Principal - Webster Groves School District
Position: Principal
Subject Area: (none)
Job Title: Principal, Bristol Elementary School
Job Location: Webster Groves School District
Beginning: Dec 03, 2024
Deadline: Feb 01, 2025**
District: Webster Groves School District
Webster Groves, MO 63119
Telephone: 314-961-1233
Email:
hrc@wgmail.org
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Job Description:
2025-2026 School Year
                                                               
 Characteristics
  • A creative thinker and problem-solver who believes in a decentralized approach to decision-making and is highly skilled at implementing such processes.
  • A respected and trusted communicator. A relationship builder who demonstrates high emotional intelligence by gaining trust and engendering respect through collaborative interactions with students, staff, parents, and community members.
  • A thoughtful and dedicated leader who seeks to work with the school and district communities to systemically move toward our principles and purpose in an increasingly changing world by nurturing organizational agility, creativity, and responsiveness.
  • An inclusive leader with a proven track of creating and nurturing a culture of respect among students, staff, parents, and community.
 
Major Areas of Accountability:
  • Demonstrate an unwavering commitment to equity and social justice in all aspects of the school’s environment and culture.
  • Co-design and implement a strategic process designed to promote learning opportunities for children which aligns with the district vision.
  • Implement the teacher and staff evaluation processes with fidelity and in a manner that is conducive to staff’s learning.
  • Work to create and maintain a culture of inclusion for all families and community members.
  • Utilize a comprehensive communication plan that responds to stakeholders' needs, reflects the most current communication tools, and promotes engagement with stakeholders both inside and outside the schools.
  • Partner with the school’s Parent Teacher Organization to support Bristol’s educational programming.
  • Create and sustain a culture in which staff are continually learning from students, colleagues, external resources, and community resources.
  • Utilize data and information to ensure that the unique learning needs of children are being monitored and attended to.
  • Create a culture in which new and fresh approaches are openly shared and tried, and staff and students can learn from their failures and successes.
  • Demonstrate competence and care in approaching each day focused on creating an educational environment in which the academic and personal needs of all students are met so they may be happy, healthy, confident, and contributing members of our school community.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to change and the necessary skill set to help lead students, staff, and families through the change process in an empathetic manner.
  • Recruit, hire, and develop staff who fully believe in the school/district's principles and purpose and will enhance learning for all and/or the effectiveness of the school’s operations.
  • Respond to requests for information from the central office, state, federal, government, and others efficiently and effectively.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Superintendent.
Qualifications:
  • Master’s Degree, Ed.D., and/or Ph.D. in school administration/leadership
  • Experience as an administrator is preferred
  • Minimum 5 years of teaching experience
  • Must have appropriate Missouri principal certification

** District reserves the right to close any Job Posting when a suitable applicant has been found before the deadline date.
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