Elementary School Principal

Qualifications

A valid New York State School Building Administrator certificate
A minimum of five (5) years of satisfactory teaching experience and/or supervisory experience in the public schools.
An exceptional educator who has demonstrated school leadership within the Elementary School setting.

Responsibilities

• Promotes the continuous educational development of each student.
• Makes the school facility an attractive, pleasant and productive place in which to work and learn.
• Plans, manages and evaluates instructional and administrative systems so as to maximize student and staff achievement and satisfaction.
• Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate in the school.
• Supervises the planning, organizing and implementation of all school activities.
• Initiates, designs and implements programs to meet specific needs of the school.
• Assumes responsibility for the attendance, conduct and health of the students.
• Assumes leadership in the development, implementation, revision and evaluation of the curriculum.
• Plans, supervises and evaluates the school's extra-curricular program.
• Supervises all professional, paraprofessional and classified personnel attached to the school.
• Evaluates and counsels all staff members regarding their individual and group performance.
• Cooperates with college and university officials regarding teacher training, teacher placement, preparation, and practice teacher placement.
• Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary according to due process for the rights of the students.
• Acts as liaison between the school and the community, interpreting activities and policies of the school and encouraging community participation and support.
• Promotes parental involvement in the school program through such things as PTA activities, school visitation, orientation programs and parent conferences.
• Prepares and submits the school's budgeting request within the approved allocation and monitors expenditures of funds.
• Supervises the various local funds generated by student activities.
• Counsels staff members regarding their individual and group performance.
• Coordinates or supervises such support services as maintenance, security, food service, financial and accounting functions.
• Aids in the recruiting, screening, hiring, training and assigning of the school's professional, paraprofessional and classified staff.
• Plans and supervises fire drills and emergency preparedness programs.
• Provides for the preparation of reports, records and lists in a timely and organized fashion as required for the school's administration.
• Participates in principal's meetings, negotiations and any other appropriate meetings as required.
• Attends special events held to recognize student achievement and other school sponsored activities and functions.
• Keeps abreast of changes and developments in the profession by attending professional meetings, reading journals and publications, and discussing problems of mutual interest with others in the field.
• Initiates and coordinates among the staff the development of grantsmanship offerings in the private sector to provide the resources in the improvement of curriculum and instruction.

Requirements

Itinerant
Location: Martin Road Elementary School
Salary: Competitive
Appointment Status: Probationary
Position Status: Full time
Start Date: Pending BOE Action Required
Certification Type: School Building Leader {1012}
Contact Person's Name: Adriann Johnson
Contact Person's Title: Assistant Superintendent
Contact Person's Phone: 716-821-5610
Contact Person's Email: ajohnson@lackawannaschools.org
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