26-27 Elementary Principal

Alpha Academy • Fayetteville, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The principal serves as a member of the administrative team to develop and implement the total school program. This role involves coordinating the development of school goals and objectives, planning instructional programs, providing staff direction and development, evaluating school programs and staff, and initiating improvements. The principal is also responsible for maintaining professional competence, managing disciplinary procedures, communicating school policies, coordinating school services and resources, facilitating organizational efficiency, and assisting with record keeping and inventory.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Education Administration, or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• 3 to 5 years of experience as a classroom teacher.
• Must possess a teaching license from the State of North Carolina.
• Must possess a valid North Carolina driver's license.
• Physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, cellular phones, etc.
• Physically able to operate a motor vehicle.
• Able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.
• Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
• Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.
• Ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, charts, strategic plans, etc.
• Ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, appraisals, charts, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
• Ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in Standard English.
• Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra, descriptive statistics, statistical inference, and statistical theory.
• Ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
• Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
• Ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools.
• Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.)
• Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Responsibilities

• Implements student orientation and registration activities.
• Coordinates in the development and establishing of the schools goals and objectives and the planning of the schools instructional program.
• Provides direction to staff in implementing goals and objectives and interacts and meets with staff to assist in their development.
• Administers the evaluation of the school program and of staff and will initiate needed improvements.
• Stays professionally current and ensure the teachers received professional knowledge and skills training.
• Defines and disseminates information about school discipline policy and procedures to parents, students, staff, and community.
• Communicates and carries out established policies, delegates and accepts responsibility for completion of tasks and communicates program goals, objectives, and policies to the community.
• Supervises and maintains auxiliary service and uses community resources to supplement the school program.
• Promotes and maintains open communications, positive student attitudes, respects dignity, worth of staff, students, and complies with established lines of authority.
• Supervision of completions of records and reports and in the supervision and inventory of necessary supplies, textbooks, equipment, and materials.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager