Principal (Grade Level 5-8)

Qualifications:   

(1)        Must possess and maintain proper certification as established by state law and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE).

(2)               Must be aware of current trends and developments in education.

(3)               Must possess related training and/or experience.

(4)               Must possess leadership qualities.

(5)               Must meet any additional qualifications set by the district.

Reports to: Superintendent

Supervises: All students and staff assigned to his/her building, directly or indirectly  

Job Goals: To help the district achieve its mission and related goals and objectives, to set an example of an exceptional professional educator for all students and staff to model and to provide an educational climate that fosters learning as a life-long process.

Responsibilities:

The School Principal shall plan, direct and supervise the total  school program and perform related duties as required. His/her duties include, but are not limited to, the following.

The School Principal shall:

1. Interpret, enforce and develop regulations that are in agreement with Board policies, the school handbook and state and federal law.
2. Provide leadership in the recruitment of staff and execute a system of personnel selection and assignment.
3. Provide leadership for and share responsibility for the development and implementation of staff in-service programs.
4. Promote staff professional growth, cooperation and self-development.
5. Supervise and evaluate staff performance.
6. Administer the master agreements in his/her assigned building.
7. Provide leadership for the planning, development and implementation of the high school’s internship and student teaching programs.
8. Develop, maintain, evaluate, implement and enhance curricular and extracurricular programs that reflect student achievement and growth in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains.
9. Keep abreast of developments in secondary school curriculum and instruction and provide leadership in determining the appropriateness of incorporating recent developments/trends into the school’s educational program.
10. Provide leadership for the planning, development and implementation of the high school’s curriculum.
11. Provide leadership for the planning, development and implementation of the high school’s budget.
12. Use a systematic plan of checks and balances when preparing and supervising the building’s budget.
13. Supervise all ticket sales and fund-raising events at the high school and assume responsibility for the proper handling of funds.
14. See that facilities are operated effectively and efficiently and see that applicable health and safety standards are met.
15. Provide for adequate inventories of property and for the security and accounting of that property.
16. Foster positive citizen-staff-student relations and effective communication and citizen participation in the schools by maintaining positive and/or improving human relations and rapport.
17. Foster good school-community relations by keeping the community aware and responsive to activities by administering a quality informational program.
18. Plan, organize and supervise recognition programs for school activities.
19. Develop long-and short-range plans, goals and objectives through a systematic process.
20. Provide educational and administrative leadership in making and carrying out decisions for the building.
21. Anticipate problems and initiate solutions to problems.
22. Be cognizant of student’s and staff members’ rights.
23. Coordinate student personnel services including the maintenance of discipline, the monitoring of attendance, the preparation of handbooks, the supervision of student scheduling, the supervision of school health services, providing assistance in guidance and counseling activities and collaborating with others in the modification of student behavior, including non-school service agencies.
24. Provide leadership in student management, including in the areas of student attendance, discipline and lunchroom supervision.
25. Inform and consult with the Superintendent regularly on the overall operation of the high school.
26. Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as may, from time to time, be assigned by the Superintendent.