Potential Principal/Administrator (starting July 1, 2025)

The Wilkes-Barre Area School District, a leader in public education in Pennsylvania, seeks a highly qualified candidate for the position of School Principal. As the educational leader of the school, the Principal is responsible for the administration and supervision of the school in a manner that creates the optimum learning environment necessary to promote the educational development of each student.

The successful candidate for this position will supervise, coordinate, and schedule all professional and support personnel working in the school. While candidates can present themselves with a variety of backgrounds, all must possess either a Pennsylvania K-12 Principal certification or Principal Certification and a Master’s degree. Experience as a school principal/assistant principal or school leadership is preferred.

Wilkes-Barre Area is looking for a proven instructional leader who can demonstrate success in the following areas:

• inspiring and leading the development and implementation of a shared vision to promote excellence and support transformation throughout the organization.
• creating, promoting, and sustaining a dynamic digital-age learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant, engaging education for all students.
• collecting, monitoring, and analyzing data that contribute to increasing the academic achievement of all students, particularly students in historically under performing groups.
• ensuring consistency in teaching and learning.
• utilizing professional staff fully for what they are hired to do, teach and support students.
• actively promoting and planning for acceleration, enrichment, and remediation for all students.
• providing real-time academic, social, and emotional supports for all students.
• providing for traditional, blended, and fully on-line digital learning.
• managing the depth and breadth of the academic program described by utilizing innovative scheduling and educational delivery systems that increase the instructional capacity of the facility.
• communicating effectively in speaking, writing, and listening

Requirements:

Appropriate active PA administrative certification

Three references (include email address)

WBASD Disclosure Statement

Act 168, Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Release

Arrest/Conviction Report & Certification

Upon appointment:

All Clearances required by PDE under, Act 24(82), 34, 114, 151

Mandated & Permissive Reporter Training

Physical and TB test

The Wilkes-Barre Area School District is an equal opportunity employer who fully and actively supports equal access for all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, genetic information or testing, family & medical leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, and prohibits retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint, or otherwise oppose discrimination.

Notice of Non-Discrimination: The Wilkes-Barre Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: The Wilkes-Barre Area School District Superintendent, 730 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0375, 570-826-7111