Job description

FLSA: Exempt

QUALIFICATIONS:
As set forth in Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School

Personnel (Bulletin 746)

REPORTS TO: Superintendent or his/her designee

SUPERVISES: Personnel assigned to work in the school under his/her administration

JOB GOAL: To provide leadership in developing, achieving and maintaining good

educational programs and services in the assigned school

TERM: Twelve Months
SALARY: Principal-Elementary, Jr. High, or Secondary Salary Schedule-12M

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
I. Leadership
A. To be responsible to and work under the direction of the appropriate director and Assistant
Superintendent of Instruction in the areas of instruction, curriculum, supervision,
evaluation, experimentation and research
B. To supervise in the classroom and submit written observation and evaluation reports
according to the Rapides Parish Accountability Program
C. To continually study and analyze curriculum needs
D. To develop a comprehensive school program
E. To work with the school board staff in developing a continuing program for self-
development on a local and parish level
F. To establish and promote good school-community relations
G. To interpret and promote Board policies in the school and school community
H. To set up standards of the economic use of utilities, supplies and equipment
I. To encourage dress and personal appearance of the staff compatible with the dignity of
their positions
J. To increase designated test scores as identified by the Superintendent
K. To establish and execute a professional growth and self-evaluation plan
L. To carry out the Performance Expectations and Indicators for Educational Leaders
(See Bulletin 125 – Standards for Educational Leaders in Louisiana)

PERFORMANCE

Domains and Components will be used for Principal evaluation in conjunction with measures of student growth. Measures of student growth will be aligned with the Louisiana Accountability System.

Domain I: School Vision

Component A: Set ambitious, data-driven goals and a vision for achievement;
invests teachers, students, and other stakeholders in that vision

Domain II: School Culture

Component A: Facilitates collaboration between teams of teachers
FLSA: Exempt

Component B: Provides opportunities for professional growth and develops
a pipeline of teacher leaders
Component C: Creates and upholds systems that result in a safe and orderly
environment
Domain III: Instruction

Component A: Observes teachers and provides feedback on instruction
regularly
Component B: Ensures teachers set clear, measurable objectives aligned to
Common Core
Component C: Ensures teachers use assessments reflective of Common Core
rigor

II. Personnel
A. Teachers
1. To assist the Director of Human Resources in employing teachers
2. To assign duties and observe and evaluate all teachers according the Rapides
Parish Personnel Evaluation Plan. To make recommendations concerning
continued employment of teachers after discussing this with the appropriate
director and the Assistant Superintendent of Instruction.
3. To be responsible for securing resignations of teachers not recommended for
continued employment; if no resignation can be secured, then to be responsible for
making recommendations for dismissal to the Superintendent or his/her designee
giving reasons and submitting evidence substantiating these reasons
4. To assist each instructional staff member in developing a Professional Growth Plan
B. Substitute Teachers
1. To secure a substitute when necessary from the list of qualified substitutes
furnished the principal by the School Board office
2. To report the services of substitute on forms furnished by the School Board office
C. School Secretaries
1. To employ and discharge school secretaries with the approval of the
Superintendent
2. To train secretaries in public relations, bookkeeping, record keeping, registers and
other duties wherever possible
D. School Food Service
1. To provide leadership and assistance in promoting and developing a food service
program that provides the maximum educational experience for children
2. To see that nutritionally adequate meals are served in a pleasant, inviting and
sanitary environment
3. To work with the entire school staff in providing opportunities for making meals
and educational experience
4. To arrange a type of schedule that will provide sufficient time for each pupil to
enjoy meals without loss of time
5. To help secure properly trained and qualified food service personnel
6. To see that adequate facilities and equipment are provided
7. To make sure that all local, state and federal policies are understood and
maintained
8. To report immediately to the School Board office all accidents that occur in the
school lunchroom whether or not medical attention is obtained
9. To forward resignations of employees to the Food Service office (see file: EE)

10. To review and submit required records
11. To submit an evaluative report annually on each school Food Service employee
E. Custodial Services
1. To employ the custodial staff and to discharge them with the approval of the
Superintendent and the Board (see file: GCD)
2. To limit the work of the custodial staff to the school business during hours of
employment by the Board
3. To require the custodial staff to wear appropriate attire including safety attire
4. To prepare and enforce a schedule of work
5. To submit an annual evaluative report on each employee
F. School Transportation
1. To supervise the school transportation program
2. To provide supervision of children who ride buses during the loading and
unloading
3. To have jurisdiction over children going to and from school
4. To give immediate attention to all reports of disorder on school buses made to him
by drivers; the principal may temporarily deprive any pupil of the privilege of
for repeated disorder on the bus; final action in such cases rests with the Superintendent
5. To supervise drills on emergency evacuation from school buses
6. To assume responsibility for all school bus reports
G. Pay Periods
1. To record and report personnel absences and punctuality
2. To keep time logs for custodial and lunchroom employees

III. Facilities
A. School Care
1. To maintain constant vigilance for protection and care of school property by
enlisting the aid of all school personnel
a. Duty schedules shall be made, and followed for teachers and other
personnel while children are in attendance
b. Immediate repairs and continuous maintenance are required where the
health and safety of students are concerned
c. The principal shall be held responsible for the cleanliness and sanitary
condition of the premises under his charge
2. To maintain school grounds in such a manner as to be a good example for the
immediate neighborhood
B. School Plant (see file: EBBA, KG)
C. Extracurricular Activities
1. To give professional guidance to all student activities; the principal, or his/her
designated representative, shall be present at all activities at the school
2. To assign extra duties equitably among the various members of the school staff
3. To supervise the use of the buildings for extra-curricular activities (see file: KG)

