Principal - Roosevelt Elementary School

Position to begin August 2026.

Salary for 2026-27 school year is TBD. Posted salary is for 2025-26.

Medford SD 549C Job Description

Our Mission: ALL Own Their Present and Future, ALL Are Known and Challenged, ALL Achieve Their Potential, ALL Options are Open and Hopeful

Job Title: Principal-Elementary School

Supervisor: Principal Supervisor

FLSA Status: Exempt

Days: 215

The Elementary Principal is responsible for organizing and fostering a positive, safe environment that is conducive to best meeting the needs of all students, staff, and families. Provides leadership and administration resources to motivate instruction, teaching, and learning and supports the team towards optimum performance in achieving the best possible opportunities for student growth and development. The Principal works to implement an instructional vision and focused plan for improving student achievement while narrowing the disparities between the highest and lowest-performing students.

The principal fosters a culture of high expectations, ensures all students have equitable access to high-quality and culturally-relevant instruction and builds strong partnerships with families and the community. Creates a safe, welcoming environment that reflects and supports the racial and ethnic diversity of the student population and communities served. Responsibilities include but are not limited to staffing; staff supervision and evaluation;

instructional leadership; curriculum oversight; student, parent, and community relations; student discipline; school safety; and fiscal and facilities management of the elementary school building.

• Ensures effective community-staff-student relations by promoting communication and participation, identifying needs and planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the school-community relations activities in a manner that is visible to the public. Promotes parental and community involvement in school and District activities.
• Promote a positive, safe, and caring climate for learning that supports the racial and ethnic diversity of the student population and communities served.
• Represent the school in various settings (e.g., community forums, parent-teacher organizations, etc.) to maintain ongoing community support for educational goals and assist with issues related to the school environment.
• Respond to inquiries from various stakeholders (e.g., parents, students, staff, etc.) to identify relevant issues and recommend or implement action plans.
• Participates in budget planning activities and develops expenditure review and control procedures to ensure a cost-beneficial and cost-effective operational mode.
• Accurately manages building budget, reviews, evaluates, requisitions, purchases, and allocates instructional supplies, materials, and equipment throughout the year.
• Supervise and evaluate school personnel to improve teaching and learning, giving constructive feedback on performance, providing for professional growth, and achieving overall objectives of providing a positive learning environment for student achievement.
• Coordinate various meetings (e.g., curriculum, safety, site council, faculty, etc.) and related activities that ensure that outcomes meet school, District, and state goals, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Implement policies, procedures, and directives for providing direction and complying with mandated requirements.
• Intervene in occurrences of inappropriate behavior of students to assist students in modifying such behavior and developing successful interpersonal skills.
• Prepare a wide variety of information (e.g., quantity reports, student activities, correspondence, audits, etc.) for documenting activities, providing written references, and conveying information.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Supervises and coordinates the assignment of instructional personnel and student classroom assignments.
• Hires licensed and classified staff and evaluates assigned licensed and classified staff.
• Evaluates assigned personnel to support high standards of teaching and learning.
• Provide training and in-services to staff and families.

• Lead elementary school curriculum and curriculum planning, integration, and execution. Serves as the instructional leader and operational manager of an elementary school facility.
• Work closely with the school staff and site council to identify educational and instructional needs and develop long- and short-range plans to improve the instructional process.
• Assists in implementing instructional strategies, school-wide communication, and student behavior support, including supporting the needs of diverse learners, delivery methods, assessment, and staff development to improve instruction.
• Assumes a leadership role at functions and activities offsite and participates in District advisory committees and groups.
• Assists the educational community in understanding the site and District…