Principal Hunter Street Elementary

York School District One

Administrative

Elementary Principal

Reports To:Superintendent

FLSA Status: Exempt

Terms of Employment:

Twelve months/240 days; salary and work year to be established by the Board

Job Summary:

York School District One is seeking a fulltime Principal with a strong belief in the capacity of all children to learn. Must be instructionally strong confident and able to provide decisive management and rigorous instructional leadership. Values authentic twoway communication with staff families and the community. Emphasizes innovation collaboration and community engagement. Experience in leading staff with StandardsBased Instruction and best instructional practices. Invested in the socialemotional learning and development of students. Ability to translate vision into actionable plans balancing transformational and technical elements. Proficient in creating systems of organization and leveraging digital tools.

Qualifications:

• South Carolina certification as required for the position or eligible for appropriate certification
• Masters Degree in educational administration or related field
• Minimum of five years experience as a teacher and three years as an administrator
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board may find appropriate and acceptable

Essential Duties:

• Supports and upholds the mission vision and strategic goals of York One School District One; articulates a clear vision and mission for a 21stcentury school aligned with the districts strategic plan and priorities.
• Effectively interacts communicates and collaborates with students parents teachers colleagues and other stakeholders to foster student learning.
• Establishes a safe supportive positive highperformance learning and working environment for all students and staff.
• Implements the policies regulations and requirements of the Board of Trustees the superintendent and/or designees.
• Assists in the development of general system policies and procedures; develops and executes building rules regulations and procedures consistent with general system policies.
• Assigns school personnel to effectively implement general system policies and procedures.
• Supervises and is responsible for the care and operation of school buildings equipment materials and grounds.
• Executes a program for recruitment selection assignment orientation and other related personnel activities for the assigned school.
• Evaluates certified and support personnel in accordance with state and school board policies and procedures.
• Recommends employment and dismissal of personnel in accordance with district personnel policies and procedures.
• Delegates responsibilities for a variety of administrative functions to Assistant Principals and other personnel to ensure workload management efficiency.
• Monitors substitutes for teachers and other staff positions.
• Stays abreast of innovative trends and research studies in the field of education and interprets their potential usefulness within the framework of the total school program.
• Ensures effective professional learning for staff.
• Assists in the selection and distribution of all instructional materials and supplies.
• Demonstrates a variety of skills to foster independent creative critical thinkers and problem solvers who excel in a 21st century knowledgebased society.
• Demonstrates characteristics such as competence leadership strong work ethics personal integrity professional demeanor etc. to promote a positive image of the school and district.
• Supports student and teacher collaboration.
• Demonstrates strong curriculum knowledge.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of both formative and summative assessments; analyzes assessment data in relation to student learning and develops instructional strategies to close the learning and performance gap.
• Maintains school accreditation.
• Monitors school budgets and manages funds appropriately; seeks makes applications (when applicable) monitors and evaluates all federal and state grant funding programs; submits required reports as necessary.
• Ensures all contractual agreements are approved by appropriate district personnel before commitments or other forms of obligations are made.
• Assists in the preparation of various district state and federal assessments and reports as required for monitoring and implementing the total school program.
• Assists in the supervision of students in schoolsponsored events including before and after school activities.
• Plans organizes and implements the schools emergency preparedness plan.
• Networks with parent and community organizations resource personnel and outside support agencies to ensure positive student and staff welfare.
• Coordinates activities of assigned school with activities of other schools and districtsponsored events within the system.
• Attends and conducts staff meetings.
• Participates in professional meetings educational conferences and training workshops as required.
• Selects and requests instructional aides technology tools equipment and supplies needed to perform daily activities; provides for safe storage and proper use of all materials equipment and tools.
• Operates general office equipment as needed to conduct daily activities.
• Effectively uses personal computing devices and software applications for the management of student records instructional efficiency and professional development.
• Meets with parents administrators and school counselors as needed to discuss student performance activities etc.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Specific Job Requirements

• Possess and utilize excellent teambuilding skills
• Accept delegated responsibilities willingly
• Demonstrate a high level of initiative in job performance
• Communicates effectively with a diverse community

Working Conditions:

• Generally the job requires 30 sitting 30 walking and 40 standing.
• Requires fine finger dexterity to use office equipment office technology and maintain accurate filing systems.
• Effectively coordinate a variety of difficult technical administrative functions at a level requiring extensive independent decisionmaking within established rules policies and procedures
• Must regularly lift and/or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds.
• May experience constant interruptions inflexible deadlines and changes to normal routines.

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of Support Service Personnel.

York School District One is an equal opportunity employer

York School District One does not discriminate on the basis of race religion color handicap sex age alienage or national origin as required by applicable state and federal laws.

Required Experience:

Staff IC