Education:
Master's degree in educational administration
Texas principal or other appropriate Texas certificate
T-Tess Certified
Experience:
Minimum of 3 years experience as a classroom teacher
3 years experienceas an assistant principal
Secondary Experience Preferred
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Instructional Management - Monitor instructional and managerial processes to ensure that program activities are related to program outcomes and use findings to take corrective actions.
- Regularly consult the campus-level committee about planning, operation, supervision, and evaluation of campus education program. Include students and community representatives when appropriate.
Communication and School Organization - Provide instructional resources and materials to support teaching staff in accomplishing instructional goals.
- Foster collegiality and team building among staff members. Encourage their active involvement in decision-making process.
- Provide for two-way communication with superintendent, staff, students, parents, and community.
- Communicate and promote expectations for high-level performance to staff and students. Recognize excellence and achievement.
- Ensure the effective and quick resolution of conflicts.
School or Organization Improvement - Build common vision for school improvement with staff. Direct planning activities and put programs in place with staff to ensure attainment of school's mission.
- Identify, analyze, and apply research findings (e.g., effective school correlates) to promote school improvement.
- Develop and set annual campus performance objectives for each of the Academic Excellence Indicators using the campus planning process and site-based decision making committee.
- Develop, maintain, and use information systems and records necessary to show campus progress on performance objectives addressing each Academic Excellence Indicator.
- Secondary Education
- Collaborate with other district academic leaders to ensure success at assigned campus
- Ensure strong curricular program are in place and Ensure state adopted and aligned curriculum in all courses taught.
- Work with school leaders to monitor school improvement and adjust accordingly. Ensure campus accountability meets the state standard.
- Ensure the effective management, coaching, and mentorship of staff in ways that drive significant student achievement gains.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of staff, ensuring strategies are student-focused and aligned with the district's mission, core values, academic standards, and goals.
- Ensure 100% graduation rate and the highest level CCMR rating for accountability purposes.
- Monitor classrooms and instruction in a way that ensures high levels of learning in all classrooms.
Personnel Management - Interview, select, and orient new staff. Approve all personnel assigned to campus.
- Define expectations for staff performance with regard to instructional strategies, classroom management, and communication with the public.
- Observe employee performance, record observations, and conduct evaluation conferences with staff.
- Assign and promote campus personnel.
- Make recommendations to superintendent on termination, suspension, or nonrenewal of employees assigned to campus.
- Work with campus-level planning and decision-making committees to plan professional development activities.
- Confer with subordinates regarding their professional growth. Work with them to develop and accomplish improvement goals.
Management of Fiscal, Administrative, and Facilities Functions - Comply with district policies and state and federal laws and regulations affecting the schools.
- Develop campus budgets based on documented program needs, estimated enrollment, personnel, and other fiscal needs. Keep programs within budget limits. Maintain fiscal control. Accurately report fiscal information.
- Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents required including accurate and timely reports of maximum attendance to requisition textbooks.
- Manage use of school facilities. Supervise maintenance of facilities to ensure a clean, orderly, and safe campus.
Student Management - Work with faculty and students to develop a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior and enhances the school climate.
- Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable in accordance with Student Code of Conduct and student handbook.
- Conduct conferences about student and school issues with parents, students, and teachers.
Professional Growth and Development - Develop professional skills appropriate to job assignment.
- Demonstrate professional, ethical, and responsible behavior. Serve as a role model for all campus staff.
School or Community Relations - Articulate the school's mission to the community and solicit its support in realizing the mission.
- Demonstrate awareness of school and community needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.
- Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.
- Ensure there is an administrator on duty for all home activity and games; attend away athletic events as needed to serve as administrator on duty.
Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervise and evaluate the performance of staff assigned to campus including assistant principal(s), teacher(s), counselor(s), librarian(s), instructional aides, clerical support staff, and custodians.
Working Conditions: Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress. Occasional districtwide and statewide travel; frequent prolonged and irregular hours.
Other Other duties as assigned
Salary Range: $100,000-$127,881
After completing application email resume and letter of interest to: Dr. Megan C. Pape
[email protected] 
