Principal - High School

• Master’s Degree/Specialist Preferred
• State of Missouri Secondary Teacher Certification
• State of Missouri Secondary Principal Certification

• Possess a thorough understanding of, and an ability to relate to, youth.
• Three or more years of classroom teaching.
• Two or more years of supervisory experience in a professional capacity.
• Understanding of education and the public school’s relationship to the community and the people served.
• Capacity to make thoughtful decisions based on facts, knowledge, and insight, and the courage to stand by the results.
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals, small and large groups, by correspondence or oral expression.
• Understand and relate to teachers, their problems, and the teaching-learning process.
• Ability to organize and plan effectively.
• Possess an ethical and professional attitude toward colleagues and the policies of the district.
• Requires the ability to sit and/or stand for prolonged periods.
• Occasionally requires the ability to manually move, lift, carry, pull or push heavy objects or materials.
• Occasionally requires the ability to stoop, bend, and reach.
• Requires ability to travel.
• Must be able to work indoors and outdoors year-round.
• Must be able to work in noisy and crowded environments.
• Requires physical and emotional endurance.
• Requires regular attendance and/or physical presence at the job.

Salary schedule

As agreed by the

Board of Education

Employed for a period of

11 months

Reviewed annually and recommended for reemployment determined by April 15

Reports to

Superintendent and/or Assistant Superintendent

Other Working Terms

• Leave policies, and fringe benefits as stated in Board policies. Maintain regular office hours Monday through Friday except when away at meetings representing the district, vacation, and holidays.  Spend the necessary time required to fulfill the duties of the position.
• Be a member and participant in the activities of professional organizations.
• Opportunity to continue professional preparation with the prior approval of the Superintendent.
• Opportunity to attend professional meetings at district expense.
• Work cooperatively with administration and staff throughout the district.

• Responsible for recruitment of professional and support staff.
• Responsible for making recommendations for the hiring of professional and support staff as instructed by the Superintendent and Board of Education.
• Responsible for personnel and instructional behavior, actions, and results.
• Capacity to accept criticism calmly and with dignity, and without adopting a defensive attitude.
• Assign work responsibilities for professional and support staff. 
• Supervise and formally evaluate professional and support staff.
• Responsible for discipline of professional and support staff who violate District policies.
• Develop and implement instructional goals and objectives.
• Provide student supervision, disciplinary guidance, counseling, and assistance to self-realization.
• Organize and coordinate institutional activities, with ultimate responsibility for these activities.
• Develop and maintain a community relations program through cooperation with the information media, individual citizens, and groups.
• Develop ways and means to involve parents in the educational process.
• Coordinate district-wide programs with the school.
• Provide knowledge and expertise in the performance of the educational programs of the school.
• Assist teachers in achieving their personal and professional goals.
• Motivate and encourage staff and students toward achievement.
• Recognize and give credit for accomplishment.
• Awareness of developments and implications that affect education and our district by continual study and information seeking.
• Assume over-all responsibility for the safety, cleanliness, and maintenance of facilities and equipment.
• Supervise financial expenditures and handling of district funds related to the school operation.
• Maintain communication and a working relationship with members of the staff and central office staff.
• Cooperate with central office administrators in the formulation and planning of district policies and procedures.
• Work cooperatively with the directors, district coordinators, and administrators in the supervision and coordination of the respective programs.
• Assume the legal responsibility for pupil accounting, record keeping, and the execution of state and federal regulations.
• Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned by the Superintendent and/or Assistant Superintendent.