Description

Position Summary:

Chehalis School District is seeking a highly motivated and student-centered leader to serve as grades 3-5 Elementary Principal at Orin C. Smith Elementary. The ideal candidate will foster a collaborative and inclusive school culture, ensuring academic success, student well-being, and staff development. This role requires a strong instructional leader committed to equity, school improvement, and community engagement.

Job Goal: 

To use leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills to provide a stimulating learning environment and promote the educational development of each student.

Key Responsibilities:

• Consistently apply board policies and administrative regulations, laws, contracts, and budget/financial accountability applicable to staff, students, and parents; assess student needs; implement and evaluate educational programs; provide for public relations with the school community, and ensure communication feedback
• Recommend employment and assignment for all staff members assigned to the school, following Personnel guidelines and specific job assignments; supervise and evaluate staff performances based on adopted criteria and standards; encourage staff development
• Demonstrate commitment to creating a culture; ensuring school safety; planning with data; aligning curriculum; improving instruction; managing resources; engaging communities; closing the gap
• Support a program for students based on their needs and interests
• Maintain appropriate administrative credentials.  Continue professional preparation and advanced training
• Hold membership in professional organizations; participate and teach in workshops and seminars when possible
• Serve as a member of the district management team; communicate and cooperate with other administrative units to achieve district goals
• Maintain the necessary procedures to support the public’s use of the school facility, whether for educational or community activities

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in educational administration or related field required
• Washington State principal certification
• Minimum of five years prior successful teaching experience
• Demonstrated leadership and management qualities
• Evidence of experience and training needed to perform the functions described in the elementary principal's job description
• In District residency preferred, not required
• Fingerprint/Background clearance
• Familiarity with Washington state's educational mandates, school improvement efforts, and comprehensive assessment systems
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

Successful Experience Preferred:

• As an administrator or teacher at similar grade levels
• Evaluating and supervising classified and certificated staff
• Planning and administering an effective student discipline/attendance program
• In the development of educational programs consistent with school reform and assessment especially in the areas of Math and Social Emotional Learning
• Encouraging excellence in staff and students
• Facilitating positive communication among staff, parents, and students
• Encouraging parents and community members to become meaningfully involved in the elementary school program
• Familiarity with tiered intervention programs, data driven instruction, and technology integration in education.
• In the administration/facilitation of a Title 1 and other intervention programs
• In the application and use of technologies and the development of a teaching schedule
• Associated Student Body (ASB) leadership