Ozark Kindergarten Center Principal & PreK Director

Ozark School District

Position Title: Principal

Department: Building

Reports To: Superintendent

Evaluated By: Superintendent

FLSA Status: Exempt

SUMMARY: Promotes the school and district mission and vision by providing instructional leadership to staff including curriculum implementation and professional development; by ensuring the welfare of students and staff in a safe, pleasant and effective educational atmosphere; by providing discipline as necessary; and by enforcing school and district policies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.

Instructional Leader:

• Develops and implements a shared mission and vision for the school.
• Supervises the building staff and programs to ensure increased student achievement.
• Stays current on trends and effective instructional practices, and shares best practices with staff, utilizing research-based practice to improve student achievement and providing support for promising innovative practices.

• Analyzes student achievement data and works with staff to make adjustments in the implementation of curriculum and instruction, using a variety of strategies and sources to assess student needs and performance.
• Evaluates performance and effectiveness of programs.
• Coordinates professional development for staff in alignment with identified needs, emphasizing content standards and instructional improvement.
• Holds staff accountable for high standards and positive expectations for student achievement.
• Oversee the coordination of state assessments.
• Utilizes technology to enhance instructional practices.

Organizational Leader:

• Maintains and monitors a safe, secure and orderly school environment that enhances teaching and learning in a collegial, positive, and nurturing climate.
• Works with Central Office personnel to coordinate processes for the effective functioning of the school.
• Involves stakeholders in decision-making, seeking buy-in and managing conflict in the change process.
• Assigns teachers to classrooms and students to classes.
• Communicates effectively.
• Works collaboratively with district administration to implement district initiatives.
• Uses technology to enhance organizational practices.
• Administrative and Management Leader:
• Utilizes best practices to select an effective and successful staff.
• Evaluates performance and effectiveness of staff.
• Oversees general supervision of staff and students, including supervision of extra-curricular activities.
• Implements policy and procedure changes from the local, state, and/or federal levels.
• Stays current on legal/financial developments, educational legislative reforms, and district policies.
• Prepares the school budget; maintains fiscal responsibility in budgeting/purchasing.
• Establishes priorities for educational materials to meet the needs of students and teachers with allowable anticipated funds.
• Works with auxiliary services (SpEd, ESOL, School Services, etc.) to provide services to students and ensure effective functioning of the facilities.
• Uses technology to enhance administrative and management practices.

Human Relations Leader:

• Maintains positive relations with parents, parent groups, school volunteers and outside agencies.
• Appreciates and is sensitive to diversity among individuals and groups within the school community.
• Communicates regularly with various internal and external publics to develop and maintain a positive school/community relationship.
• Interacts with students and staff in a constructive manner to encourage each individual to perform at their highest level.

Professional Growth Leader:

• Models, teaches, coaches, and supports best practices to improve instruction.
• Identifies areas for improvement based on evaluation of staff and programs.
• Models ethical standards.
• Provides leadership by enhancing his/her own professional development.
• Develops the capacity of all staff through mentoring and professional development.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manages employees at the building level. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the school building. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Master’s degree; five years teaching experience preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Valid Building Administrator license at the appropriate level.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general educational periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of students, staff, parents, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra, geometry, and statistics.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in specific field. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies. General technology skills, including Internet research, database management, and presentation skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in this environment is quiet to loud depending upon the activity in the particular part of the day and location. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans for Disabilities (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individual currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.