Principal, Elementary School

Job Summary

The principal serves as an educational leader, overseeing daily operations, managing budgets, shaping school policies, fostering a safe environment, and collaborating with staff, students, and parents. Their role is pivotal in promoting academic excellence and student success. Additionally, they are responsible for continuous improvement planning, ensuring alignment with the strategic plan, instructional leadership for effective teaching practices, managing personnel, and maintaining the school facility.

Position remains open until filled.

Job Type: Full‑time, 250 days per school year.

Location:

Manassas, VA.

• We serve as trusted partners in education with our students, families, and community.
• We prepare our students to be critical thinkers, responsible digital citizens, innovators and visionaries, resilient individuals, and global collaborators.
• We commit to inclusive practices and equity with an expectation of excellence from every student and employee every day.

• Supervises, evaluates and provides instructional direction to all staff to implement the total curriculum in relation to the students attending the school.
• Organizes the school to provide an optimum learning environment and experiences for students in both curricular and extracurricular programs.
• Assigns duties and responsibilities to assistant principals and other key personnel to maintain an orderly day‑to‑day operation.
• Manages appropriated and non‑appropriated funds to ensure accomplishment of school programs.
• Provides appropriate in‑service programs for staff which concentrate on achieving school and School Board goals.
• Provides effective public relations and communications within the school and the community.
• Evaluates and supervises staff to maintain a level of competence that ensures the fulfillment of educational goals.
• Coordinates the use of the central office staff to develop and maintain effective school programs and services.
• Establishes and maintains effective school discipline.
• Provides extracurricular activities appropriate for all students.
• Manages the operation and maintenance of building and grounds.
• Assumes a leadership role in the development and implementation of the continuous improvement plan and budget in cooperation with the school advisory council.
• Implements, monitors and assists in the evaluation of the division‑wide curriculum action plan at the local school level.
• Performs the responsibilities charged to the principal by the local School Board.
• Other duties as assigned to support the vision and mission of the school.

• Knowledge of the instructional process, public relations, school finance, school law, personnel management, administration, supervision, curriculum and educational processes.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary to work effectively with students, teachers and parents.

Minimum Education:

Master's Degree. Must have earned a Pupil Personnel or Postgraduate Professional License.

Experience:

Successful, full‑time experience as an administrator. Experience in the area or at the level supervised is required.

Must hold a Virginia teaching certificate endorsed in Administration & Supervision PreK‑12. If a current VA Postgraduate Professional License is not held, a reciprocal out‑of‑state certification with a comparable endorsement is required.

Work is performed in an indoor setting, in a standard office or classroom environment. The position is fully on site with routine exposure to normal classroom conditions such as noise, computer screen exposure and occasional heating or ventilation variations.

Grade 19 Salary Range: $128,358 - $208,070 annually, plus a comprehensive benefits package.