2025-2026 Principal
2025-2026 Principal
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Job Description
Job Title:Principal
Reports to:Deputy Superintendent
Dept./School: Assigned Campus
Days: 210
Pay Grade: Administrative and Professional Pay Plan 6
Primary Purpose:
South San Antonio teachers are passionate innovators. They believe in the power of an excellent education to change the lives of students and they desperately want to build a game-changing school that redefines public education in the city of San Antonio the state of Texas and across the country.
They know how critically important it is to develop a classroom culture that drives student achievement and personal growth for each individual child. South San Antonio teachers will teach students to hold themselves to high expectations both academically and behaviorally and they tirelessly support students when they fall short of those expectations. Our teachers are hungry to grow as leaders in this work every day driven by personal reflection coaching from school leadership and partnerships with transformational colleagues.
They understand improving student outcomes will be personally and intellectually exhausting. It will push us to our professional limits. It will ask more of us than we thought we had to give. But they also know we will all be part of something that is worthy desperately needed and surely possible for the students in our city.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
- Masters degree in educational administration
- Texas principal or other appropriate Texas certificate
- Certified TTESS appraiser
- Candidate must have satisfactory outcome of fingerprinting background check. Non-refundable fee (approximately $50.00) paid by the employee
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Working knowledge of curriculum and instruction
- Ability to evaluate instructional program and teaching effectiveness
- Ability to manage budget and personnel
- Ability to coordinate campus functions
- Ability to implement policy and procedures
- Ability to interpret data
- Strong organizational communication public relations and interpersonal skills
Experience:
- Two years experience as a classroom teacher
- Three years experience in instructional leadership roles
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Instructional Management
- Monitor instructional and managerial processes to ensure that program activities are related to program outcomes and use findings to take corrective actions.
- Regularly consult the campus-level committee about planning operation supervision and evaluation of campus education program. Include students and community representatives when appropriate.
School or Organization Morale
- Provide instructional resources and materials to support teaching staff in accomplishing instructional goals.
- Foster collegiality and team building among staff members. Encourage their active involvement in decision-making process.
- Provide for two-way communication with superintendent staff students parents and community.
- Communicate and promote expectations for high-level performance to staff and students. Recognize excellence and achievement.
- Ensure the effective and quick resolution of conflicts.
School or Organization Improvement
- Build common vision for school improvement with staff. Direct planning activities and put programs in place with staff to ensure attainment of schools mission.
- Identify analyze and apply research findings (e.g. effective school correlates) to promote school improvement.
- Develop and set annual campus performance objectives for each of the Academic Excellence Indicators using the campus planning process and site-based decision making committee.
- Develop maintain and use information systems and records necessary to show campus progress on performance objectives addressing each Academic Excellence Indicator.
Personnel Management
- Interview select and orient new staff. Approve all personnel assigned to campus.
- Define expectations for staff performance with regard to instructional strategies classroom management and communication with the public.
- Observe employee performance record observations and conduct evaluation conferences with staff.
- Assign and promote campus personnel.
- Make recommendations to superintendent on termination suspension or nonrenewal of employees assigned to campus.
- Work with campus-level planning and decision-making committees to plan professional development activities.
- Confer with subordinates regarding their professional growth. Work with them to develop and accomplish improvement goals.
Management of Fiscal Administrative and Facilities Functions
- Comply with district policies and state and federal laws and regulations affecting the schools.
- Develop campus budgets based on documented program needs estimated enrollment personnel and other fiscal needs. Keep programs within budget limits. Maintain fiscal control. Accurately report fiscal information.
- Compile maintain and file all physical and computerized reports records and other documents required including accurate and timely reports of maximum attendance to requisition textbooks.
- Manage use of school facilities. Supervise maintenance of facilities to ensure a clean orderly and safe campus.
Secondary Principals: Direct and manage extracurricular and intramural programs including management of multiple activity funds.
Student Management
- Work with faculty and students to develop a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior and enhances the school climate.
- Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable in accordance with Student Code of Conduct and student handbook.
- Conduct conferences about student and school issues with parents students and teachers.
Professional Growth and Development
- Develop professional skills appropriate to job assignment.
- Demonstrate professional ethical and responsible behavior. Serve as a role model for all campus staff.
School or Community Relations
- Articulate the schools mission to the community and solicit its support in realizing the mission.
- Demonstrate awareness of school and community needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.
- Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Supervise and evaluate the performance of staff assigned to campus including assistant principal(s) teacher(s) counselor(s) librarian(s) instructional aides clerical support staff and custodians.
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals.
Posture: Frequent sitting and standing; occasional bending/stooping pushing/pulling and twisting
Motion: Repetitive hand motions; frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching
Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds)
Environment: May work prolonged or irregular hours; work inside and outside (exposure to sun heat cold and inclement weather) exposure to noise; occasional district-wide and statewide travel
Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
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Employment Type
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