Principal @ Carroll County Schools

Purpose of the position

To develop, implement, and evaluate the total school program

Strategic Goal Area I – Student Achievement

• 1. Engage teachers in cooperative planning for curriculum implementation to ensure agreement on core content and required student performances.
• 2. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of a standards-based curriculum.
• 3. Use action research to review performance data and student work to refine curriculum implementation and innovation.
• 4. Engage teachers in the use of assessment data to design and adjust instruction to maximize student learning and achievement.
• 5. Use protocols to engage teachers in review to student work products and performance used to adjust instruction.
• 6. Engage teachers in the collaborative analysis of assessment data to plan for continuous improvement for each student, subgroup of students, and the school as a whole.
• 7. Lead teachers to accept collective responsibility for school improvement and the learning and achievement of all students.
• 8. Lead job-embedded professional learning that aligns with school improvement goals and supports student achievement.
• 9. Evaluate the implementation and impact of professional learning on teacher practices, continuous school improvement, and student learning.
• 10. Drive and sustain change in a collegial environment focused on a continuous improvement model that supports all students meeting high standards.

Strategic Goal Area II – Student/Stakeholder Engagement & Loyalty

• 1. Engage participants in collaborative work and provide support systems that personalize work and learning for both students and adults.
• 2. Apply knowledge about adult learning to develop and implement structures that support adult learning and collaboration.
• 3. Model continuous learning by developing and maintaining a personal plan for self-improvement.
• 4. Nurture faculty, staff, and stakeholders as they engage in change processes.
• 5. Build buy-in from faculty and staff.
• 6. Develop strategies to engage stakeholders in the change process.
• 7. Work collaboratively with peers, administration and parents to ensure student success.

Strategic Goal Area III – Efficient and Effective Organizational Processes

• 1. Engage teachers in the use of formative assessment to provide effective and timely feedback on achievement of curriculum standards.
• 2. Develop action plans to address the results of an analysis of the school or system culture.
• 3. Develop and implement processes and structures that support a pervasively academic climate within a culture with high expectations for all students and adults.
• 4. Organize a safe, orderly, and engaging learning environment, including facilities, that reflects state, system, and local school rules, policies, and procedures.
• 5. Integrate curricula to make connections within and across subject areas.
• 6. Use protocols to engage teachers in collaboration to determine desired results and to design assessment practices which are consistent, balanced, and authentic.
• 7. Promote the use of a variety of effective and balanced assessment techniques to control for bias.
• 8. Manage operations within the structure of Georgia public education rules, regulations, and laws and the Georgia Code of Ethics for Educators.
• 9. Work collaboratively to implement fiscal policies that equitably and adequately distribute all available resources to support success of all students.
• 10. Develop budget that aligns resources with data-based instructional priorities.
• 11. Assess the school/district reporting system to ensure Georgia and federal requirements are met, including the filing of academic progress and maintaining clear, written documentation of legal issues.
• 12. Organize a school/system that reflects leadership decisions based on legal and ethical principles to promote educational equity.
• 13. Formulate school policies in cooperation with the staff.
• 14. Maintain an accurate inventory and accounting of school property.
• 15. Establishing a calendar for all school activities and events.
• 16. Coordinate the use of facilities, instructional materials, and equipment.
• 17. Coordinate a maintenance program for facilities, equipment, custodial services, grounds and buildings.

Strategic Goal Area IV – Continuous System and School Improvement

• 1. Select or develop and use instruments designed to analyze beliefs, processes, and structures in a school or district that support or impede rigor in teaching and learning.
• 2. Develop and implement distributed leadership as part of the process of shared governance.
• 3. Provide and protect time for job-embedded professional learning, such as mentoring, coaching, feedback, study groups, peer observation, and learning teams.
• 4. Recruit, select, and hire highly qualified and effective personnel.
• 5. Promote technology to support administrative processes.
• 6. Utilize change theory to successfully initiate and sustain a change effort.
• 7. Retain effective personnel by ensuring positive working conditions.

OTHER EXPECTATIONS

• 1. Adhere to the Code of Ethics for Educators in Georgia.
• 2. Demonstrate prompt and regular attendance/timelines.
• 3. Complete assignments and requirements on time and in compliance with directions.
• 4. Maintain accurate, complete, and appropriate records and file reports promptly.
• 5. Maintain confidentiality of information and records for students and staff.
• 6. Communicate effectively with students, peers, administration, parents and public.
• 7. Exhibit pleasant behavior and project a positive image when dealing with students, peers, administration, parents and public.
• 8. Follow and enforce regulations concerning student conduct, discipline and attendance.

JOB STANDARDS (Minimum qualifications needed to perform essential job functions):

• 1. Master's Degree or higher in administration and supervision
• 2. Minimum of five years teaching experience at the grade level
• 3. A minimum of three years as assistant principal
• 4. Such alternatives to the above as the board may find appropriate and acceptable

JOB LOCATION (Place(s) where work is performed):

Assigned school site

FLSA: Exempt

Evaluation Instrument for this job description

Carroll County Leadership Annual Evaluation or Leader Keys

05/19/2023