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Elementary School Principal

Employer
Academie Lafayette
Location
Kansas City, Missouri

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Job Category
Administrator, Principal
Grade Level
Elementary School
Job Type
Full-Time

OVERVIEW

Provide effective instructional and organizational leadership to school faculty, staff, and students in all areas.  Work effectively with all school personnel, students, parents and community members.  Be cognizant of all state and district requirements in serving the needs of students.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES include the following (other duties may be assigned):

  • Organizes and monitors school planning process in which cooperative working relationships are facilitated in developing goals and objectives that are transferable to programmatic implementation.
  • Monitors the curriculum and identifies progress toward stated goals and objectives.
  • Assists in designing procedures to evaluate student progress in relation to instructional objectives, including but not limited to benchmark testing.
  • Uses evaluation findings and assessment information to make decisions to expand, revise or suspend curricular programs.
  • Provides a variety of instruction programs consistent with district curriculum goals to meet individual learner needs to the extent that resources are available.
  • Directs and supervises the business operations of the school including budget, requisitions and accounting.
  • Sets high standards of conduct and monitors all facets of school life to ensure that all persons strive to meet these standards.
  • Makes regular systematic and accurate appraisals of teachers’ performance through scheduled and unscheduled classroom observations.
  • Provide staff development activities designed to assist staff in accomplishing school, district, and state objectives.
  • Establishes and supervises procedures for the security of school facilities and safety of all personnel and students.
  • Discharges assigned responsibility for selection, orientation, evaluation, transfer, reappointment or dismissal of school personnel by following school regulations regarding each of these functions.
  • Sets effective procedures and standards for evaluation and supervision of support personnel, using the Network for Effective Educators (NEE) system.
  • Keep students and parents informed of school, district and state goals, policies and activities.
  • Insures that parents are provided with regular reports of their child’s progress.
  • Enthusiastically informs the community about school, district, and state purposes, accomplishments and needs through regular written and verbal communications.
  • Provides leadership in guiding the various programs sponsored with the public, i.e. boosters, social agencies, School Advisory Committees, Area Attendance Council, P.T.A., and etc.
  • Establishes and maintains a harmonious multicultural, multiethnic educational environment.
  • Attends and participates in regularly required Staff Development Activities as provided by the School.
  • Performs any or all Medicaid Administrative Case Management duties, which serve to inform children and their families how to effectively access, use and maintain participation in all health resources under the Federal Medicaid program.

STATUS OF POSITION: This is a full-time position with Académie Lafayette. This is an exempt position pursuant to the U.S. Department of Labor.

GENERAL QUALIFICATION GUIDELINES

Education/Certification/Experience:

·       Masters Degree

·       Five (5) years of teaching experience

·       Hold, or be eligible for Missouri Certification in Elementary or Secondary school teaching

·       Hold, or be eligible for Missouri Administrative Certification

·       Two (2) years of school leadership experience in a high performing elementary school

·       Experience leading faculty members through Common Core transition

Preferred Qualifications:

·       Education Specialist and/or Doctorate Degree in Secondary School Administration

·       Experience in curriculum articulation, development, and coordination

·       Charter school experience preferred – not required

Mental/Physical/Environmental Demands:

·       Needs to move about inside the classroom or campus to monitor students as necessary.

·       Frequent standing, stooping, bending, pulling and pushing.

·       Frequent moving of small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment.

·       Occasional requires lifting up to 25 pounds.

·       Ability to organize and prioritize work schedules of others on short-term basis.

 

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