Principal, High School

Principal, High School Department

This position directly supervises the teachers and staff members assigned to his/her school using leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills to promote the educational development of each of his/her students. A significant emphasis is focused on knowledge of student instruction and learning assessment.

Essential duties and responsibilities generally include the following:

• Serves as the instructional leader of the school's academic programs.
• Conducts direct and frequent observations of the instructional programs and provides feedback for growth and development of team.
• Establishes concrete goals and expectations that all students meet them based on the analysis of student achievement data.
• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness for curriculum alignment, instructional strategies, implementation, and assessment.
• Responsible for the selection, training, supervision, and evaluation of all school personnel.
• Responsible for a master schedule of classes within established guidelines to meet student needs.
• Maintains acceptable accounting practices for various funds generated by student activities.
• Plans, organizes, supervises, and directs all school sponsored activities, functions, and athletic events.
• Assures school's compliance with state and federal laws.
• Responsible and accountable for sound fiscal management.

Knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge of applicable Federal, state, county and city statutes, rules, policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of applicable Peoria Unified School District and departmental policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to provide instructional leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to assess student learning.
• Ability to prioritize school issues.
• Excellent problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in oral and written form.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relations with co-workers, vendors, students, parents, the general public and others having business with the school district.
• Skill in operating a personal computer utilizing a variety of software applications.

Minimum qualifications:

• A minimum of a Master's Degree in Education and a minimum of three years' experience as a teacher or any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Other requirements:

• Current possession or eligibility prior to appointment for an Arizona Principal Certificate.
• Must possess or obtain an Arizona IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.
• Must be able to pass a background clearance check.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an Arizona driver's license.
• May be required to work outside normal working hours.
• May be required to travel to perform work functions.
• May be required to lift and carry heavy, bulky supplies and materials weighing up to 20 pounds.
• May be required to lift students weighing up to 60 pounds.