Elementary School Principal

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: I. INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT

• Supervises the school's instruction program and monitors implementation of district curriculum in order to improve student learning.
• Facilitates collaboration among teachers on matters affecting the needs, interests, and achievements of students.
• Works with curriculum staff to initiate, design, and implement programs to meet specific needs of the school and assists in the development, revision, and evaluation in the district’s curriculum.
• Implements and documents the initiatives outlined in the School Improvement Plan.
• Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate in the school.
• Supervises and evaluates the school’s extracurricular program.
• Assumes responsibility for the implementation and observance of all Board policies and regulations by the school’s staff and students.

• Problem Analysis:
  Finds relevant data and analyzes complex information; searches for information with a purpose.
• Judgment:
  Reaches logical conclusions; identified educational needs and setting priorities; evaluates written communications and makes decisions that are in alignment with school and district goals.
• Organizational Ability:
  Plans, schedules and directs work of others; knows and uses resources; knows how to handle great and competing demands on one’s time.
• Decisiveness:
  Recognizes when a decision is required and acts efficiently and effectively.
• Personal Leadership:
  Directs and influences the actions of others in the organization; exercises responsible authority.
• Sensitivity:
  Perceives needs, concerns, and personal problems of others; resolves conflicts, exercises tact and tolerance in dealing with people from different backgrounds.
• Stress Tolerance:
  Performs under pressure and during opposition; thinks on one’s feet.
• Oral Communication:
  Gives clear oral presentation of facts or ideas.
• Written Communication:
  Expresses ideas clearly in writing and writes approximately and accurately for a variety of audiences.
• Personal Behavior:
  Models emotional self-control to the school community; complies with legal and ethical requirements in work relationships; tolerates different points of view within the boundaries of the values and mission of the organization; honors the time and presence of others.
• Student/Staff Morale:
  Discerns levels of moral and acts accordingly.
• Keeps abreast of changes of developments in the profession by attending professional meetings, reading professional journals and other publications, and discussing problems of mutual interest with others in the field.
• Uses information and insights provided through assessment instruments, the district appraisal proves, evaluative feedback from supervisors, and professional development programs to improve performance.

• Determines and builds a common vision with staff for school improvement; directs planning activities; implements programs collaboratively with staff to ensure attainment of school’s mission; encourages active involvement in the decision process among staff.
• Communicates and promotes expectations for high performance from staff and students; recognizes excellence and achievement.
• Leads a collaborative process to develop school performance objectives involving staff, parents, and community members.
• Implements interventions to reduce unwarranted disparities in placement of students into gifted and talented, special education, and alternative school programs.
• Effectively utilizes services of system wide administrators.
• Monitors all school improvement efforts to insure equitable student access to resources and rigorous curriculum.

• Interviews and selects high performing staff.
• Defines expectations for staff performance regarding instructional strategies, classroom management, and communication with the public. This practice should begin with employee orientation.
• Observes employee performance, records observations, and conducts evaluation conferences with all staff in accordance with best practice and negotiated contracts.
• Makes recommendations relative to personnel placement, transfer, retention, promotion, and dismissal…