Middle School Principal
- Employer
- Gulfport School District
- Location
- Gulfport, Mississippi
- Salary
- Competitive
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- Job Category
- Administrator, Principal
- Grade Level
- Middle School
The Gulfport School District, Gulfport, Mississippi, is seeking a highly qualified and fully certified Principal for Bayou View Middle School. The Board wishes to have the successful candidate assume the responsibilities of the position July 1, 2019.
McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C., Executive Recruitment and Development has been engaged as the consultant in a search for outstanding candidates. They will assist the district in identifying and screening the candidates.
Enrollment: School district: 6,435
Bayou View Middle School: 843
Location: Equidistant between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The Qualifications
The candidate must have the background, skills, and abilities essential for excellence in educational leadership. The district has developed the following desired characteristics.
- A strong leader who uses common sense in decision making; communicates well; and is honest, organized, loyal, and charismatic. Confidentiality is a must!
- A school leader who believes all students must achieve regardless of outside influences and holds students and staff accountable for results.
- A school leader who understands, embraces, and is committed to the Belief Statements of the Gulfport School District Strategic Plan.
- An empathetic school leader who relates and collaborates well with students, parents, and staff.
- A school leader who understands that discipline is a priority but also understands that there is nothing so unfair as the equal treatment of unequals.
Search Timeline:
- Closing date for applications: March 14, 2019 (11:30 p.m. central time)
- Interview Committee selects finalists to interview: March 28, 2019
- Interviews with the Interview Committee: Week of April 1, 2019
- Selection of new Bayou View Middle School Principal: April 8, 2019
- Start date: July 1, 2019
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