Principal (221 Days) 2026-2027 School Year

About the role

The principal at Dr Elba And Domingo Garcia West Dallas Stem School will establish and implement a shared vision and culture of collective responsibility with high expectations for staff and students. They will also manage resources effectively to support the organizational goals, ensuring a supportive, secure, and respectful learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains a shared vision of success and outlines and tracks clear goals, targets, and strategies aligned to the school vision that continually improves teacher effectiveness and student outcomes.
• Develops and uses effective conflict-management and consensus-building skills to make effective decisions that support campus and district goals.
• Strategically plans and ensures campus operations and resources promote the academic success and well-being of each student.
• Recruits, hires, mentors, and retains high-quality staff, conducts rigorous evaluations, trains, develops, and supports a high-performing campus staff, and develops leadership capacity of campus staff.
• Ensures a standards-based and aligned curriculum that meets the needs of all students and student groups, ensures the implementation of high-quality, effective classroom instructional strategies, and uses student level data to drive continuous improvement ensuring every student has sufficient opportunity to meet and exceed standards.
• Manages resources (people, financial, equipment) effectively to support the organizational goals, utilizes all funds in compliance with state and federal guidelines, while maximizing the goals of the campus, ensures campus facilities, equipment and support systems operate safely, efficiently and effectively, and establishes organizational structures and practices for all stakeholders that result in the effective and efficient operation of the campus to ensure student achievement.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with all stakeholders, models and promotes the highest standard of conduct, ethical principles and integrity in decision-making, actions, and behaviors, and interacts effectively with student, staff, parents and community members.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Education or a directly related field from an accredited university
• Texas standard Principal certificate or mid-management certificate
• Five years experience in education
• Three years of the five years shall be successful experience in a leadership role
• Thorough knowledge of the principles, methods, strategies, goals and objectives of public education
• Knowledge of procedures, techniques and strategies pertaining to the administration of school level operation
• Ability to effectively plan, organize and coordinate the management functions and activities of school operation
• Ability to carry out responsibilities with little or no supervision
• Ability to handle multiple priorities with frequent interruptions
• Ability to promote a positive, caring climate for learning
• Ability to effectively analyze problems, issues and concerns and formulate appropriate alternative solutions
• Ability to deal sensitively and fairly with persons from diverse cultural backgrounds
• Organizational, prioritization, communication and interpersonal skills required to achieve the goals of the position
• Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world
• Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession

Qualifications

• Professional certification in education
• Experience in a leadership role
• Master's degree in education or related field
• Experience in education

Skills

• Conflict management
• Consensus building
• Curriculum development
• Instructional coaching
• Data analysis
• Staff recruitment and retention
• Evaluation and feedback
• Facility management
• Leadership development
• Community engagement
• Financial management
• Policy compliance
• Problem-solving
• Cultural sensitivity
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Continuous professional development

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$109,000.00

Schedule

Full-time