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Principal - Breithaupt Career and Technical Center

Job in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, 48228, USA
Listing for: Detroit Public Schools Community District
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-05
Job specializations:
  • Education / Teaching
    Education Administration
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Job Description

Job Title

Position Title:
Principal

Location:
Breithaupt Career and Technical Center

Salary: $ annually

Reports to:
Assistant Superintendent

Bargaining Unit: N/A

Benefits Eligible:
Yes

Position Summary:

The Principal is responsible for ensuring rigorous CTE content, core-academic standards-aligned to teaching and learning, while establishing and maintaining a positive culture for students, staff, and families. The Principal manages all aspects of the school-level budgeting process, as well as efforts to drive school improvement and oversees daily school operations. The Principal supervises and evaluates school personnel and provides regular feedback and professional learning opportunities to drive improvement.

The Principal plays a key role in ensuring that students earn career-ready diplomas and credentials aligned with the District's High School Redesign strategy.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Master
    ¿ s Degree (inclusive of 20 semester hours in School Administration, Supervision, Curriculum, and School Finance)
  • State of Michigan Administrator Certification
  • Must possess a valid Michigan Teacher Certificate for the level being sought
  • Previous experience as a CTE occupational teacher at the secondary or post-secondary level preferred

Essential Functions:

  • Provides visionary leadership while ensuring a rigorous education for all students and ensure that students reach academic goals, career, and technical requirements.
  • Align standards, instructional strategies, assessment, industry credentials, instructional tools/resources, and professional development to ensure CTE instructional program of study delivery.
  • Develop an academic plan based on a continuous improvement model and quantitative data to support teaching and learning, development of an academic plan, create benchmark growth, and monitor progress toward meeting performance goals.
  • Conduct regular formative and summative staff evaluations to ensure continuous improvement in teaching and learning and maintain high levels of accountability.
  • Create and maintain a safe, effective, and clean learning environment.
  • Manage a school budget, aligned to the school
    ¿ s academic plan that reflects District, State, and Federal requirements.
  • Execute a comprehensive professional development program based on teacher instructional practice and student learning needs.
  • Effectively coordinate, supervise, and manage relations with parents/families, the immediate school and the broader business and industry partners/organizations.
  • Acquire and effectively manage resources outside of district allotted support.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • Security Clearance:

    Internal Applicants

    If you are a current Detroit Public Schools Community District employee, you do not have to submit to a new security clearance, unless your new role requires a different type of criminal background check.

    External Applicants

    In alignment with Michigan law, if you are hired to fill a position, you will be required to submit to a Detroit Public Schools Community District criminal background check. Information regarding required background checks will be shared at point of hire.

    Method of Application:

    Applicants must apply through the online application system. Only applications submitted through the online application system will be considered for any posted position and all applications require a resume to be considered.

    Successful candidates are required to submit official transcript(s) at point of offer to hire. Teaching service outside of the Detroit Public Schools Community District must be verified by the applicant's prior employer(s) prior to hire. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide all documentation (including copies) as requested.

    Applicants requesting assistance during the application process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email at recruitment or phone at

    DPSCD does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability and/or religion. Contact the Civil Rights Coordinator for more information at  or detroitk
    12.org/compliance.

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