Elementary Principal - 2026-2027 School Year Opening

School Administrative Unit #9 • Conway, NH

12h

About The Position

To use leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills so as to promote the educational development of each student.

Requirements

• New Hampshire certification as Principal required.
• Master’s degree required in the area of elementary education /administration.
• Minimum of 3 years of successful teaching experience.
• Such alternative to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Interprets and enforces district policies and administrative regulations.
• Acts upon own discretion in matters not covered by Board policy.
• Leads in the development, determination of appropriateness, and monitoring of the instructional program.
• Organizes and administers the public relations program of the school.
• Engages in short and long-range planning.
• Assists in the recruiting, screening, hiring, training, assigning, and evaluating of the school’s professional staff.
• Assumes responsibility for his/her own professional growth and development.
• Initiates, designs, and implements programs to meet specific needs of the school.
• Orient new staff members and assist in their development.
• Prepares or supervises the preparation of accurate data collection and reporting as required or appropriate to the school’s administration and annual local and state reporting.
• Prepares and submits the school’s budgetary requests, and helps to monitor expenditure of funds.
• Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary, according due process to the rights of students.
• Participates in Administrative team meetings and such other meetings as required or appropriate.
• Keeps the Superintendent informed on important school activities and problems.
• Supervises all professional, paraprofessional, and non-teaching personnel attached to the school.
• Assumes and shares responsibility for the safety and administration of the school plant.
• Plans and supervises fire drills and emergency programs.
• Plans and coordinates work of staff members.
• Organizes administration of a program of reporting pupil progress to parents.
• Provides substitute teachers in case of teacher absence.
• Promotes and encourages community involvement.
• Creates a positive and friendly atmosphere conducive to learning.
• Facilitates meetings of staff to achieve school and district goals, and ensure proper functioning of the school.
• Makes provision for being available to students and parents for educational related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
• Assists in the operation of the transportation program.
• Provides leadership to assure continuity and correlation of curriculum among schools.
• Coordinates the activities of all itinerant and non-teaching staff assigned to the building.
• Assumes responsibility for any other duties that may be assigned by the Superintendent of Schools.

What This Job Offers

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