Job Title: Principal Elementary School
Terms of Employment: 12 Months
Pay Grade: 128
Job Summary:
The purpose of this job is to serve as the administrator of the school exercising leadership supervisory and administrative skills to promote the educational development of each student the professional development of each staff member and the overall performance of the school.
Essential Duties:
- Supervises directs and evaluates assigned staff processing employee concerns and problems directing work counseling disciplining and completing employee performance appraisals.
- Coordinates assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
- Conducts tasks related to safety and security including but not limited to supporting arrival and dismissal monitoring visitors in the building and addressing disciplinary issues for inappropriate behaviors.
- Provides Instructional Leadership to faculty and staff to ensure implementation of instruction remediation and enrichment to meet students needs.
- Ensures that the school and staff place a high priority on serving students including taking responsibility for all students academic learning.
- Ensures that the Districts vision mission shared beliefs and goals are conceptualized and aligned at the school level and provide leadership to ensure that supporting procedures and practices are implemented at the school.
- Ensures that the schools instructional objectives programs and practices are aligned with the educational philosophy adopted by the District and that they are carried out in such a way to serve all students and their academic progress.
- Monitors analyzes and evaluates the schools student achievement results.
- Identifies and monitors the annual objectives for the instructional and extra-curricular programs of the school while taking appropriate steps to develop programs that sustain progress.
- Involves teachers students parents and other parts of the school community on a regular basis in efforts to improve the school program.
- Follows District policies administrative rules and regulations as well as State and Federal laws and regulations.
- Establishes implements and evaluates procedures used to carry out the daily operations of the school.
- Ensures that school and student records are accurately maintained and safeguarded.
- Develops an effective internal communication plan to keep staff members involved and informed about the school and related issues that affect them.
- Follows approved fiscal procedures to safeguard all funds that may be received or disbursed by the school as well as complies with all purchasing auditing and budgeting requirements.
- Communicates the schools programs and goals to the community maintains positive channels of communication with community members and develops ways for community members to be involved in the attainment of the schools goals.
- Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary according to the due process rights of students.
- Performs related work as required.
Minimum Education and Experience Qualifications:
Masters Degree in School Administration and Supervision and required licensure through the VDOE and five (5) years of successful teaching or administrative experience at the appropriate grade level.
Teacher and Principal Licenses.
Must possess and maintain a valid state drivers license with an acceptable driving history.
Physical Demands:
Performs sedentary work that involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time: requires little or no dexterity.
Unavoidable Hazards (Work Environment):
None.
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:
Bedford County Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires Bedford County Schools to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator or supervisor. Bedford County Schools reserves the right to update revise or change this job description and related duties at any time without prior notice.