Principal - Mountain View HS - Administration - School

Position

Principal - Mountain View High School (Administration - School) - JobID: 100400

Location & Date Posted

Mountain View High; Date Posted: 1/6/2026

Job Code & Department

Job Code: Principal - HS - 040008 Department: Administration - School Employment Class: NA Target Openings: 1

Salary

• Minimum: $128,333.00/Annually
• Maximum: $166,158.00/Annually

Schedule

Standard Hours: 40 per week Scheduled Days: 245

License and Certification Qualifications

• Must hold Educational Leadership - Tier II certification at Level 6 or higher, or be eligible for a non renewable Ed Leadership - Tier II certificate while completing the program requirements at a Specialist level or higher for professional certification.

Education Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field required.
• Specialist or doctorate degree in a related field preferred.

Experience Qualifications

• Three years of successful teaching experience required, preferably at the same level of the administrative position to be held.
• Two or more years in an administrative role preferred.

Skills Qualifications

• Knowledge of effective practices in curriculum, instruction, and child development.
• Ability to work effectively with teachers and other education colleagues.
• Ability to provide leadership to staff.
• Proficiency in oral and written communications.
• Demonstrated skills in interpersonal relations, organization, and planning.
• Proficient use of instructional technology.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Responsible for leading and implementing a cohesive educational program specific for the grade levels in assigned schools.
   • Provide instructional leadership.
   • Build and sustain a school vision.
   • Shared leadership.
   • Lead a learning community.
   • Utilize data to make instructional decisions.
   • Monitor curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
2. Oversee the school climate.
   • Foster and sustain the school climate.
   • Address internal and external dynamics at work in the school.
   • Establish a learning environment based on high expectations and respect for all individuals.
   • Manage conflict and crisis in a timely and expert manner.
   • Practice shared decision making.
3. Provide human resource administration to maintain effective operations.
   • Select quality teachers and other employees.
   • Induct and support new teachers.
   • Mentor novice teachers.
   • Provide professional growth opportunities.
   • Establish mentoring programs based on effective practices.
   • Retain quality staff.
4. Oversee the teacher evaluation process.
   • Provide a positive climate for teacher evaluation.
   • Demonstrate a commitment to teacher evaluation.
   • Document teacher performance in multiple ways.
   • Follow legal guidelines for teacher evaluation.
5. Provide school management and local school operations oversight.
   • Coordinate safety, daily operations, and maintenance of the facility.
   • Utilize data to manage student achievement.
   • Seek and allocate fiscal resources appropriately.
   • Organize and manage technology resources.
   • Manage financial resources effectively.
6. Manage communication and community relations at the local school.
   • Demonstrate effective communication.
   • Communicate with teachers, students, parents, and families.
   • Communicate with the larger community.
7. Maintain professionalism and a cohesive learning environment.
   • Demonstrate professional standards for the principalship.
   • Exhibit ethical behavior.
   • Serve as a role model.
   • Participate in professional development for continuous improvement.
8. Support continual student achievement.
   • Exert influence on teaching quality and student learning by encouraging, supporting, and facilitating.
   • Set, support, and sustain a focus on school goals and school wide student achievement.
   • Utilize data to guide school success.
9. Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

Employees are frequently required to sit for extended periods. They must also talk, hear, stand, walk, use hands, occasionally stoop, kneel, or crouch, and lift or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.