Principal

POSITION: Principal at Muhlenberg County Middle School

POSITION SUMMARY:

Directs and coordinates educational, administrative, and

counseling activities of primary, middle, or secondary schools and promotes the educational

development of all students.

QUALIFICATIONS

1) Kentucky certificate, license, or other legal credentials required.

2) Minimum of three years of successful teaching experience.

3) Successful completion of the principal's assessment center process.

4) Successful completion of the beginning teacher committee training program (KTIP) and

/or other evaluation requirements set forth by KRS 156.101

REPORTS TO: Superintendent

SUPERVISES: Building level administrators, classroom teachers, librarians, instructional

assistants, food service personnel, custodians, and students.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1) Provides e?ective instructional leadership and has the primary responsibility for instruction in the schools to which they are assigned.

2) Establishes high expectations for all. Implements new state standards and its activities

and assumes responsibility for instruction that carries out the six learning goals of the new

state guidelines.

3) Plans, organizes, and directs or delegates implementation of all school activities.

4) Evaluates educational programs to insure conformity to state and school board standards

and to assist in the implementation of curricula in accordance with Kentucky's Curriculum

Frame Work.

5) Coordinates and administer educational policies established by the school council for

school based decision making.

6) Assumes responsibility for the implementation and observance of all board policies and

regulations.

7) Prepares or supervises the preparation of reports, records, list and all other paperwork

required or appropriate to the school's administration.

8) Keeps the Superintendent informed of school activities and events.

9) Establishes and maintains favorable relationships with local community groups and

individuals to foster understanding and to solicit support for overall school goals and

programs; to interpret board policies and administrative directives, and to discuss and

resolve individual student problems.

10) Establishes and maintains standards of mutually respectful behavior.

11) Supervises and attends special events held to recognize student achievement,

schoolsponsored and extracurricular functions, and athletic events.

12) Assumes responsibility for the maintenance of accurate records for attendance, conduct,

and progress for all students.

13) Assumes responsibility for his/her own performance growth and development through

membership and participation in professional organizations at the regional, state,

and/or national level.

14) Keeps abreast of appropriate research-based instruction strategies and processes by

attending professional meetings and by reading of professional journals and other

publications.

15) Assumes responsibility for completing an intensive training program approved by the

State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education to include no less than forty-two (42)

participant hours of instruction every two (2) years.

16) Supervises and recommends to the Superintendent the selection of school personnel.

17) Conducts orientation of all school personnel of state and local board policies.

18)Serves as immediate supervisor for all certified sta? and is designated as the primary

evaluator of performance, also may use additional trained personnel to gather data for

evaluations.

19) Evaluates and assist in developing professional improvement plans for all certified sta?

that model/teach Kentucky's learning goal.

20) Conducts meeting of the sta? as necessary for the proper functions of the school.

21) Assist in the planning and implementation of in-service training of sta? at the district or

building level.

22) Makes arrangements when necessary for special conferences between parents and

teachers.

23) Assumes responsibility for the safety and administration of the school plan concerning

emergency preparedness of all sta? and students.

24) Maintains adequate inventories of property under his jurisdiction to insure security and

accountability of that property.

25) Attends and participates in principal's meetings and other such meetings as required or

appropriate.

26) Serves on supervisory committees as required by the beginning teacher internship

program.

27) Responds to written and oral request for information after validation of the request.

28) Assumes responsibility of all o?cial school correspondence and news releases.

29) Serves as a member of such committees and attends such meetings as directed by the

Superintendent.

30) Delegates authority to responsible personnel to assume responsibilities for the school in

the absence of the principal.

31) Provides supervision of pupil transportation and monitoring of student conduct and

enforces Board policies in matters of supervision.

32) Cooperates with all supervisory personnel in consideration of school related matters.

33) Directs and assists in the development of School Transformational and Professional

Development Plans.

34) Serves as Chairman of the School-Based Decision Making Council.

35) Conducts himself/herself in an ethical professional manner.

36) Performs professional responsibilities and duties as outlines in Board policy, such as

regular attendance, punctuality, attending sta? meetings, and cooperated in the

development of the individual professional growth plan.

37) Performs any other such duties as designated by the Superintendent.