• | Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavioral or learning problems. |
• | Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues. |
• | Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff. |
• | Prepare and submit budget requests and recommendations, or grant proposals to solicit program funding. |
• | Prepare, maintain, or oversee the preparation and maintenance of attendance, activity, planning, or personnel reports and records. |
• | Recommend personnel actions related to programs and services. |
• | Direct and coordinate activities of teachers, administrators, and support staff at schools, public agencies, and institutions. |
• | Participate in special education-related activities such as attending meetings and providing support to special educators throughout the district. |
• | Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs. |
• | Direct and coordinate school maintenance services and the use of school facilities. |
• | Create orientation activities for students transitioning from the elementary to middle school level or middle school to the high school level. |
• | Coordinate and direct extracurricular activities and programs such as after-school events and athletic contests. |
• | Collaborate with coordinators/directors to evaluate teachers/paraprofessionals under their respective programs. |
• | Communicate with directors/coordinators to provide input toward evaluations of staff not directly evaluated by the principal. |
• | Collaboratively develop and implement a shared vision and mission. |
• | Collect and use data to identify goals, assess organizational effectiveness, and promote organizational learning. |
• | Create and implement plans to achieve goals. |
• | Promote continuous and sustainable improvement. |
• | Monitor and evaluate progress and revise plans. |
• | Nurture and sustain a culture of collaboration, trust, learning, and high expectations. |
• | Ensure a comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent curricular program is implemented. |
• | Create a personalized and motivating learning environment for students. |
• | Supervise instruction. |
• | Develop assessment and accountability systems to monitor student progress. |
• | Develop the instructional and leadership capacity of staff. |
• | Maximize time spent on quality instruction. |
• | Promote the use of the most effective and appropriate technologies to support teaching and learning. |
• | Monitor and evaluate the impact of the instructional program. |
• | Monitor and evaluate the management and operational systems. |
• | Obtain, allocate, align, and efficiently utilize human, fiscal, and technological resources. |
• | Promote and protect the welfare and safety of students and staff. |
• | Develop the capacity for distributive leadership. |
• | Ensure teacher and organizational time is focused to support quality instruction and student learning. |
• | Collect and analyze data and information pertinent to the educational environment. |
• | Promote understanding, appreciation, and use of the communities' diverse cultural, social, and intellectual resources. |
• | Build and sustain positive and productive relationships with families, caregivers, and community partners. |
• | Ensure a system of accountability for every student's academic and social success. |
• | Model principles of self-awareness. reflective practice, transparency, and ethical behavior. |
• | Safeguard the values of democracy, equity, and diversity. |
• | Consider and evaluate the potential moral and legal consequences of decision-making. |
• | Promote social justice and ensure that individual student needs inform all aspects of schooling. |
• | Advocate for children, families, and caregivers. |
• | Act to influence local, district, state, and national decisions affecting student learning. |
• | Assess, analyze, and anticipate emerging trends and initiatives in order to adapt leadership strategies. |
• | Conduct and oversee fundraising activities consistent with district policies and procedures. |
• | Report to the proper authorities any cases of suspected child endangerment, neglect, or abuse. |
• | Report, investigate, and address suspected bullying as required by Arkansas law and district policies. |
• | Adhere to all policies of the District. |
• | Perform other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent. |