JOB TITLE: Intermediate/Middle School Principal (Grades 5-8)
FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Exempt (Administrative/Professional), salaried employee
WORK DAYS: 246 days (does not include holidays)
STANDARD HOURS PER DAY: 8 hours per day
WORK YEAR: The work year for the Intermediate/Middle School Principal (5-8) is on the first weekday in July, and ends the last work day in June.
SALARY SCHEDULE & BENEFITS: The Intermediate/Middle School Principal (5-8) is paid on the “Administrators” salary schedule, and is eligible for benefits on the “Administrators” benefits schedule. Salary range, $122,588-134,826.
REPORTS TO: The Intermediate/Middle School Principal (5-8) reports to the Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning of Secondary Instruction.
SUPERVISES: The Intermediate/Middle School Principal (5-8) supervises all of the teachers, support staff, and all other administrators assigned to work at the school.
GENERAL SUMMARY: The Intermediate/Middle School Principal (5-8) is responsible for directing all of the operations of the school. This includes the curriculum and instruction, co-curricular and extracurricular programs, staffing, fiscal management, and management of the facilities.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Instructional Leader for the school, responsible for student achievement, focused conversations with teachers, consistent classroom visits, shares and models effective teaching strategies, confronts classroom mediocrity, has high expectations, provides structure, creates and maintains positive culture and climate, drive to move school forward, and includes all staff in the team effort in promoting student achievement for the purpose of providing support to staff in order to increase student achievement;
Directs the work activities of teachers, support staff, and other administrators to ensure that the best instructional practices are employed and that high quality professional development/learning opportunities are offered to support practices;
Directly supervises school personnel for the purpose of monitoring performance, providing for professional growth, achieving overall objectives of school's curriculum and meeting Principal expectations;
Recruits, selects, assigns, evaluates and recommends the employment or termination of all staff at the 5-8 level;
Maintains high standards of job performance and personal conduct;
Promotes use of assessment data (e.g. monitors student progress, conducts and uses assessment data to guide instruction, uses academic support systems) for the purpose of increasing student achievement and supporting decisions;
Represents and promotes the intermediate/middle school, its students, and its opportunities to the community, and actively engages members of the community to assist the school through ongoing community support for educational goals and/or assisting with issues related to school climate and culture;
Actively engages students, families, and community to be part of the intermediate/middle school’s decision making processes and is intentional about capturing their thoughts and ideas on how to improve experiences;
Works with fellow principals and staff to ensure that there is district-wide coherence in all achievement expectations and student support initiatives;
Keeps the Superintendent and the Assistant Superintendent informed of the school’s activities, programs, and daily operation;
Serves as part of District Leadership Team;
Follows and implements school board policies.
NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning of Secondary Schools.
SKILLS AND PROFICIENCIES:
Exudes positivity and proactive/solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving.
Working knowledge of Indiana Code/Statute.
Ability to produce, analyze, interpret and summarize data.
Ability to interpret policy and procedures.
Working knowledge and understanding of college and career readiness.
Must possess excellent interpersonal skills.
Must possess strong writing and verbal communication/presentation skills.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
1. Five or more years teaching/leading in public schools.
2. Leadership experiences with a proven record of having high expectations of students and supporting students to achieve at high levels.
CERTIFICATES/LICENCE:
Valid teaching and administrator’s licenses.
OTHER:
Ability to perform the essential functions and to fulfill the physical/sensory/environmental requirements of the job (with or without reasonable accommodations) is required.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The duties and responsibilities of the Principal (5-8) primarily involve a daily combination of office work, traveling through the school building and grounds, and interacting with students, teachers and parents.
Efficient use of a personal computer is important to the effective accomplishment of these job responsibilities.
This job does not require heavy lifting or other physical abilities often associated with manual labor.
SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: The ability to communicate verbally in person and via telephone is very important. The ability to compose documents that are readily and fully understood is very important.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: Tasks are regularly performed without significant exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.