Principal - Elementary

Position: Principal - Elementary (2026-2027)
Position Type:

Leading-Campus Administrators/Principal

Date Posted:

1/23/2026

Location:

To Be Determined

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled

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Principal - Elementary )

Reports to:

Executive Director Elementary School Leadership

Pay Grade 307

Salary: $92,598 - $111,563

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Position Purpose

Fort Worth ISD is seeking a results-driven principal to lead a school community in alignment with our district's Strategic Plan and commitment to academic excellence. As a key instructional leader, you will champion high-quality instruction, data-driven decision-making, and a culture of excellence and equity to ensure all students develop strong foundations for long-term success.

In Fort Worth ISD, principals play a critical role in implementing rigorous academic programs, developing strong educators, and fostering meaningful family and community engagement. The ideal candidate will be a strategic, equity-focused leader with a proven ability to drive student achievement, cultivate a positive school culture, and ensure effective instructional practices that strengthen literacy and learning in all subject areas.

If you are passionate about inspiring educators, empowering students, and making a lasting impact, we invite you to join Fort Worth ISD in shaping the future of education.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Effective Instruction

* Implements highly effective routines, instructional strategies, and experiences for all students across all core content areas.

* Implements highly effective, evidence-based literacy practices and initiatives embedded into the campus improvement plan, ensuring robust instructional practices and targeted interventions support students in achieving grade-level reading proficiency.

* Collects, analyzes, and monitors multiple forms of data to inform instruction, and intervention decisions and maximize growth and achievement for all student groups.

* Leverages resources effectively to respond in a timely manner to all students' needs.

* Ensures the implementation of high-quality, effective classroom instructional strategies that improve performance of all students and student groups, ensuring equity and eliminating achievement gaps.

* Ensures the use of student level data to drive continuous improvement ensuring every student has sufficient opportunity to meet and exceed standards.

* Ensures daily demonstrations of student learning inform data-driven instruction and reinforce high-quality Tier 1 teaching practices to assess student mastery of state standards.

* Ensures fidelity to high-quality instructional materials by promoting teacher lesson internalization and alignment with state standards, assessments, and district curricula

* Facilitates access to high-quality instructional resources and professional development.

Positive School Culture

* Aligns the Fort Worth ISD's vision, mission, and goals to a safe environment and high expectations.

* Establishes and communicates clear expectations and systems for behaviors, including social and emotional supports.

* Establishes and implements a shared vision and culture of collective responsibility with high expectations for staff and students.

* Communicates, collaborates, and builds strong relationships with teachers, staff, students, and parents, and community and business partners.

* Leads strategies to proactively provide and coordinate student support services.

* Involves and coordinates family and community involvement in productive activities.

Effective, Well-Supported Teachers

* Recruits, selects, assigns, and inducts highly effective educators.

* Conducts rigorous and calibrated observations.

* Provides support and real-time coaching to promote instructional improvement.

* Personalizes and aligns professional development.

* Coaches and develops teachers by providing actionable feedback to improve the quality of instruction.

Effective School Leadership and Planning

* Creates a high-performing, skilled leadership team through real-time coaching, observations, and professional development opportunities to increases student achievement and attendance.

* Adheres to and applies the Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas Educators.

* Addresses leadership and instructional priorities through focused time and calendar meetings.

* Leads focused planning processes with strategic monitoring of outcomes.

* Productively manages change processes.

* Models personal commitment to developing self and others.

* Develops and maintains positive relationships with all stakeholders.

* Strategically plans and ensures campus operations and resources promote the academic success and well-being of each student.

* Manages resources (people, financial, equipment) effectively to support the organizational goals.

Supervisory Responsibilities

* Supervises and evaluates the performance of staff assigned to campus including assistant principal(s), teacher(s), counselor(s), librarian(s), instructional aides, clerical support staff, and custodians.

Personal Work Relationships

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