Principal

Title:

Principal

Qualifications:

Valid Alaska Teacher and Administrator Certificates

Five years successful experience in teaching

Three years successful experience in administration is preferred

Reports To:

Superintendent

Job Goal:

To use leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills to promote the educational program at the school site.

Performance Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate in the school;

Initiates designs, and implements programs, including Total Quality Learning to meet specific needs of the school;

Keeps the superintendent informed of the school's activities and problems;

Makes recommendations concerning the school's administration and problems;

Makes recommendations concerning the school's budgetary requests, and monitors expenditure of funds;

Supervises the maintenance of all required building records and reports;

Prepares or supervises the preparation of reports, records, lists, and all other paperwork required or appropriate to the school's administration;

Works with various members of the central administrative staff on school problems of more than in school import, such as special services;

Keeps Superintendent informed of events and activities of an unusual nature as well as routine matters related to the supervisor's accountability;

Assumes responsibility for the implementation and observance of all board policies and regulations by the school's staff and students;

Budgets school time to provide for the efficient conduct of school instruction and business;

Supervises the school's education program; leads in the development, determination of appropriateness, and monitoring of the instructional program;

Provides classes within established guides to meet student needs; assists in the development, revision, and evaluation of the curriculum;

Supervises the guidance program to enhance individual student education and development;

Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary, according to due process to the rights of students;

Establishes guides for achievement, and attends school sponsored activities, functions, and athletic events;

Maintains and controls the various local funds generated by student activities;

Supervises the maintenance of accurate records on the progress and attendance of students;

Assumes responsibility for the attendance, conduct, and maintenance of health of students;

Assumes responsibility for his/her own professional growth and development;

Assumes responsibility for the supervision of all school building personnel according to board policies and procedures;

Supervises the school's teaching process;

Approves the master teaching schedule and any special assignments;

Orients newly assigned staff members and assists in their development, as appropriate;

Evaluates and counsels all staff members regarding their individual and group performance;

Conducts meetings of the staff as necessary for the proper functioning of the school;

Assists in the in-service orientation and training of teachers, with special responsibility for staff administrative procedures and instructions;

Recommends, according to established procedures, the removal of a teacher whose work is unsatisfactory;

Makes arrangements for special conferences between parents and teachers;

Notifies maintenance department of problems and concerns regarding physical plant;

Supervises the daily use of school facilities for both academic and nonacademic purposes;

Plans and supervises fire drills and an emergency preparedness program;

Asserts leadership in times of civil disobedience in school in accordance with established board policy;

Provides for adequate inventories of property under his/her jurisdiction and for the security and accountability for that property;

Supervises all activities and programs that are outgrowths of the school's curriculum;

Supervises and evaluates the school's extra-curricular program;

Participates in principal's meetings, negotiation meetings, and such other meetings as are required or appropriate;

Responds to written and oral requests for information;

Assumes responsibility for all official school correspondence and news release;

Organizes and administers the public relations program for his/her school;

Serves as a member of such committees and attends such meeting as directed by the Superintendent;

Delegates authority to responsible personnel to assume responsibility for the school in the absence of the Principal.

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board Policy.

Length of Position:

210 days, beginning July 27, 2026

Salary:

Depending on experience / negotiated salary schedule

Date Closing:

Until Filled

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