Essential Duties:
1. Provides for the selection, supervision, and evaluation of all staff members, as well as various staff procedures.
- Supervise and evaluate certified secondary staff, ensuring the proper elements of instruction are implemented; coordinates the teacher supervision and evaluation process with the assistant principal.
- Evaluate assistant principal, dean of students, and activity coordinator.
- Supervise clerical, paraprofessional and custodial staff (in collaboration with the Director of Buildings and Grounds) in the performance of their duties.
- Manages staff and program improvement processes, as well as teacher professional development plans.
- Evaluates all staff assigned to the building.
- Screens, interviews, and recommends the selection of staff; including teachers and paraprofessionals; assigns the teaching staff.
2. Manages the daily operations of the building.
- Interprets policies related to faculty, staff and students.
- Responds to and resolves complaints and grievances of students, staff and parents.
- Coordinates with the assistant principal and dean of students regarding the discipline of students.
- Develops building objectives and procedures to facilitate the delivery of programs, student discipline, scheduling and record keeping.
- Coordinates various District programs with the regular education program.
- Supervises athletic events, evening school functions, and attends school-related community events.
- Manages field trips, out-of-state trips, and related transportation requests.
- Manages school safety and security processes including crisis management procedures.
3. Plans, conducts and attends meetings, events, and provides for public relations.
- Plans, conducts and attends meetings with teachers, other District staff and the community.
- Takes steps to ensure excellent public relations.
- Communicates in a positive and effective manner with staff, community members, visitors, and/or vendors.
4. Responds to written requests for information from students, staff, parents, business, as well as from other school districts; provides for student reports.
- Supervises the completion of, or actually completes, reports required by the State of Minnesota.
- Manages all student grade reporting processes, honor roll and student records.
5. Develops and implements a plan for the continuous evaluation of the curriculum and programs.
- Collaborates with the Director of Teaching and Learning and other District administrators in assessing and recommending District programs and policies.
- Coordinates the total curriculum with all departments.
- Leads high standard implementation process, including curriculum development, standards assessment, record keeping, and reporting.
- Manages, analyzes and interprets data, including assessment results, for school improvement purposes.
6. Develops the master schedule based upon student registration.
- Organizes, develops, revises and distributes all schedules in collaboration with the assistant principal and the counseling department.
7. Plans and recommends budget, subject to administrative approval.
8. Performs other comparable duties of a like or similar nature as assigned.
9. Maintain confidentiality and professionalism in school and community.
10. Ensure attendance (at least 95%), punctuality, and dress are appropriate.