Job Description:

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Principal

I.          General Description:

1.            To direct the development of quality educational programs.

2.            To make the school facility an attractive, safe, and productive place to work and learn.

II.         Qualifications

1.            A valid Arizona Principal Certificate.

2.            Three years successful experience as an administrator.

3.            Bilingual – Navajo and English preferred.

III.          Duties and Responsibilities:

A.        Leadership

1.            Provide leadership for long- and short-range planning of the school’s instructional program.

2.            Directs the activities of school’s certified and non-certified staff members in the performance of their duties.

3.            Enforces District policies and administrative regulations.

4.            Supervises and evaluates the school’s special education, vocational education, counseling, extracurricular, and students activities.

5.            Prepares and submits the school budgeting requests and monitors the expenditures of funds.

6.            Reports to appropriate central office administrative office regarding the needs of the school with respect to personnel, equipment, supplies, and curriculum.

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B.        Supervision

1.            Recruits the best-trained personnel for the instructional program.

2.            Evaluates the activities of the school’s certified and non-certified staff members in the performance of their duties.

3.            Develops methods for establishing open communication to enhance maximum involvement and participation by staff in decisions affecting them.

4.            Develops position descriptions for personnel and develops methods of evaluation.

5.            Supervises the activities of all staff members in the school.

6.            Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary according due process rights to the students.

7.            Controls and maintains all funds generated by student activities and auxiliary funds.

8.            Supervises the preparation and maintenance of all required records and reports.

9.            Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate in the school.

10.         Appropriately publicizes school events.

11.         Performs other tasks and responsibilities as the Associate Superintendent or Superintendent may assign.

CHINLE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 24                      FILE NO:  GCA     

Board Policy and District Procedures                                     Date Adopted:

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C.           Curriculum

1.            Directs the instructional staff in the development and implementation of curricula.

2.            Coordinates curriculum within and between the schools.

3.            Keeps abreast of changes and developments in the profession by attending professional meetings, reading professional journals and other publications, and discussing problems of mutual interest with others in the field.

4.            Develops methods for evaluating and reporting students’ progress towards stated educational goals and objectives.

D.           Accountability

1.            Attends all regularly scheduled Governing Board meetings that have items pertaining to their school, or when directed.