About this role
Ascension Parish School Board Job Description
JOB TITLE
Primary Principal
JOB TYPE
150,
POSITION REPORTS TO
Appropriate Director
PAY GRADE
L-5
FLSA STATUS
Exempt
ASSIGNMENT PERIOD
260 days
- I. SUMMARY OF POSITION'S PURPOSE
Administers plans, organizes, and implements the instructional and support services program of the elementary and middle schools, and secondary education.
- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION – Master's degree. Type A, Level 2, or OSP1 Louisiana teaching certificate. Certification as Provisional Principal, Principal or Educational Leader-Level 1.
- EXPERIENCE - At least three years of successful teaching experience during the five year period immediately preceding appointment to school administrator.
- OTHER REQUIREMENTS - Additional requirements as the Board may establish.
- DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES STANDARD 1
An education leader promotes the success of every student by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by all stakeholders.
- Collaboratively develops and implements a shared vision and mission.
- Sets ambitious goals and a vision for achievement; invests teachers and students in that vision.
- Collects and uses data to identify goals, assess organizational effectiveness, and promote organizational learning.
- Creates and implements plans to achieve goals
- Promotes continuous and sustainable improvement.
- Monitors and evaluates progress and revised plans.
STANDARD 2
An education leader promotes the success of every student by advocating, nurturing and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.
- Nurtures and sustains a culture of collaboration, trust, learning, and high expectations.
- Creates a comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent curricular program while ensuring teachers set clear and measurable objectives aligned to the common core.
- Creates and upholds systems which result in the orderly operation of the school.
- Creates a personalized and motivating learning environment for students
- Supervises instruction.
- Develops assessment and accountability systems to monitor student progress reflective of common core rigor.
- Develops the instructional and leadership capacity of staff by establishing a pipeline for teacher leaders.
- Maximizes time spent on quality instruction.
- Promotes the use of the most effective and appropriate technologies to support teaching and learning.
- Monitors, observes, and evaluates while providing feedback to teachers regularly regarding instructional program.
STANDARD 3
An educational leader promotes the success of every student by ensuring management of the organization, operation and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.
- Obtains, allocates, aligns and efficiently utilizes human, fiscal, and technological resources.
- Promotes and protects the welfare and safety of students and staff.
- Develops the capacity for distributed leadership.
- Ensures teacher and organizational time is focused to support quality instruction and student learning.
- Monitors, observes, and evaluates while providing feedback regularly regarding management and operational systems.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the proper authorities.
STANDARD 4
An education leader promotes the success of every student by collaborating with faculty and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
- Collects and analyzes data and information pertinent to the educational environment.
- Promotes understanding, appreciation and use of the community's diverse cultural, social, and intellectual resources.
- Builds and sustains positive relationships with families and caregivers.
- Builds and sustains productive relationships with community partners.
STANDARD 5
An education leader promotes the success of every student by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.
- Ensures a system of accountability for every student's academic and social success.
- Models principles of self-awareness, reflective practice, transparency, and ethical behavior.
- Safeguards the values of democracy, equity, and diversity.
- Considers and evaluates the potential moral and legal consequences of decision-making.
- Promotes social justice and ensures that individual student needs inform all aspects of schooling.
STANDARD 6
An education leader promotes the success of every student by understanding, responding to, and influencing the political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.
- Advocate for children, families, and caregivers.
- Acts to influence local, district, state, and national decisions affecting student learning
- Assesses, analyzes, and anticipates emerging trends and initiatives in order to adapt leadership strategies.
NOTE: This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the position. It is not intended to
be a comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities. The Ascension Parish School Board reserves the right to
change this description at its discretion.
- SIGNATURES:
Supervisor
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This job description was approved by the Ascension Parish School Board on: September 1, 2026.