Middle School Principal

Middle School Principal

Job Description

Position: Middle School Principal

FLSA Status:  Exempt

Reports to: Head of School

Purpose:  To serve as the principal of the middle school in developing and implementing policies, programs, and curriculum activities, in a manner that promotes the educational development of each student and the professional development of each staff member.  Ensures continuous improvement in measurable student performance and achievement, parent satisfaction, performance management and compliance. 

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provides leadership that will ensure continuous improvement in measurable student performance and achievement, parent satisfaction, performance management and compliance.
2. Supervises all school upper school personnel, directly and/or indirectly
3. Conceptualizes the broad goals of the school and plans accordingly to ensure that procedures and schedules are implemented to carry out the total school program
4. Ensures that the school program for grades 9-12 is compatible with the legal, financial and organizational structure of the school.
5. Provides activities which facilitate the professional growth of the school staff and enhance the quality of the instructional program.
6. Orients and assists new staff and new students and provides opportunities for their input in the school program.
7. Encourages the use of community resources, cooperates with the community in the use of school facilities, interprets the school program for the community, and maintains communication with community members.
8. Manages, directs, and maintains records on the materials, supplies and equipment which are necessary to carry out the daily school routine. 
9. Organizes, oversee, and provides support to the various services, supplies, material, and equipment provided to carry out the school program.
10.  Develops a master schedule and assists in the assigning of teachers according to student needs and certification.
11. Implements guidelines for proper student conduct and disciplinary procedures and policies, based on the Student Code of Conduct, that assure a safe and orderly environment.
12. Participates in administrative meetings and other activities appropriate for continual professional development.
13. Assists in developing, implementing and evaluating the School Improvement Plan.
14. Supports and implements strategies designed to accomplish School Board goals and Headmaster's initiatives.
15. Communicates effectively with students, parents, teachers and support staff in daily interactions.
16. Provides supervision while maintaining visibility about the campus and classroom.
17. Utilizes data and current educational best practices in the planning and preparation of the school instructional program.
18. Observes and evaluates teacher performance as it relates to student learning and provides coaching, feedback and assistance as needed.
19. Assists in identifying and providing training opportunities for all school personnel.
20. Demonstrates interpersonal skills and the skill to work with diverse groups of people.
21. Assists in establishing a school-based crisis plan and in providing leadership in the event of such happening.
22. Develops positive school and community relations which includes effective oral and written communications to all stakeholder groups.
23. Assists in recruiting, interviewing and recommending qualified personnel for employment 
24. Orients new personnel to the school site.
25. Conducts staff meetings that involve the discussion of instructional programs that focus on student achievement, policy changes, system issues, and problem identification and resolution.
26. Assists in establishing and managing student accounting and attendance procedures at the assigned school.
27. Assists in coordinating maintenance functions, providing for plant safety and facility inspections.
28. Assists in managing and supervising school sponsored events, coordinating the supervision of events, and maintaining a calendar of all school events.
29. Communicates through the leadership chain of command to keep appropriate personnel informed of impending programs or events of unusual nature.
30. Respond to fire alarm calls.

Additional Expectations:

1. Always have a professional demeanor
2. Develop professional working relationships
3. Develop rapport with those you supervise
4. Follow directions given to you by your supervisors
5. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
6. Ability to reason, make judgments.
7. Skills in operating a computer with word processing, spreadsheet, and desktop publishing applications.
8. Ability to compile and summarize information.
9. Ability to resolve problem situations with sound judgment.
10. Ability to demonstrate proper telephone etiquette.
11. Ability to maintain confidentiality in matters relating to the school.
12. Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in completing work assignments.
13. Knowledge of business letter writing and memos.
14. Ability to compose correspondences independently.
15. Ability to work in the absence of supervision.

Other Responsibilities: Performs related work as required. (NOTE: The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)

Desired Training and Hands-On experience

1. Shall hold a Master's degree, or higher.
2. Shall hold a North Carolina Principal's License or a School Administrator's License.
3. Shall have at least three years of successful experience as a classroom teacher.
4. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Minimum Qualifications or Standards required to perform essential job functions:

Physical Requirements: Position requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. This includes giving instructions, assignments or directions to parents, students, and staff.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow written and oral instructions. You must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in Standard English.

Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.

Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. You must be adaptable to performing under minimal to moderate levels of stress.

Assessment: Performance of this job will be assessed annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on assessment of administrative personnel.

Terms of Employment: Salary and work year as established by the Board.