PRINCIPAL

QUALIFICATIONS: Valid administrative certification as determined by the Kentucky Department of Education, Division of Educator

Licensure and Quality.

REPORTS TO: Director

JOB GOAL: To use leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills

so as to promote the educational development of each

student.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and terms of employment according to approved

salary schedules.

EVALUATION: Performance will be evaluated in accordance with

provisions of the district evaluation plan.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate in the school.
• Plans, organizes, and directs implementation of all school activities.
• Keeps the superintendent or superintendent’s designee informed of the school’s activities.
• Makes recommendations concerning the school’s administration and instruction.
• Prepares and administers the school budget and supervises the school finances, including student/school activity accounts.
• Supervises the maintenance of all required building records and reports.
• Keeps supervisor informed of events and activities of an unusual nature as well as routine matters related to the supervisor’s accountability.
• Assumes responsibility for the implementation and observance of all Board policies and regulations by the school’s staff and students.
• Maintains active relationships with students and parents.
• Budgets school time to provide for the efficient conduct of school instruction and business.
• Assists in the development, revisions, and evaluation of the curriculum.
• Maintains high standards of student conduct and well-being and enforces discipline as necessary, according due process to the rights of students.
• Models and oversees the use of administrative and instructional technology within the school.
• Establishes guides for proper student conduct and maintaining student discipline.
• Selects, in consultation with the school council, applicants for designated vacancies
• Serves as a member of such committees and attends such meetings as directed to by the superintendent.
• Assumes responsibility for all official school correspondence and news releases.
• Orients newly assigned staff members and assists in their development, as appropriate.Counsels all staff members regarding their individual and group performance.
• Recommends according to established procedures, the removal of a teacher whose work is unsatisfactory.
• Assumes responsibility for the safety and administration of the school plant.
• Supervises the daily use of the school facilities for both academic and nonacademic purposes.
• Plans and supervises fire drills and an emergency preparedness program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.