Jena Elementary School is currently accepting applications for the position of Principal. The school is seeking a highly qualified individual to lead its educational community and foster a positive learning environment for students and staff alike.

Applicants must possess educational leader certification or be eligible to obtain it. This certification ensures that the candidate has the necessary skills and qualifications to effectively lead the school and manage day-to-day operations.

The deadline to submit applications is 4:30 PM on March 20. Interested candidates can apply through the online application form available at https://forms.gle/ummfC5nsbmbxCcrQ6

This position provides an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact at Jena Elementary, and the school district encourages all eligible candidates to apply.

Title: Principal

Employed by: LaSalle Parish School Board

Reports to: Superintendent

Job Goal: Administration and Supervision of the total school program and employees.

Performance of the Effective Principal:

1. Maintain a safe, secure, clean, and aesthetically pleasing physical school plant.
2. Establish and/or implement laws, policies, regulations, and procedures that promote effective school operations.
3. Maintain a positive school environment where good student discipline is the norm.
4. Manage fiscal resources responsibly, efficiently, and effectively monitor whether others do as well.
5. Manage human resources responsibly by selecting and inducting new personnel appropriately, assigning and evaluating all staff effectively, and taking other appropriate steps to build an effective school staff.
6. Monitor support services such as transportation, food, health, and extended care responsibly.
7. Provide and coordinate appropriate co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.
8. Use shared decision making effectively in the management of the school.
9. Manage time and delegate appropriate administrative tasks to maximize attainment of the school goals.
10. Use available technology effectively to manage school operations.
11. Monitor and evaluate school operations and use feedback appropriately to enhance effectiveness.
12. Model ethical behavior at both the school and community levels.
13. Communicate to others expectations of ethical behavior.
14. Respect the rights and dignity of others.
15. Provide accurate information without distortion or violating the rights of others.
16. Develop a caring school environment in collaboration with the faculty and staff.
17. Apply laws, policies, regulations, and procedures fairly, consistently, wisely and compassionately.
18. Minimize bias in self and others and accept responsibility for his/her own decisions and actions.
19. Address unethical behavior in self and others.
20. Work collaboratively with the school community to develop and maintain shared school vision.
21. Bring the school vision to life by using it to guide decision making about students and the instructional programs.
22. Maintain faculty focus on developing learning experiences that will enable students to prosper in subsequent grades and as adults.
23. Maintain open communication with the school community and effectively convey high expectation for student learning to the community.
24. Provide opportunities and support for collaboration, the exchange of ideas, experimentation with innovative teaching strategies, and ongoing school improvement.
25. Monitor, assess, and revise the school vision and goals as needed.
26. Foster the integration of students into mainstream society while valuing diversity.
27. Recognize, model and promote effective teaching strategies that enable students to apply what they learn to real world experiences.
28. Encourage and support both the use of innovative, research-based teaching strategies to engage students actively in solving complex problems and methods of student assessment which will enhance learning for all students.
29. Conduct frequent classroom visits and periodic observation, provide constructive feedback to faculty and staff, and suggest models of effective teaching techniques when needed.
30. Foster a caring, growth-oriented environment for faculty and students, one in which high expectations and high standards for student achievements are emphasized.
31. Promote collaboration and team building among faculty.
32. Provide ongoing opportunities for staff to reflect on their roles and practices in light of student standards and school goals.
33. Grow professionally by engaging in professional development activities and making such activities available to others.
34. Facilitate school based research and use these and other research findings to plan school improvement initiatives, pace the implementation of these changes, and evaluate their impact on teaching and learning.
35. Foster the genuine continuous involvement and commitment of the school community in promoting the progress of all students toward attaining high standards.
36. Enhance school effectiveness by appropriately integrating the processes of teacher selection/evaluation and professional development with school improvement.
37. Be visible and involved in the community and treat members of the school community equitably.
38. Involve the school in the community while keeping the school community informed.
39. Use school-community resources to enhance the quality of school programs, including those resources available through business and industry.
40. Recognize and celebrate school successes publicly.
41. Communicate effectively both interpersonally and through all media.
42. Communicate a focused vision for both school and individual professional growth.
43. Use research and data from multiple sources to design and implement professional activities.
44. Secure the necessary resources for meaningful professional growth including the time for lanning and the use of emerging technologies
45. Provide opportunities for individual and collaborative professional development.
46. Provide incentives for learning and growth and encourage participation in professional development activities at the national, state, and parish levels.
47. Assess the overall impact of professional development activities on the improvement of teaching and learning.
48. Performs all other responsibilities that may be more specifically assigned by the superintendent.

Terms of Employment:

Ten months, state salary schedule, plus any increase established by the Board.

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the School Board’s Policy on Evaluation.

The LaSalle Paish School system does not discriminate in employment of the basis of race or sex.