Elementary School Principal at Horizon Science Academy Cedar Rapids (Expected Spring 2026

School Principal

The School Principal for a startup-year Concept Schools charter campus leads the planning, opening, and first year of operations. This role requires entrepreneurial leadership, strategic planning, strong instructional capacity, and a relentless commitment to student success. The Principal is responsible for establishing the instructional vision, building all systems, structures, and teams, creating a positive, inclusive culture, managing startup operations and community engagement, and ensuring academic excellence and compliance.

Core responsibilities include founding responsibilities and school launch, instructional leadership, staff supervision, evaluation, and professional growth, organizational leadership and compliance, and family and community engagement. Qualifications include a master's degree in educational leadership, state administrative certification, experience in school leadership, strengths in relationship building, outreach, operational leadership, and strong instructional coaching skills. Concept Schools values high expectations, student-centered decisions, integrity and accountability, innovation, collaboration, and community partnership.