The superintendent delegates responsibilities to the building principal. Thus, the building principal is responsible to the superintendent, or through assistants/designees in particular areas of operation as outlined by the superintendent. The building principal is responsible for the performance of their responsibilities following board policy, negotiated agreements and contracts, and local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and rules.

The building principal will be an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by:

1. Mission, Vision, and Core Values: Develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and the academic success and well-being of each student.
2. Ethics and Professional Norms: Act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
3. Equity and Cultural Responsiveness: Strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
4. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
5. Community Care and Support for Students: Cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student.
6. Professional Capacity of School Personnel: Develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
7. Professional Community for Teachers and Staff: Fosters a professional community of teachers and professional staff to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
8. Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community: Engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
9. Operations and Management: Manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
10. School Improvement: Act as an agent of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

The building principal shall:

• Administer general school building policies and regulations as they may apply to students, licensed personnel, and classified personnel in their schools;
• Keep the superintendent informed of important accomplishments, needs, and problems in the field of administration, personnel, instruction, and school-community relations in the school to which they are assigned;
• Provide opportunity and leadership for those working with them to share techniques, understandings, and ideas for improving the school program;
• Organize administrative and other aspects of the school so as to free themselves as much as possible for the major tasks of evaluating and improving the instructional program;
• Evaluate the efficiency of teachers and other employees assigned to their building and report such evaluation to the superintendent, upon request;
• Foster good public relations between the school and community;
• Supervise, along with the teachers, students in the school building and on the school grounds;
• Maintain records of school activities;
• Keep the staff aware of policy discussions in order for them to contribute to the thinking of the administrative team;
• Handle emergency situations, as necessary and, in the absence of any specific rule or regulation, principals should exercise their best judgment, keeping the superintendent [or designee] informed;
• Be responsible for assisting in the development of the curricula and in the planning and adapting of the course of study to the needs and interests of the students;
• Appraise and evaluate the effectiveness of the instructional program with the help of the faculty, district support staff, consultants, and lay personnel;
• Supervise certified staff, cooperatively, using standard criteria; and
• Carryout special duties relating to the administration of the total district as assigned by the superintendent.

In executing these duties and others that the superintendent may delegate to them, the building principal shall consider the needs of the students in the district as well as the district’s financial condition.

Adopted: 6/70
Reviewed: 4/13; 12/16; 11/19; 3/23
Revised: 12/10; 11/11; 8/14; 2/26
Related Policy: 300.1; 301.1; 303.1-3; 303.5; 304.1