IV. Pupils
A. Compulsory School Attendance
1. To aid in enforcing compulsory school attendance
2. To strengthen the holding power of the school

3. To submit all reports requested by the Director of Child Welfare and Attendance
4. To make direct investigation of chronic or extended absenteeism
B. Discipline
1. To hold every pupil to a strict accountability for any disorderly conduct on the
playgrounds of the school or in school, or en-route to and from school
2. To suspend or expel from school, for good cause, any pupil (see file: JDD/JDE)
a. The parish Superintendent has the final authority to pass on the merits of
the suspension of a pupil
b. Notice of this action in the form of a letter shall be sent to the parents, the
Superintendent and the Director of Child Welfare and Attendance
3. To follow the corporal punishment policy (see file: JDA)
C. Sick or Injured Pupils
1. To contact the parents of a sick or injured pupil immediately by telephone or
otherwise, placing responsibility for treatment on the parents
2. To place the child under the treatment of a physician, preferably the family
physician, when impossible to contact the parents

3. To furnish the physician with needed information and to inform him/her of the
responsibility of the parents for payment for services rendered
4. To notify the Superintendent of all serious accidents of pupils on the school
grounds or on school buses
D. Athletic Program
1. To assume responsibility and control of inter-school athletic programs including
personnel, finances, athletic associations, clubs and all other phases

2. To provide adequate equipment

V. Records, Reports, Finance
A. Purchase of supplies authorized by the School Board
1. To submit requisitions for the purchase of materials including the current price of
items, plus sales taxes (school board office will send purchase order to vendor)
2. To check and approve invoices received from the school board office for approval,
noting any shortage, breakage, or errors and return them to the office
3. To file duplicate requisitions, purchase orders, and invoices (if no duplicate
invoice, make one) and keep on file for five years
B. Request for Service authorized by the School Board
1. To submit a request for services, listing all services needed
2. To file duplicate work orders and any accompanying invoices and keep on file for
five years
3. To call the building supervisor in case of emergency
C. Purchase of Materials using school funds
1. To approve requests by local school employees before making purchases
2. To require proof of purchase and delivery before making payment

3. To require bids for purchases exceeding $2500 outright purchase or $5000 where
labor is concerned; permission for such purchases must be secured from the
Assistant Superintendent of Administration

D. Local School Funds
1. To keep an accurate record, using school office personnel, of all school funds
which will be audited at least once per year, following bookkeeping policies and
procedures adopted in January 1981

2. To deposit all school funds in a bank in the name of the school; to keep school
lunch funds in a separate account
3. To submit a financial statement as of December 31st and June 30th to the school
board office
4. To limit drives for funds conducted in schools to those approved by the Board (see
file: KDCB)

E. Reports
1. To be responsible for all reports contained in opening and closing circulars and any
other required by the Rapides Parish School Board; To check reports for accuracy
before affixing signature
2. To aid in keeping teachers’ certificates current
F. Use and Care of Materials
1. To require reimbursement for damaged or lost textbooks, reference books and/or
library books

2. To maintain accurate inventories on file including textbooks, library books, desks
and chairs and all other equipment and media
3. To plan for the efficient and economical use of materials and equipment
4. To provide for the proper maintenance of equipment and materials
5. To remove worn out and unusable materials and equipment from the inventory

VI. Miscellaneous
A. To provide for the display of the flags of the United States and Louisiana on the school
campus during school hours
B. To schedule senior graduation exercises within the last ten calendar days of the school
session
C. To adhere, insofar as possible, to suggested in-service training meeting days (see file:
GBRD)
D. To arrange for the presence of law enforcement officer(s) at all public gatherings in his/her
school
E. The principal shall report to the school ten minutes prior to any mandated teacher-reporting time and remain at school at least thirty minutes after the school day ends. In the event the principal must leave earlier, an assistant principal or other delegated person shall act in his stead. If no early duty is required, the principal shall report forty-five minutes prior to the opening bell and remain at school at least thirty minutes after the school day ends. In the event the principal must leave earlier, an assistant principal or other delegated person shall act in his stead. The above paragraphs do not include special events such as early
departure on field trips

F. To follow state, School Board and school policies
G. To show evidence that teachers have been instructed in addressing the At-Risk, Drug Free
and Safety Program in the parish
H. To provide follow-up to assure that the At-Risk, Drug Free and Safety Programs are
addressed by appropriate personnel
I. To clarify relationships and responsibilities of school personnel
J. To provide in-service on instructional delivery to assure that the LCET are followed daily
K. To provide assistance to personnel with abnormal class grade distributions
L. To provide training in the administration of commercial and locally developed evaluative
devices and the interpretation of results
M. To schedule staff meetings for the purpose of formulating and evaluating curriculum
objectives
N. To use results of the testing program to help determine whether or not the objectives of the school are being achieved
O. To use the results of the testing program as an aid in revising the curriculum
P. To coordinate the services of itinerant personnel working in the school
Q. To foster open communication and positive relationships as evidenced by supportive
attitudes and active involvement of faculty, staff and students
R. To keep staff informed of all directives concerning them
S. Appearance; dress, poise, self-control
T. To perform any additional duties assigned by the Superintendent and/or evaluator

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