Principal - High School (One Year Only 2026-27 School Year)
About The Position
To administer and supervise the organization and operation of the best possible learning environment for students of the school. A career in Colorado's Douglas County School District is a chance to be part of something incredibly important and fulfilling. Spanning over 850 square miles, Douglas County School District offers a variety of communities ranging from small rural farm towns to large and fast-growing suburban neighborhoods. At the heart of it all is a love and dedication to family and a unity of purpose around ensuring that each and every one of our community’s 61,000+ students receives the education needed to have the brightest future possible. DCSD’s Board of Education adopted the following goals for our school district: Academic Excellence, Outstanding Educators and Staff, Safe, Positive Climate and Culture, Collaborative Relations with Parents and Community, and Financial Well-Being. In Douglas County, working in education is more than a job - it’s a calling. Every day our dedicated team of educators guides our community’s future leaders by encouraging them to ask questions, explore new ideas, and solve problems. Our school leaders and staff put students first in everything they do and work hard to ensure that our educators have the tools they need to provide every student the best education possible. We understand that no two students are the same, each has a unique learning style and needs. We also know that students want and deserve multiple options for life after high school. We support all students, whether their goal is to go on to a four-year college, join the military, or directly enter the workforce. We have the programs and know-how to ensure our students are successful in whatever they choose to do after high school. From our school principals and licensed teachers to our nutrition services staff and bus drivers, all DCSD employees touch the lives of students and every employee contributes to their success.
Requirements
- Type D Principal/Administrators License - Colorado
- Master's Degree
Responsibilities
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
- Develop and maintain effective communications, including complaint management, among the students, the community, the faculty and the administration. Visits classrooms and has frequent contact with students.
- Monitor the effectiveness of school practices and their impact on student learning, making adjustments for continuous improvement.
- Plan and implement human resources activities: hires/directs/mentors/ disciplines, terminates; staffing design/master schedule; professional development activities; evaluations.
- Responsible for day-to-day operations of physical plant including budget design/allocation for purchase of instructional supplies, material & equipment, coordinating capital reserve process (small & large capital).
- Utilize appropriate resources of the staff, student body, school district and the community to develop and maintain highly effective instructional and co-curricular programs.
- Implement effective instructional and curricular practices responding to the needs of students, the direction of the District, and valid innovations in education within a standards-based model, ensuring the integration of technology where appropriate.
- Ensure that the school has met state accreditation, accountability and school improvement plan requirements by addressing school wide student academic achievement and patterns of low student performance and achievement discrepancies.
Benefits
- health
- vision
- dental
- health savings account (HSA)
- flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- short and long-term disability
- critical illness and accident voluntary insurance
- employee assistance program (EAP)
- voluntary 401(k)
- 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options
- voluntary 403(b) savings plan with up to 4% District match for up to 5 years from date of hire
- paid off-track time
- sick time
- personal time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
