Job Title: Campus Principal
Pre K- 8
Immediate Supervisor: Superintendent of Schools
Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00 Contract Length: 227 Days
Name:
Job Description:
Serves as the educational leader of the assigned campus. Manages policies, regulations, and procedures
to ensure all students are supervised in a safe learning environment, monitors the approved curricula and supports the mission of the district. Guides the character of the school and serves as a model for staff.
Organizes programs and activities designed to improve and enhance parental and community involvement. Builds a high performing team of teachers and support staff. Demonstrates dedication to helping students achieve personal and academic success by using proven best practices for teaching and learning; performs other duties as assigned.
Essential Individual Characteristics:
- Possesses a moral and ethical compass.
- Demonstrates a heart and passion for leadership.
- Identifies quality instructional and non-instructional staff and inspires excellence in them.
- Shows strong self-esteem.
- Makes decisions for the benefit of the school and community.
- Exhibits the flexibility and willingness to accept change.
- Possesses courage and persistence of one’s convictions.
- Balances a superb intellect with common sense.
Required Skills and Behavior:
- Develops and implements plans to:
Ø Increase student achievement
Ø Increase attendance
Ø Strengthen instructional opportunities
Ø Provide a safe learning environment
Ø Provide student services
Ø Comply with federal, state, and local laws and Board policies and procedures and other school
district initiatives
- Communicates, collaborates and builds strong relationships with key stakeholders including:
Ø Teachers and staff
Ø Students and parents
Ø Community and business partners
Ø Other members of the school and district community
- Selects and mentors a high-quality school staff.
- Develops and maintains quality data, a balanced budget and operational systems control closely tied to instructional priorities.
Experience Requirements:
7 – 10 years of exemplary teaching experience or comparable leadership experience is essential.
- Administrative experience as Principal, Assistant Principal, or in the area of instructional leadership.
- Additional leadership experience on the campus or otherwise is essential.
- Experience in an elementary or middle school preferred.
Educational Requirements:
- Valid Texas Mid-Management or Principal Certification.
Other Requirements:
- Maintains good attendance.
- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms with all levels of management, both
internal and external to the district.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships both internal and external to the district.
- Exhibits great listening and communication skills.
- Is a self-starter and pays attention to detail.
- Possesses great integrity and is looked upon as a leader.
- Is reliable, punctual, and possesses great time management details (i.e. meets deadlines regularly).
- Exhibit the willingness and flexibility to accept change.
- Ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into focus; judge distance (close and distant); reach with arms extended and use hands to manipulate the keyboard.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 10 pounds, stoop, kneel, crouch, walk, twist, bend, climb, and/or be mobile.
- Ability to travel throughout the district and city by means of private or public transportation. If driving personal (or private) vehicle, must possess a valid driver’s license and appropriate insurance coverage.
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills that may be required.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Experience:
- Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Houston, TX 77035 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Houston, TX 77035: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person