Principal Pool

Job Details

• Position Type:
  Administrative/Principal
• Date Posted: 5/1/2025
• Location:
  
  Multiple Locations
• Date Available:

To provide leadership and supervision in administering the educational program of the District in order to promote the educational development and achievement of students in accordance with Collier County School Board policies, administrative procedures, rules and regulations, and applicable law. The role of a principal is also to provide strategic direction in the school system. Principals monitor standardized curricula, assess teaching methods, program development and improvement, as well as in professional staff development, monitor student achievement, encourage parent involvement, administer the budget, hire and evaluate staff and oversee facilities.

• Master’s degree in Educational Leadership or related field
• Certificate/License Florida Certification in Educational Leadership or School Principal
• Successful school based administrative experience
• Minimum of seven (7) years full‑time school experience in a certified position with two (2) full years in a school‑based administrative position or one (1) year in a school‑based administrative position and one (1) year in a District administrative position

• Extensive successful teaching experience at the school level, preferably in more than one subject area and grade level.
• Must have prior AP/Principal experience with evidence of 3 years of successful evaluations within the last 5 years as an administrator.
• Successful school based administrative experience

• Completed or updated online administrative application
• Letter of Interest
• Resume
• Evaluations from the last three (3) years (2021‑2022, 2022‑2023, 2023‑2024 and/or current 2024‑2025)
• Writing Sample (questions embedded in application can be uploaded to the application as a PDF form to allow for accuracy of information shared), note in the question box to refer to the uploaded document.
• Two (2) professional references within the last two (2) years (24 months); one reference must be from the most recent supervisor and include an original signature and date on letterhead.
• Review the attached paper screening tool. All external applications will be screened for the principal pool using this rubric. All candidates will be notified if they are qualified for the principal pool and will remain qualified for three (3) years.
• Review attached HRMD guidelines for insight into the principal pool process.

Contact:
Alma Tello, 377‑0344, , is able to answer any questions you may have regarding the application process.

• 2025 Paper Screening Rubric AP & Principal Pool .pdf
• 2025‑2026 SY Principal Pool process
  -UPDATED‑May

FLSA:
Exempt