High School Principal - Charles J. Colgan

Job Summary

The principal serves as an educational leader, overseeing daily operations, managing budgets, shaping school policies, fostering a safe environment, and collaborating with staff, students, and parents. Their role is pivotal in promoting academic excellence and student success. Additionally, they are responsible for continuous improvement planning, ensuring alignment with the strategic plan. Their instructional leadership drives effective teaching practices, while managing personnel and maintaining the school facility.

Essential Responsibilities Specific to this Job:

• Supervises, evaluates and provides instructional direction to all staff in such a way as to implement the total curriculum in relation to the students attending this school
• Organizes the school in such a way as to provide for an optimum learning environment and experiences for students in both curricular and extracurricular programs
• Assigns duties and responsibilities to assistant principals and other key personnel in order to maintain an orderly day-to-day operation
• Manages appropriated and non-appropriated funds to ensure accomplishment of school programs
• Directs in-service programs for staff which concentrate on maintaining and improving current programs and planning future programs
• Provides effective public relations and communications within the school and the community
• Selects and assigns personnel to ensure the best utilization of their experience and skills
• Evaluates and supervises staff in order to maintain a level of competence to ensure the fulfillment of the education goals
• Coordinates the use of the central office staff to develop and maintain effective school programs and services
• Establishes and maintains effective school discipline
• Provides athletic and extracurricular activities appropriate for the high school student
• Manages the operation and maintenance of building and grounds
• Assumes a leadership role in the development and implementation of the continuous improvement plan and budget in cooperation with the school advisory council
• Assists in the coordination of central office classified support personnel who provide services to the local school
• Implements, monitors and assists in the evaluation of the division-wide curriculum action plan at the local school level
• Performs the responsibilities charged to the principal by the local School Board

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Behaviors:

• Knowledge of the instructional process, public relations, school finance, school law, personnel management, administration, supervision, curriculum and educational processes
• Demonstrates leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary to work effectively with students, teachers and parents

Minimum of a master’s degree and a Pupil Personnel or Postgraduate Professional License. If a current VA Postgraduate Professional License is not currently held, the candidate must hold a reciprocal out-of-state certification with a comparable Administration and Supervision PreK-12 endorsement. Must hold a Virginia teaching certificate and be endorsed in Admin/Supervision PreK-12.

Minimum of one year with successful, full-time experience as an administrator at the high school level.