Elementary Principal - Candidate Pool 2025-2026

The Newport-Mesa School District is seeking an experienced, dedicated, dynamic and energetic instruction leader who has a strong understanding of instructional practices and outstanding communication skills to be a principal serving our elementary students. Successful candidates must have administrative experience, cultural competency, and a proven ability to foster a healthy school culture with high expectations.

Position Description:

Under the direction of an Assistant Superintendent, the elementary principal serves as the educational leader and chief administrator of the school.  Responsibilities include but are not limited to planning, organizing, and directing the total operation of the site to facilitating and supporting high quality instruction. This includes addressing the instructional program, the implementation of curriculum and instruction, and supporting personnel.  An effective elementary principal will lead and facilitate collaborative decision making to create a school environment that maximizes student learning, academic performance, and positive social growth.

Representative Duties:

• Plan, collaborate, implement, and direct the district instructional program at the site level, ensuring alignment and rigorous, responsive standards-based instruction that supports the needs of all students
• Plan, design and conduct and maintain performance evaluation systems to ensure school goals and objectives are achieved
• Work closely with staff in assessing the school’s educational and program needs, develop short-term and long-range planning strategies for creating an optimal school-wide education program
• Plan, develop, organize and administer a variety of program and support systems which support students to achieve at maximum potential
• Work closely with staff and advisory groups in assessing the school’s educational and program needs, develop short-term and long-range planning strategies for creating an optimal school-wide education program
• Confer, consult, and advise District, public and private agency personnel and parents concerning student educational and behavioral challenges and determine alternative solutions
• Confer and collaborate with site and District personnel in decision making processes and in the development of alternative approaches to solving educational concerns and issues
• Assign, manage, supervise, monitor and evaluate employee performance, providing appropriate coaching and feedback as required
• Plan, organize, provide and facilitate professional learning teams and professional development for staff
• Utilize data to guide staff discussion and inform instruction and behavioral interventions
• Establish and maintain procedures for the resolution of conflict to maintain a high level of staff morale and promote a healthy, positive working environment
• Communicate effectively and timely with students, parents, and staff
• Oversee and ensure supervision and accountability for student activities, plant management and school connected organizations
• Monitor and effectively allocate human and monetary resources, appropriately
• Participate in functions of the district, school, community, and advisory committees
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

The duties and responsibilities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential job functions.