Philadelphia Public School District

Job Description

Title: High School Principal 

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS AND PREREQUISITES

1. Educator License with an administration endorsement issued by the Mississippi Department of Education
2. Five years successful teaching experience; experience in secondary education is preferred
3. Evidence of administrative capabilities including, but not limited to, previous administrative assignments
4. Such other qualifications as may be set by the Board of Trustees

SUPERVISES

Teaching and classified staff, students, buildings and equipment, instructional and disciplinary programs, building and facilities management, fiscal management, and public relations activities at assigned job site

REPORTS TO

Superintendent

JOB GOAL

To provide on-site administration and execution of the district educational programs, policies and regulations; development of school goals and objectives; provide a positive school climate that is conducive to teaching and learning; increase student achievement and staff performance; provide instructional leadership; allocation of financial and human resources within school programs in accordance with budgetary requirements; and facilitate cooperative community relations to ensure the quality of instruction for all students in a safe and healthy environment

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To support the Mission and Beliefs of the District when carrying out duties and responsibilities as assigned

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

1. 1. Administer all building affairs
   2. Supervise implementation of the curriculum, goals and objectives of school and district, Board of Education policies, and state and federal regulations
   3. Provide a systematic method of data collection and utilization of data to improve student achievement and reduce discipline breaches
   4. Make formal and informal visits to classroom teachers to determine if daily lesson plans are in use as developed
   5. Monitor classroom teachers to ensure that the local instructional management plan is in use in all classrooms
   6. Utilize assessment data to evaluate performance of teachers
   7. Provide specific training activities to help teachers effectively address student achievement and student discipline weaknesses/problem areas
   8. Show evidence the Learning Forward Professional Development Standards are used in professional development
   9. Supervise implementation and evaluation of school-based programs, including staffing and placement

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of students into special education programs, and student-teaching programs

10. Manage services of resource personnel; student services; health, safety, and security responsibilities and operations; the opening and closing of school; and transportation at the school-based level
11. Implement the student discipline program
12. Provide a physical environment that is safe, orderly, hazard-free, and conducive to learning
13. Plan and organize school-sponsored activities, operation and maintenance of physical plant, and scheduling processes
14. Manage material resources and logistical services for staff development activities, school site PTA meetings, and special occasion events
15. Interpret district policies and regulations, student rights and responsibilities, school regulations, discipline policies, safety regulations
16. Supervise and evaluate certified and classified staff; develop educational growth plans for certified and classified staff
17. Supervise instruction and maintain high visibility in the classrooms at all times
18. Review, approve, and authorize building usage, building maintenance, and supply inventories
19. Develop schedules for school-based activities
20. Supervise fund-raising activities
21. Establish resolution of problems and conflicts as they arise between teachers, students, and parents
22. Meet and confer with staff, individual students, teachers, or parents, and other administrators as needed
23. Advise district of personnel needs
24. Recommend the employment of personnel to the superintendent
25. Conduct teacher orientation and staff meetings
26. Supervise office staff
27. Supervise handling of money
28. Serve as a liaison with law enforcement and welfare agencies
29. Prepare and submit positive publicity of school activities to appropriate agencies
30. Implement behavior designed to achieve high morale of faculty and staff
31. Organize and supervise student services: registration, scheduling programming, attendance, grade reports, guidance reports, and local, state, and federal reports
32. Provide for the health, safety, and welfare of all students and staff at all times
33. Develop school-based communications
34. Promote respect for school property, a climate of mutual confidence, student success, and positive school atmosphere conducive to change
35. Develop and manage the school budget
36. Supervise the management of student attendance, record keeping, and extracurricular activities
37. Supervise the management of staff attendance and record keeping
38. Facilitate volunteer programs and parent-teacher conferences
39. Manage the safety, security, and operation of the school plant, including environmental and energy concerns
40. Supervise the development and implementation of an annual master plan for faculty duty assignments
41. Supervise the coordination of co-curricular activities such as field trips, field days, outdoor labs, awards assemblies, concerts, etc.
42. Relate to parents and other community members, individual and corporate, in a positive and helpful fashion
43. Write, speak, and present in a clear, concise, and well-planned manner
44. Promote parent participation in their child’s educational program through effective and on-going parent outreach
45. Be available to students and parents for education related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms
46. Participate in self-initiated and school/district-initiated professional growth in order to maintain licensure and support school improvement efforts
47. Ensure compliance with Mississippi High School Activity Association guidelines

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48. Perform other duties as assigned

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

235 days annually with salary as approved by the Board of Trustees

EVALUATION

Performance of the High School Principal will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of Board policy.