Principal, Elementary School (240 days)
Lexington County School District Two
Location
West Columbia, SC | United States
Job description
Position Type:
Administration/Principal - Elementary School
Date Posted: 2/27/2024
Location: Cayce Elementary
Date Available: July 1, 2024
Closing Date: Until Filled
Cayce Elementary School Profile
School District Position Description Position Title
: Principal, Elementary School Reports To: Superintendent
Approved By: Angela Cooper, Ed.D., CHRO Date: February 27, 2024
SUMMARY: Provides instructional leadership to staff including: curriculum planning, review and implementation; and professional development. Responsible for day-to-day building administration and the safety and welfare of students, staff and activities. Ensures a safe, pleasant and effective educational atmosphere, provides discipline as necessary and enforces school policy.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.
- Interacts with students in a constructive manner to encourage each individual to perform at his/her highest level.Manages a building staff.Assigns teachers to classrooms and students to classes.Evaluates performance and effectiveness of programs and staff. Coordinates in-service training for staff.Maintains relations with parents, parent groups, school volunteers and outside agencies.Participates in district-wide activities, in-services, committees, as appropriate.Implements policy and procedure changes from the Board, or the State and Federal level at the building level. Reports appropriately to staff and to community.Prepares the school budget, works with budget manager on budgeting/purchasing.Establishes priorities for educational materials to meet the needs of students and teachers with allowable anticipated funds.Works with Central Office personnel to coordinate processes for the effective functioning of the school.Maintains current information on legal/financial developments of educational legislative reforms.Maintains current educational/administrative certificate by meeting required coursework of 6 credit hours or 18 CEUs every 5 years.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Manages employees in the elementary school and early childhood centers. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of this unit.
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Master's Degree - five years teaching experience; minimum 3 years Elementary Administration.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Valid South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Elementary Principalship or Elementary Supervisor.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in specific field. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in this work environment is quiet to loud depending upon the activity in the particular part of the day and location.
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.
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