Elementary Principal 2026-2027

Mountain View Whisman School District      

Job Title: Principal - Elementary (TK-5th Grade)

Human Resources Department

Classification: Certificated Management      Date Reviewed: March 2021

Work Days: 213 for 2026-2027 school year

Compensation: Range from $191,738 - $235,811

Position Description

The School Principal is an important member of the District's management team and reports directly to the Superintendent.

Qualifications

Candidates should hold a preliminary or clear California Administrative Services Credential

Commitment to maintaining and strengthening the District's quality instructional program.

Effective leadership experience at a significant level in a school district

In-depth knowledge of California frameworks and curriculum alignment for K-8 schools

Understanding of and experience with budget management

Understanding of student attendance, SARB and Truancy Court

Effective communication skills with individuals and groups

Experience with a wide range of staff development activities

Experience with categorical programs, at-risk students and special needs students

Effective skills to guide problem-solving and decision-making

Experience with multicultural student populations

Ability to monitor student policy and discipline

Ability to supervise student and parent extra-curricular activities

Ability to work with diverse groups of teachers

Ability to work with District's Administrative Team

Excellent organizational skills

Sense of humor

Knowledge of or willingness to learn Continuous Improvement strategies

Candidates should possess exemplary personal qualities essential to this highly visible leadership position and should hold the highest expectations for the performance of self, staff, and students.

Examples of Duties & Responsibilities

Establishes an effective learning climate

Monitors and supports program implementation for increased student achievement as outlined in the school site plan

Coordinates tasks in the organization and improvement of instruction

Establishes and monitors student policies and discipline

Counseling of individual students as needed

May participate in extra-curricular activities, including parent activities

Monitors student attendance

Evaluates educational programs

Coordinates, supervises and evaluates staff

Assists staff and cooperatively works with specialists assigned to the school in planning, organizing and implementing programs at the site

Prepares and administers school budget 

Maintains a positive relationship between the school and community

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously required to speak and listen for extended periods.
• The employee is also required to sit or stand for long periods, and to regularly walk; use hands or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is further required to have the physical, mental, and emotional stamina to fully perform the duties and responsibilities of the position, and the mental acuity to collect, evaluate, and interpret data; to reason; to define problems; to establish facts; to draw valid conclusions; and to make effective judgments and decisions.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not exhaustive of the duties performed or that may be performed by this position

Supervised by: Superintendent or Designee

Evaluated by: Superintendent or Designee

The Mountain View Whisman School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, military status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. 

The Mountain View Whisman School District requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying.

Questions or complaints of alleged discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying, equity or Title IX equity and compliance concerns should be directed to Erin Green at 650-526-3500, 1400 Montecito Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043, or egreen@mvwsd.org.