot such efforts when appropriate. 
• Promote the use of technology in the teaching/learning process. 
• Deal sensitively and fairly with persons from all cultural backgrounds. 
• Innovate and lead in the development of campus improvement plans with all LCS stakeholders. 
• Develop, sustain, and maximize information systems for tracking campus performance objectives and academic excellence indicators. 
• Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement. 
• Review applications and participate in interviews for potential new staff. 
• Other duties as assigned by the Head of School. 

Requirements

• Master’s degree preferred from an accredited institution or related teaching field. 
• Ability to use sound judgment and solve problems. 
• Build harmonious rapport and work cooperatively with and respond rapidly and appropriately to parents, students, and staff.
• Proficient in promoting, listening, creative vision casting, and excellent verbal and written communication.
• Excellent organizational skills. 
• Ability to foster teamwork and motivate others. 
• Self-motivated in all areas pertinent to the position. 
• Participate in extracurricular activities as directed. 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Docs.
• Required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, operate a computer and other office equipment, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.

Work Schedule

• 40 hours per week
• 12-month schedule. Summer hours required – schedule determined by Head of School