What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal: Middle School position at Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation?
- Assumes instructional leadership of the total school program and manages building personnel.
- Interacts with students to encourage each individual to perform at his or her highest level of ability and creates an atmosphere conducive to learning.
- Ensures that teachers follow corporation-approved curriculum.
- Stays abreast of current research in secondary education.
- Assigns teachers to classrooms and students to classes.
- Resolves problems and provides support to staff members.
- Ensures supervision of students at all school events before, during, and after the school day.
- Ensures a safe, pleasant, and effective educational climate.
- Evaluates performance of teachers, other staff, and programs.
- Encourages staff attendance at corporation-sponsored in-services.
- Develops and implements, in collaboration with curriculum area supervisors, realistic plans and programs to ensure professional growth of the instructional staff.
- Prepares the school budget, works with the budget manager on budgeting and purchasing, and establishes priorities for the purchase of educational materials to meet the needs of students and teachers.
- Establishes and maintains positive, collaborative relations with parents, parent groups, school volunteers, outside agencies, and local businesses.
- Implements corporation policies and procedural changes as well as state and federal guidelines and regulations and adheres to corporation contracts with various groups.
- Utilizes the corporation-approved process to interview and hire staff.
- Works with central office personnel to coordinate processes for the effective functioning of the school.
- Assesses needs of the school community and plans and implement strategies to meet those needs.
- Works cooperatively with universities to increase student and staff learning opportunities.
- Maintains a cooperative liaison with all attendance district schools and serves as a member of the attendance district principals and supervisor team.
- Analyzes data from standardized testing (e.g., CTBS, ISTEP ) and facilitates instruction, as needed, to improve the rate of student success in the school and the attendance district.
- Completes other duties as assigned.
- Maintains regular attendance.
- Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in education.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with studens, staff, and the school community.
- Ability to perform duties with awareness of all corporation, state and aederal requirements.
- Work collaboratively with EVSC employees, vendors and community partners in a teamwork-driven environment
- Strive to be innovative in continuously improving processes for district-wide success
- Provide excellent service in all forms of communication with a results-oriented customer-driven focus
- Successful in working effectively and efficiently in a high pressure, time-sensitive environment
- Ability to internally motivate, think critically, and initiate strategic improvement
- Exude a positive and dependable work ethic
- Highly organized with attention to detail
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and government regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and manuals.
- Ability to write proposals effectively to secure funds for the corporation.
- Ability to present information and respond to questions effectively from groups of administrators, teachers, school board members, parents, students, and the general public.
- Ability to communicate using correct grammar.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in both oral and written form.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- Ability to prepare, project, monitor, and revise multiple budgets.
- Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to use available information and develop realistic long-term and short-term plans for curricular goals.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, talk, hear, and drive from one building to others.
- The employee is required to reach with hands and arms and frequently to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects which weigh fifty pounds or more.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to read small print.
- The employee is regularly required to perform the same hand, arm, and/or finger motion many times.
- The noise level in this environment ranges from very quiet to very loud, depending upon the activity involved.
- The employee must often meet deadlines and must report to activities on time.
- Frequently, the employee must work irregular and/or extended hours.
- The work environment includes inside and outside areas.
- The work environment includes exposure to sunlight; risk of being bitten by animals or insects; exposure to environmental allergens (grass, weeds, pollen, and trees) and occasional exposure to solvents, degreasers, pesticides, and/or herbicides.
- The employee may be exposed to CRT’s.
JobID: 736
Position Type:
Administration/Principal
Administration/Principal
Date Posted:
4/15/2025
4/15/2025
Location:
Helfrich Park Middle School
Helfrich Park Middle School
Date Available:
2025-26
2025-26
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled
Open Until Filled
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the world? Do you believe in the power of education to transform lives? If so, we invite you to become part of our school corporation!
Why Choose EVSC?
1. Impact Lives Daily: Every day, you'll have the opportunity to inspire, guide, and empower the next generation. Your work will ripple through time, shaping not just individual lives but entire communities.
2. Innovate and Grow: We're not just teaching – we're reinventing education for the 21st century. Bring your fresh ideas and watch them come to life in our progressive learning environments.
3. Stability Meets Flexibility: Enjoy the security of working in an essential field, coupled with a schedule that respects your work-life balance. Summers off, holidays, and predictable hours allow you to pursue your passions both in and out of the classroom.
4. Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy competitive salaries, excellent health coverage, robust retirement plans, and generous paid time off
5. Supportive Community: Join a team that feels like family. Our collaborative environment fosters lifelong friendships and professional networks.
6.Cutting-Edge Resources: Work with state-of-the-art technology and innovative teaching tools that make learning exciting for both educators and students.
Join us in our mission to educate, inspire, and empower. Together, we can build a brighter future – one student at a time. We are Better Together!
