High School Principal

Position: High School Principal

Qualifications:

All candidates must possess valid and appropriate Indiana Administrative Certification (attached job description for further information)

Effective Date: July 1, 2025

Submit the Following:

• Letter of Interest
• Resume
• License
• Transcripts
• References with Telephone Numbers
• 3 Letters of Recommendation

Contact:

Mr. Greg Mikulich

Superintendent

Knox Community School Corporation

574-772-1601

gmikulich@knox.k12.in.us

Posting Date: 2-25-25

Position Title: Principal

Department: High School

Reports to: Superintendent

Salary Range: Dependent upon qualifications and experience

Benefits: Excellent benefit package

Contract: 240 days

Date: July 1, 2025

SUMMARY: KCSC is looking for a principal who is a servant leader, energetic, and is a positive role model. Provides instructional leadership to staff including: curriculum planning, review and implementation; and professional development. Responsible for building administration and the safety and welfare of both students and staff. A person who is ready to build the best high school in Northern Indiana.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.

• Interacts with students to encourage each individual to perform at their highest level.
• Manages all building staff personnel.
• Assigns teachers to classrooms and students to classes. Completes performance appraisals on staff.
• Resolves staff problems and provides support to staff.
• Has the ability to develop leaders.
• Is visible and builds positive relationships with all stakeholders.
• Provides general supervision to students. Supervises extracurricular activities.
• Evaluates performance of teachers, program and staff. Provides in-service training to teachers as needed.
• Supervises extracurricular accounts and coordinates with the Superintendent the financial needs of the building.
• Maintains relations with parents, parent groups, school volunteers and outside agencies.
• Implements policy and procedure changes from the Board, or the State and Federal level at the building level.
• Reports appropriately to staff and to community in response to legislation and legislative changes that affect the building level.
• Oversees all state testing for KHS.
• Participates on the Administrative team to improve KCSC.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manages and supervises employees in the High School. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of this unit. Also, directly supervises employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

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:

Two years of experience in teaching and administration.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Valid building level Administrative license for grades K-12.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in specific field. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision.

The demands of extended work days (coverage of building activities and extra-curricular activities, etc.) requires a high level of physical endurance. This job requires the ability to handle and balance multiple demands at the same time.

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.

The noise level in this environment is quiet to loud depending upon the activity in the particular part of the day.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.