Principal - Carroll Middle School JobID: 2050

• Position Type:

  Administration/ Principal

• Date Posted:

  12/10/2024

• Location:

  Carroll Middle School (5 - 8)

• Date Available:

  08/01/2025

• Closing Date:

  01/09/2025

     Description:Job Summary: SUPERVISES: 1. All personnel assigned to the middle school2. Other personnel as assigned by the Superintendent POSITION GOAL: To use leadership, supervisory and administrative skills to promote the educational development of each student and the professional development of each staff member. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establishes, maintains, and is accountable for an effective learning environment in the school.

• Exercises leadership in establishing and clarifying short and long-range educational goals.

• Promotes positive action toward the realization of school objectives through efficient procedures, curriculum, extra-curricular programs, and the establishment of staff, student, and community committees.

• Designs and implements a building-level communication system which effectively meets the needs of the staff and students.

• Develops a program of public relations in order to further the community's understanding and support of the educational program.

• Develops and implements a staff-improvement program for teachers in the building in coordination with the superintendent.

• Assumes major responsibility in the recruiting, screening, hiring, training, assigning, and evaluating all certificated personnel assigned to the school.

• Assists in the recruiting, screening, hiring, training, assigning, and evaluating of all non-certificated personnel assigned to the school.

• Assumes responsibility for the scheduling of all classes in the Middle School and for ensuring that all students are scheduled for classes in accordance with Board Policy.

• Assumes responsibility for the safety of all personnel and exercises decisive leadership in crisis situations.

• Plans and supervises fire drills and an emergency preparedness program.

• Establishes and maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary according to due process of the rights of students.

• Prepares and submits the school's budgetary requests and monitor the expenditure of funds.

• Assumes the responsibility for the observance and implementation of Board policies and administration regulations.

• Enforces all district policies.

• Coordinates scheduling of school/community activities with the superintendent's office.

• Prepares or supervises the preparation of reports, records, lists and all other paperwork required by local policy and state law.

• Directs the coordination and maintenance of the school's pupil services including guidance and counseling, health, library and student records.

• Defines and delegates appropriate supervisory responsibility for all Middle School activities. Plans for the proper conduct of participants and spectators at all public events.

• Delegates authority of personnel to assume responsibility for the school in the absence of the administrators.

• Reports to the superintendent regarding the needs of the school with respect to personnel, finance, curriculum, facilities, equipment and supplies.

• Keeps abreast of trends, promising ideas, and research in the profession by attending professional meetings, reading professional literature and discussing problems of mutual interest with others in the field.

• Manages and be accountable for the effectiveness of the student services and activities programs, including development and proper implementation of guidelines for activity sponsors.

• Serves as a member of such committees and attends such meetings as directed to by the superintendent.

• Supervises the maintenance of accurate records on the progress and attendance of students

• Assists in the development and implementation of accommodations to Section 504, ADA and IDEA for the building.

• Assists in the communication of the school's philosophy, purposes, programs, and problems to the students, staff, central staff, Board, and community.

• Assists in the preparation of the student and teacher handbooks.

• Assists in the development of appropriate rules and regulations governing the conduct of students in the Carroll Community School District and assume responsibility for the enforcement of all disciplinary policies.

• Assists in the organization, planning, and implementation of summer school programs.

• Performs such other duties as the superintendent may assign.

  PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Physical ActivityAmount of Time

Occasionally(1%-32%)Frequently(33%-65%)Constantly(66%-100%)

MobilityX

TalkX

HearX

Operate ComputerX

Stationary PositionX

BalanceX

Lift Up to 10 poundsX

Operate Motor VehicleX

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Working ConditionsAmount of Time

Occasionally(1%-32%)Frequently(33%-65%)Constantly(66%-100%)

School HoursX

IndoorsX

EveningsX

WeekendsX

Qualifications:1. Must hold a valid Iowa Principal’s endorsement for the appropriate educational level.2. Iowa Evaluator Approval3. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.4. Previous experience preferred