Principal - Skms (2024-2025 School Year) - Harrisonburg, United States - Harrisonburg City Public Schools

Harrisonburg City Public Schools

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Harrisonburg, United States

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Description

Position:

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Principal, Middle School_**
Reports to:

Director of School Administration_

Contract:

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250 Days_**_ (July 1_st_ - June 30_th_)_

Salary Scale:

Middle School Principal_

FLSA Status:

Exempt_

Revised:

2/2023_

***: Principals serve as school leaders in collaboration with assistant principals, counselors, teachers, and other support staff. The principal is responsible for ensuring the school's leadership, administration, supervision, and programs are aligned with the school district's goals. The principal will effectively analyze various data points to identify student needs, guide changes in instruction, and evaluate programs and decisions. The principal should possess a high level of knowledge about the school improvement process and have experience leading a school community through this process. The principal is a visionary leader that builds and maintains professional relationships with stakeholders to develop the school's vision, mission, core values, and goals and may represent the school at community and civic events.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Possess or qualify for a Virginia Postgraduate Professional license with Middle School Principal or Administration and Supervision PreK12 endorsement.
A minimum of five years of successful high, middle, or elementary school teaching experience and previous experience as an assistant principal.
Experience working directly with individuals and families from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Experience working with diverse learning needs and with children that may benefit from alternative learning models is preferred.
Familiarity with equity and inclusion frameworks. Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities. Respects the worth, dignity, and individual differences of others.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present to diverse audiences, specifically racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse communities to foster professional relationships and express and/or exchange ideas.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to flex communication style to multiple cultural environments to improve instructional practices.
Demonstrated leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary for working effectively with students, teachers, administrators, and the community.
Proficiency in business English: spelling, grammar, and spoken language.
Emotionally mature, objective, and sensitive to people and their concerns. Able to handle responsibility, work independently, and maintain collaborative working relationships with students, families, administration, coworkers, and the community.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Develop and maintain an effective educational program consistent with State and Federal guidelines and the philosophy, policies, regulations, and strategic plan of the School Board; maintain records and files; meet and confer with students, parents, faculty, and staff.
Develop a collaborative culture for improving student achievement.
Participate in the selection of all school building personnel.
Effectively lead and monitor the instructional programming within the school.
Supervise the daily use of the school facilities for both academic and nonacademic purposes.
Develop leadership skills, particularly instructional leadership, of the assistant principal(s) assigned to the school.
Initiate, design, and implement programs to meet the specific needs of the school.
Prepare or supervise the preparation of reports, records, lists, and all other required information and data.
Supervise the maintenance of accurate records on the academic progress and attendance of students.
Coordinate and work with the central administrative staff on school needs, problems, and/or effectiveness.
Effectively supervise and evaluate the performance of each member of the instructional staff using school board criteria/policies.
Make recommendations concerning the school's administration and instruction to pertinent central office staff.
Establish a professional learning culture through a solid foundation of shared mission, vision, values, and goals.
Establish and maintain an effective learning climate in the school.
Prepare the school's budget and monitor expenditures including maintaining and overseeing the various local funds generated by student activities.
Support the development, revision, and evaluation of the instructional curriculum of the school and the division.
In collaboration with assistant principals and staff, maintain high standards of student conduct and enforce discipline, as necessary, according to School Board policy and the due process rights of students.
Attend special events held to recognize student achievement; attend schoolsponsored activities and functions.
Effectively assists with coordination of the volunteer program for the school with the assistance of the family and s