Elementary School Principal

• Location:
  
  Poughkeepsie City School District
• Date Available:
  
  As soon as practicable

RECRUITMENT BULLETIN #: 25-26-104 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
NOVEMBER 2025 POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF EDUCATION/DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
18 SOUTH PERRY STREET
POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK 12601

The Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Gregory Mott, is interested in receiving applications from qualified candidates for the position of:
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Candidates must possess a Master’s degree, and a New York State School District Administrator (SDA) or School Building Leader (SBL) certificate by the time of appointment.
• Candidates must have a minimum of six (6) years of experience in K-12 education (3 years at the supervisory/administrative level at the elementary level).
• Candidates with prior administrative experience in an urban school district with a large racially and economically diverse population are preferred and encouraged to apply.

Poughkeepsie City School District (PCSD) principals have the primary responsibility for establishing elementary schools as active learning centers with a focus on student engagement, professional support for teachers, instructional practices that lead to dramatic academic progress, and measurable results. Candidates should have:

• A passionate belief in the capacity of all children to learn and succeed and a sense of urgency about making that real for PCSD students;
• Demonstrated instructional leadership that are yielded success in raising student outcomes;
• Change management experience;
• Experience working effectively with urban schools, students and families, and outside partners to support, social, emotional and wellness success;
• Deep understanding of the teaching and learning process, and how to create high-performance learning environments;
• Personal sense of accountability around student academic progress, carried out through effective instructional leadership and staff support;
• Ability to understand and use data to drive decision making;
• Consensus building, strategic and collaborative management skills.

The Poughkeepsie City School District is committed to providing students and parents with pathways to opportunity that will lead to achievement and success. Through student-centered effective and transformational leadership, school and community engagement, and an unrelenting pursuit to achieve greater school outcomes for children, the Poughkeepsie City Schools is focused on developing and growing greater access, equity, opportunity, and quality across PCSD.

• Create Building-Based goals and objectives aligned with the District’s vision and goals;
• Set and enforce rigorous standards for student achievement that are in line with the goals of Poughkeepsie City School District;
• Establish attainable stretch goals for instructional learning objectives that are aligned with student achievement;
• Ensure the academic program meets or exceeds yearly student outcome goals as defined by the Poughkeepsie City School District and measured by the NYSED ESSA accountability requirements;
• Ensure that all students are provided with supports that guarantee school attendance, course completion, and a cherished elementary school experience.

• Serve as a lead instructional leader;
• Conduct common planning time meetings with faculty and staff that focus on student achievement, student support, operations, parent and community engagement, data use, enrichment, high standards, culturally proficient teaching;
• Lead, evaluate, develop and mentor a team of high quality teachers;
• Work with teachers to constantly assess and improve student achievement results;
• Ensure use of effective, research-based teaching methodologies and practices;
• Implement data-driven instructional practices and lead discussions about student performance;
• Work with teachers to improve their teaching practice through coaching, professional development, modeling, and collaborative planning;
• Keep abreast of successful instructional methodologies and effective pedagogical practices;
• Provide high quality training and…