Greenville Public School District
Job Description
Principal

 

Title: Principal

 

Qualifications:  A minimum of an AA in School Administration

 

Reports To: Superintendent of Education, the Deputy Superintendent, and the Superintendent's designee.

Job Goal: To provide leadership and supervision through administrative skills so as to promote the educational development of each student.

Missions and Goals
• Works with the Superintendent and those who he/she supervises to articulate and promote the school system's vision of learning and teaching
• Monitors and evaluates progress toward accomplishment of system goals and objectives
• Uses student data to identify program needs
• Develops goals, objectives, programs, and operations that are consistent with school system vision, mission, and goals
• Ensures that unit and program plans are consistent with the system's strategic plan
• Organizes daily, monthly, and yearly schedules to facilitate learning and teaching in the schools
• Communicates high expectations of students, staff, and parents/guardians
• Creates, identifies, encourages, and supports innovative ideas that in turn support learning and teaching in the schools

Management of Educational Resources
• Selects and utilizes personnel to meet the needs of the school
• Administers the finances and resources of the school with sound fiscal management and educational practices
• Achieves maximum results for available resources and money spent
• Protects instructional time through effective instructional leadership
• Understands and utilizes the available technology of the school (the focus of technology is on student achievement)

 

Assessment and Student Performance
• Emphasizes and relates the importance of the Mississippi Assessment System to students, faculty/staff, parents, and the community
• Makes changes in the curriculum and instructional program based upon evaluation of student achievement data
• Establishes an effective plan for continuous improvement on the Mississippi Assessment System and revise the plan as needed
• Establishes a plan for intervention based upon an evaluation of program needs
• Maintains appropriate procedures for monitoring daily classroom assessments
• Establishes an ongoing evaluation plan for monitoring classroom instruction
• Leads and facilitates the instructional staff in ongoing and continuous analysis and planning for curriculum and instructional improvement
• Selects effective staff to meet identified needs of the instructional program
• Monitors teacher use of frameworks, blueprints, benchmarks, and rubrics for daily planning of instruction
• Ensures alignment of all instructional materials to state frameworks, blueprints, benchmarks, and rubrics

 

Accreditation Standards
• Communicates and follows established procedures in the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards and other applicable federal and state regulations
• Formulates improvement plans based on most recent results of the Mississippi Accreditation Model
• Demonstrates evidence of school improvement on the Accreditation and Growth components of the Mississippi
• Accreditation Model
• Formulates plans for improvement based on established standards for growth under No Child Left Behind
• Demonstrates evidence of school improvement on the growth standards set forth in No Child Left Behind
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Fiscal Management
• Follows all purchasing laws, statutes, and procedures
• Implements an organized systematic plan for determining budgetary needs for programs supervised
• Maintains accurate financial statements
• Maintains financial record according to established time lines and procedures
• Follows established procedures for maintaining an appropriate fixed assets inventory
• Approves expenditures within established budget allocations
• Divides expenditures across the academic year
• Supervises and maintains upkeep and cleanliness of facilities

 

Student Discipline
• Maintains accurate and organized records for student discipline
• Follows district policies when administering student discipline
• Insures those supervised administer disciplinary actions according to established policies
• Develops a plan for insuring faculty and staff maintain appropriate and timely communication with parents concerning disciplinary referrals and actions
• Monitors the discipline program at the school and maintains timely and appropriate communication between teachers and the administration

 

Supervision
• Implements and monitors the established school wide security plan
• Establishes and monitors a plan for the continuous supervision of students
• Monitors and evaluates classified personnel and programs
• Administers and supervises extra-curricular activities

 

Communication
• Uses appropriate grammar and syntax__verbal and written
• Communicates pertinent information from meeting, conferences, and other sources in a timely and accurate manner
• Provides a monthly calendar for communication with the Superintendent, faculty, and staff
• Demonstrates courtesy and impartiality in relationships with faculty, staff, and other associates
• Provides an opportunity for faculty and staff input and incorporates their recommendations into the decision-making process where appropriate
Parents and Community
• Communicates school and organizational goals to parents periodically throughout the school year
• Listens effectively to the ideas, grievances, and complaints of parents and makes a reasonable effort to resolve such issues
• Informs the community about school and organizational goals throughout the school year
• Provide current information on promotion/retention requirements, graduation requirements, and testing schedules
• Communicates the special academic needs to parents such as being at-risk of failure on a required state test, etc.
• Promotes parental involvement

 

General Responsibilities
• Evaluates program needs and plan suitable professional development activities (Actively participates and contributes in meetings)
• Participates in activities that will enhance administrative skills so as to promote the educational development of each student
• Studies and follows district policies applicable to the operation of a school as established by the Board of Education
• Follows any further rules or requirements as set forth by the Superintendent of Education
• Performs any other tasks as required by the Superintendent of Education, the Deputy Superintendent, and the designee of the Superintendent

 

Terms of Employment: Ten, eleven, or twelve month year. Salary and work year will be established by the Board of Education.

 

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.