Job Title: High School Principal
Reports to: Executive Director of Secondary Schools
Work Schedule: 8.0 hours per day- 255 days per year (includes 28 vacation days and 12 holidays)
Salary: Marysville School Administrator Salary Schedule – https://www.msd25.org/o/District/page/employee-groups
Account Code: 0100-23-2100-XXXX- 6200-0000-0
Position Goal:
The primary responsibility of the principal is the daily improvement of classroom instruction that results in high levels of student academic performance for all students. The principal is responsible for leveraging all aspects of the building instructional program (curriculum materials, instructional capacity, use of assessment) to ensure all students have an equal opportunity to learn and to do so with a high level of integrity.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Valid Washington State Administrator credential with Principal endorsement
- Valid Washington State Teaching certificate
- Masters' degree in educational administration
- Bilingual preferred
- Demonstrated experience (in a previous administrative assignment) developing a strong culture of improved achievement
- Experience in implementing curriculum, assessment, instruction that improve learning performance
- Prior experience in designing and implementing a secondary school master schedule that supports cross content grade level teaming
- Demonstrated experience in implementing research-based, best practices that have increased student achievement and for preparing students for college and/or career readiness
- Successful teaching and instructional leadership experience
- Experience at the high school level preferred
- Experience and/or training with cultural, ethnic, and language diversity preferred
- Successful Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation Fingerprint Clearance
- Proof of Immunization (if born 1/1/57 or later)
- I-9 Employment Eligibility in compliance with the Immigrations Reform and Control Act
- Completion of all district-required trainings within thirty (30) calendar days from hire date
Desired Skills:
- Ability to assign classrooms and schedule common planning periods to support collaboration and integration of curricular areas
- Uses data to know learners, monitor and measure progress, establish targets and determine next steps to improve instructional practice and student learning
- Experience in using data to:
- Assign teaching staff based on student need and teacher expertise
- Identify, monitor, and intervene with students most at risk of failure
- Identify groups of students that are underperforming and to establish specific achievement goal increases for each group
- Evidence of the ability to provide constructive and/or directive feedback to classroom teachers and the subsequent monitoring of progress toward the suggested/directed goal that resulted in a change of behavior or practice
- Ensure that every student meets or exceeds standards by: creating understanding and a sense of urgency among teachers, students and the community and to do what it takes to guarantee success for every student
- Demonstrated ability to bring people and resources together around best practices that improve instruction
- Demonstrated experience in resolving and/or managing conflict
- Demonstrated ability to work well with people, maintain positive working relationships, and solve problems
- Model listening to and partnering with students, staff, and adults from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds
- Strong supporter of teacher leadership and collaborative processes
- Demonstrated ability to create a professional learning community focused on quality instruction and learning
- Demonstrated experience of the ability to set, model, monitor, and enforce the adherence to clear expectations/standards for behavior for both staff and students
- Experience in implementing curriculum, assessment, instruction that improve learning performance
- Effective oral and written communications
- Value staff, student, parent and community input in creating a positive, respectful and welcoming environment
Essential Job Functions:
This list of essential job functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Depending upon individual assignment, the employee may perform all or a combination of several of the following duties:
- Supervise and evaluate instructional and operational staff at the building level
- Monitor student activities for the purpose of providing a safe and optimal learning environment
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Manage resources to meet legal requirements, achieve building purposes for improved instruction
- Professionally interact with students, staff, and public
- Establish and maintain professional contacts with students
- Comply with all district policies and procedures
- Comply with the Code of Professional Conduct
- Perform related duties as assigned
Evaluation:
This position shall be supervised periodically by the Executive Director of Secondary Schools pursuant to the currently established district procedures and evaluation criteria. The process shall include an evaluation of the employee’s performance of the above essential job functions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (EOE)
Marysville School District complies with all federal and Washington State rules and regulations and will provide equal employment opportunity and treatment for all applicants and staff in recruitment, hiring, retention, assignment, transfer, promo, and training. Such equal employment opportunity will be provided without discrimination with respect to race, creed, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. The district will provide equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society.
The following Marysville School District employees/departments are designated to address questions and complaints of discrimination:
- Civil Rights: Dr. Courtney Hill, Executive Director of Equity and Family Engagement; courtney_hill@msd25.org; 360-965-0008
- Gender Inclusivity: Dr. Courtney Hill, Executive Director of Equity and Family Engagement; courtney_hill@msd25.org; 360-965-0008
- Harassment, Intimidation, & Bullying
- Title IX: Claudette Rushing, General Counsel/Executive Director of Legal and Risk Management; claudette_rushing@msd25.org; 360-965-0020
- Section 504 and ADA: Dr. Michelle Roper, Executive Director of Special Education and Student Services; michelle_roper@msd25.org; 360-965-0174
Discrimination and discriminatory harassment may be reported to the district employee/department listed above by phone at (360) 965-0000. You also have the right to file a written complaint. Address: 4220 80th Street NE, Marysville, WA 98270.
Classification History:
Job description developed July 2014.
Job description revised August 2019.
Job description revised April 2022.