# Principal — Northwest Arctic Borough School District · Alaska Jobs [← The Board](https://alaskajobs.org/) · [Education jobs](https://alaskajobs.org/jobs/education) # Principal Northwest Arctic Borough School District - **Location** — June Nelson Elementary/Kotzebue Middle High School - **Type** — Principal PK-12 OTZ - 01 - **Timing** — Year-round - **Posted** — 2026-06-03 - **Source** — Northwest Arctic Borough School District (synced) 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 AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION-EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER APPLICATIONS FROM MINORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED Email To A Friend Print Version Openings as of 7/23/2026 CTE Teacher - ReadiSTAR Vocational Instructor. E-18-01 JobID: 322 [Apply at the source ↗](https://www.applitrack.com/nwarctic/onlineapp/default.aspx?AppliTrackJobID=330) ## Express confidential interest Alaska politics is a small world. If you can't be seen job-hunting, submit a sealed interest : the employer sees only your alias and pitch. Your name and contact stay sealed until they request an introduction and you approve it . 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