Apply now and take the first step toward a rewarding career that truly matters!
Click here for more information on: EVSC's Market Place Health Insurance Plan Options
Retirement:
As a contract teacher, this position will automatically be enrolled in the Teacher Retirement Fund (TRF) through the state of Indiana, which includes a defined benefit (Pension) as well as an Annuity Savings Account (ASA). In addition, this position is eligible to enroll in a 401(a) retirement investment plan, a 403(b) Match Program, and a tax-free post-retirement medical expense account (VEBA).
Additional Benefits:
Employees enrolled in an EVSC medical insurance plan are eligible to use our Health & Wellness Centers conveniently located within the community. These are no-cost health clinics that provide primary care treatment, generic prescription medications (at no cost), physicals, health screenings, and labs. Accumulated sick leave days and personal business days will be provided under this position as well. Additionally, EVSC employees have access to EVSC Wee Care, our employee-only early learning centers. Wee Care provides a quality early learning experience for children as young as six weeks through age five.
Why Choose EVSC?
1. Impact Lives Daily: Every day, you'll have the opportunity to inspire, guide, and empower the next generation. Your work will ripple through time, shaping not just individual lives but entire communities.
2. Innovate and Grow: We're not just teaching – we're reinventing education for the 21st century. Bring your fresh ideas and watch them come to life in our progressive learning environments.
3. Stability Meets Flexibility: Enjoy the security of working in an essential field, coupled with a schedule that respects your work-life balance. Summers off, holidays, and predictable hours allow you to pursue your passions both in and out of the classroom.
4. Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy competitive salaries, excellent health coverage, robust retirement plans, and generous paid time off
5. Supportive Community: Join a team that feels like family. Our collaborative environment fosters lifelong friendships and professional networks.
6.Cutting-Edge Resources: Work with state-of-the-art technology and innovative teaching tools that make learning exciting for both educators and students.
Join us in our mission to educate, inspire, and empower. Together, we can build a brighter future – one student at a time. We are Better Together!
Apply now and take the first step toward a rewarding career that truly matters!
SALARY
Salary will be commensurate with the level of education and experience of the recommended candidate.
Salary will be commensurate with the level of education and experience of the recommended candidate.
BENEFITS
We continually strive to offer a high-quality, comprehensive benefits package to our employees.
We continually strive to offer a high-quality, comprehensive benefits package to our employees.
Insurance:
This position is eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance coverage on the employee, spouse, and eligible dependents. The employee's insurance will be effective on the first of month following the hire date. The EVSC also offers employees an opportunity for life insurance and long term disability coverage.Click here for more information on: EVSC's Market Place Health Insurance Plan Options
Retirement:
As a contract teacher, this position will automatically be enrolled in the Teacher Retirement Fund (TRF) through the state of Indiana, which includes a defined benefit (Pension) as well as an Annuity Savings Account (ASA). In addition, this position is eligible to enroll in a 401(a) retirement investment plan, a 403(b) Match Program, and a tax-free post-retirement medical expense account (VEBA).
Additional Benefits:
Employees enrolled in an EVSC medical insurance plan are eligible to use our Health & Wellness Centers conveniently located within the community. These are no-cost health clinics that provide primary care treatment, generic prescription medications (at no cost), physicals, health screenings, and labs. Accumulated sick leave days and personal business days will be provided under this position as well. Additionally, EVSC employees have access to EVSC Wee Care, our employee-only early learning centers. Wee Care provides a quality early learning experience for children as young as six weeks through age five.
SUMMARY:
Provides instructional leadership in curriculum planning and implementation, staff development, and technology advancement. Manages the day-to-day activities of the students and staff.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.
JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervises staff, including the assistant principal and the teaching faculty as well as classified personnel. Ensures the supervision of students at all times.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
Master’s degree; public-school teaching experience; administrative experience
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
Valid Indiana administrator’s license
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
REASONING ABILITY:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 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 the essential functions.
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 the essential functions.
ADDITIONAL POSTING INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO JOB
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS OPPORTUNITY?
If you have any questions, please e-mail Linda Burk at linda.burk@evsck12.com or Carrie Hay at carrie.hay@evsck12.com. You will receive a response within 24-48 hours.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Linda Burk at linda.burk@evsck12.com or Carrie Hay at carrie.hay@evsck12.com. You will receive a response within 24-48 hours.
It is the policy of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, national origin, age, limited English proficiency, or disability in its programs or employment policies as required by the Indiana Civil Rights Law (I.C.22-9-1), Title IV, and Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964), the Equal Pay Act of 1973, Title IX (Educational Amendments), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973). Questions concerning compliance with these laws should be directed to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and Business Affairs, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN 47713, phone number 435-8508.
