QUALIFICATIONS:Valid Certification as anElementary Principal required. Demonstrated success in educational leadership. Experience as an elementary principal preferred.

REPORTS TO:Superintendent

JOB GOAL:To provide leadership for the assigned school so as to promote the academic achievement and educational development of each student while maintaining the health and safety of all students and staff.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Supervises and evaluates the schools educational program.
2. Provides leadership in the initiation design and implementation of programs to meet specific needs of the school.
3. Establishes and maintains an effective climate in the school.
4. Provides leadership in establishing instructional programs to meet continuing and specific objectives of the district and the State Department of Education.
5. Assumes responsibility for the implementation and observance of all Board policies and administrative directives.
6. Develops in cooperation with parents staff and students rules and regulations to implement Board policies and administrative directives.
7. Establishes guidelines for maintaining high standards of student conduct and enforcing discipline as necessary according to due process rights of students.
8. Exercises decisive leadership in crisis situations.
9. Keeps Superintendent informed of schools activities and problems.
10. Assists the Chief Human Resources Officer in the staffing of the school.
11. Provides leadership for the professional growth and evaluation of staff.
12. Evaluates and counsels all staff members regarding their individual and group performance.
13. Supervises and evaluates all professional paraprofessional and nonprofessional personnel assigned to the school.
14. Supervises the schools guidance program to enhance individual student education and development.
15. Orients newly assigned staff members and assists in their development as appropriate.
16. Assumes leadership for the schools extracurricular activities.
17. Attends special events held to recognize student achievement. Attends school sponsored activities functions and athletic events.
18. Prepares or supervises the preparation of reports records lists and all other paperwork as required or appropriate to the schools administration.
19. Supervises the maintenance of accurate records on the progress and attendance of students.
20. Plans and supervises fire drills and emergency preparedness programs.
21. Prepares and submits budgetary information as requested by the Superintendent.
22. Accepts full accountability for all monies collected and/or expended in the school to meet audit requirements.
23. Takes proper and reasonable care of all property equipment and materials and maintains acurrent inventory.
24. Assumes responsibility for the safety and administration of the school facility.
25. Controls or delegates control of textbooks to include workbooks and teacher editions byordering receiving storing issuing and maintaining associated records in accordance withstate and local directives.
26. Maintains favorable relationships with the community to foster understanding and support forschool objectives and programs by: (1) organizing an active School Improvement Council (2)recruiting volunteers and developing programs for their use in the school and (3) using available community resources.
27. Maintains and improves professional competence by successfully participating every two years in at least one seminar approved by the State Department of Education.
28. Works with others consistently in a cooperative and respectful manner.
29. Performs all other duties and responsibilities designated by the Superintendent/Chiefs.

TERMS:240 days. Salary and work year to be recommended by the Superintendent and approved by the Board.

EVALUATION:Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Boards policy on evaluation by the Superintendent.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Physical Requirements: Requires work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 50 pounds of force on a recurring basis.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional structural or compositional characteristics (whether like or divergent from obvious standards) of data people or things.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving assignments and/or directions from supervisor.

Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of documents. Must be able to speak with poise voice control and confidence and to articulate information to others.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply logical thinking to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in oral written or diagrammatic form; to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Must have the ability to comprehend and interpret received information and the ability to comprehend and implement basic machinery functions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information to explain procedures to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently with persons of varying educational and cultural backgrounds.

Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to add and subtract totals to multiply and divide to determine percentages and decimals to determine time. Must be able to use practical applications of fractions percentages ratio and proportion.

Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length width and shape and visually read various information.

Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using automated office equipment and communications machinery.

Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items including computer keyboards office equipment control knobs switches etc. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.

Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under moderate stress when confronted with an emergency or tight deadline. The worker is subject to tension as a regular consistent part of the job.

Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to hear and understand communications through a telephone.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Knowledge of Job: Has thorough knowledge of the methods policies and procedures of Spartanburg School District Seven pertaining to specific duties of the Elementary Principal. Is knowledgeable in the standards and regulations pertaining to the specific duties and responsibilities of the position.

Has knowledge of the organization of the district and of related departments and agencies. Has the ability to comprehend interpret and apply regulations procedures and related information.

Can perform duties effectively and professionally in an environment in which discrimination and other public issues are constant concerns. Has the ability to plan organize and prioritize daily assignments and work activities. Has good organizational technical and human relations skills. Has the ability to learn and utilize new skills and information to improve job performance and efficiency.

Quality of Work: Maintains high standards of accuracy in exercising duties and responsibilities. Exercises immediate remedial action to correct any quality deficiencies that occur in areas of responsibility. Maintains high quality communication and interaction with internal and external entities with whom the position interacts.

Quantity of Work: Performs described Essential Functions and related assignments efficiently and effectively to produce quantity of work which consistently meets established standards and expectations.

Dependability:Assumes responsibility for completing assigned work. Completes assigned work within deadlines in accordance with directives policy standards and prescribed procedures. Maintains accountability for assigned responsibilities in the technical human and conceptual areas.

Attendance: Attends and remains at work regularly and adheres to policies and procedures regarding absenteeism and tardiness. Provides adequate notice to higher management with respect to vacation time and leave requests.

Initiative and Enthusiasm: Maintains an enthusiastic self-reliant and self-starting approach to meet job responsibilities and accountabilities. Strives to anticipate work to be accomplished and initiates proper and acceptable action for the completion of work with a minimum of supervision and instruction.

Judgment: Exercises analytical judgment in areas of responsibility. Identifies issues or situations as they occur and specifies decision objectives. Identifies or assists in identifying alternative solutions to issues or situations. Implements decisions in accordance with prescribed and effective policies and procedures and with a minimum of errors.

Cooperation:Accepts supervisory instruction and direction and strives to meet the goals and objectives of same. Questions such instruction and direction when clarification of results or consequences are justified i.e. poor communications variance with established policies or procedures etc. Offers suggestions and recommendations to encourage and improve cooperation intra- and inter-departmentally.

Relationships with Others: Shares knowledge with managers supervisors and co-workers for mutual benefit. Contributes to maintaining high morale among all employees. Develops and maintains cooperative and courteous relationships inter- and intra-departmentally and with external entities with whom the position interacts. Tactfully and effectively handles requests suggestions and complaints to established and maintain good will. Emphasizes the importance of maintaining a positive image.

Coordination of Work: Plans and organizes daily work routine. Establishes priorities for the completion of work in accordance with sound time-management methodology. Avoids duplication of effort. Estimates expected time of completion of work elements and establishes a personal schedule accordingly. Attends required meetings planning sessions and discussions on time. Implements work activity in accordance with priorities and estimated schedules.

Safety and Housekeeping: Adheres to all established safety and housekeeping standards. Ensures such standards are not violated.

DISCLAIMER:This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.

Spartanburg School District Seven does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race religion sex color disability age national origin or any other applicable status protected by local state or federal law. The district also provides equal access to the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups as required by law.

Required Experience:

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