Principal - Highland Hills Middle School

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Job Details

Job ID:   5628090
Application Deadline:   Posted until filled
Re-Posted:   Apr 07, 2026 
Starting Date:   Immediately

Job Description

FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2026-2027

TITLE:                     Principal, Highland Hills Middle School

CLASSIFICATION:  Certified Position

STATUS:                  Exempt (Salaried)/220 Days

REPORTS TO:          Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools

Interviews to be held the week of: May 4, 2026 to May 15, 2026.

Start Date: Early to Middle of July, 2026.

Benefits eligible: This position is eligible for full medical coverage, dental, vision, life insurance, LTD, AD&D and a match to 401(a).  It is also eligible for sick and personal days.

QUALIFICATIONS:      

• Candidates must hold a valid Building Level Administrator License; and
• have a minimum of five (5) years successful teaching experience and three (3) years of administrative experience;
• have demonstrated superior ability to work with peers, supervisory staff, parents and students;
• have recognized and demonstrated good teaching-learning classroom environment;
• possess characteristics which represent a positive public relations image;
• have a positive understanding of the educational needs of the middle school age child;
• have the ability to make the school facility an attractive, pleasant, and productive place for working and learning;
• have an understanding of the total middle school curriculum;
• have demonstrated leadership qualities; 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establishes and maintains an exemplary learning climate in the school.
• Identifies, initiates, designs, and implements programs to meet specific needs of the school within the district’s system.
• Makes recommendations concerning the school's administration and instruction.
• Prepares and/or assists in the preparation and management of the school budget and school finances.
• Supervises the maintenance of all required facility records and reports.
• Keeps Assistant Superintendent of Middle Schools informed of events and activities of an unusual nature as well as routine matters related to that administrator's accountability.
• Enforces laws, regulations, Student Guide, Board Policy Manual, and other school policies;
• Builds and maintains a positive, relational learning environment with staff, students and parents.
• Assists in the development and monitoring of the instructional program.
• Schedules staff members for the most effective use of time for student learning.
• Supervises the guidance program to enhance individual student education and development.
• Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary, according to due process rights of students.
• Supervises all professional, paraprofessional, administrative, and support personnel attached to the school.
• Assists in the recruiting, screening, hiring, training, assigning, mentoring, and evaluation of the school's personnel.
• Orients newly assigned staff members and assists in their development, as appropriate.
• Conducts staff meetings and collaborative sessions necessary for the proper functioning of the school.
• Evaluates and counsels all staff members regarding their individual and group performance.
• Recommends, according to established procedures, the dismissal or reassignment of a teacher whose work is unsatisfactory.
• Assumes responsibility for the safety and administration of the school facility.
• Supervises, evaluates and attends school extracurricular programs.
• Serves as an ex officio member of all committees and councils within the school.
• Responds to written and oral requests for information.
• Provides for adequate inventories of school property and for the security and accountability for that property.
• Assumes responsibility for all official school correspondence and media releases.
• Acts as liaison between the school and the community.
• Serves as a member of such committees and attends such meetings as directed by the superintendent.
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as assigned by the Assistant Superintendent or his/her designee.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. 

The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Corporation.

Job Requirements

• At least 3 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Master degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required