PRINCIPAL POSITION DESCRIPTION
Qualifications:
• Classroom Teaching Experience required
• Eligibility for North Carolina Principal Licensure preferred
Essential Job Functions:
- Conceptualizes the mission and goals of the school and plans accordingly to ensure that procedures and schedules are implemented to carry out the total school program
- Ensures that the school program is in compliance with NC Charter School law and regulations
- Defines the responsibilities and accountability of staff members and develops plans for interpreting the school program to the community. The principal knows in detail the North Carolina’s accountability model
- Provides activities which facilitate the professional growth of the school staff and enhances the quality of the instructional program
- Manages and chairs the continuous school improvement Leadership Team. Ensures that the School Improvement Plan is followed and reviewed throughout the school year
- Ensures that instructional objectives for a given subject and/or classroom are developed, along with detailed curriculum pacing guides; and involves the faculty and others in the development of specific curricular objectives to meet the needs of the school program.
- The principal provides opportunities for staff participation in the school program
- Establishes, implements, and evaluates procedures used to carry out the daily routine of the school
- Evaluates student progress in the instructional program by means that include the maintaining of up-to-date student data
- Supervises and appraises the performance of the school staff through observation of the North Carolina Evaluation System
- Maintains good relationships with students, staff, and parents
- Promotes school safety
- Orients and assists new staff members and new students and provides opportunities for their input in the school program
- Encourages the use of community resources, cooperates with the community in the use of school facilities, interprets the school program for the community, and maintains communication with community members
- Manages, directs, and maintains records on the materials, supplies, and equipment that are necessary to carry out the daily school routine
- Involves the community and makes use of community resources
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the director
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