JobID: 1919
Position Type:
Administration/High School Principal
Date Posted:
3/3/2025
Location:
High School
Date Available:
July 2025
Job Title: Principal
Reports to: Superintendent
Date Posted: 03/03/2025
Location: Moffat County High School
Date of Availability: July 2025
Date Closing: Open Until Filled
TITLE: Moffat County High School Principal
SUMMARY: The Principal of Moffat County School District serves as the instructional and operational leader responsible for overseeing strategic planning, program development, and day-to-day operations. The Principal ensures high-quality educational experiences for students that aligns with the District’s strategic plan and inspires students to thrive in an environment of change.
CERTIFICATES/LICENSURE: Possess or be eligible for a Colorado Type D Administrator Certificate or Administrator License.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To be a Principal at MCHS, you must…
Possess a master’s degree in Education Administration, Nonprofit Management, or a related field. (required)
Have a minimum of five years of successful experience as an administrator or Dean. (required)
Knowledge of school business and finance.
Experience in curriculum, instruction, and assessment best practices.
Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to discipline employees and students in keeping with school and district procedures.
Ability to work effectively with parents and community.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.
Serves as an instructional leader for the high school. Be accountable and hold staff and students accountable for delivering on commitments and taking responsibility for outcomes
Prioritize budget allowances, monitoring purchases, and ensuring fidelity to curricular priorities.
Coordinates or works with teachers, parents and special team members in working with students in meeting individual and cohort needs.
Provides for an educational environment that permits and encourages creativity in the learning process. Uses data to assess student growth and school improvement.
Supervision of classroom instruction to insure implementation of the district curriculum, school beliefs, values and expected practices.
Supervision and evaluation of staff. Ensures staff accountability to school-wide systems and expectations.
Provides building specific orientation and training of teachers.
Provides continued coaching and input regarding performance expectations for staff including educational; practices, district curriculum standards, working with colleagues creating a positive work environment, works with teachers to improve instructional techniques, etc.
Facilitates positive school-community relations by organizing, implementing, and participating in school and community activities both within and outside of the school day.
Handles in a professional manner, complaints affecting the school, working toward resolution and reports to the Superintendent any matter of a serious nature, especially those matters not satisfactorily settled.
Responsible for all duties of the high school management.
Works with and effectively communicates with all district administrators and directors.
Remains current about changes and developments in the field of education.
Participates in and facilitates building and district leadership teams.
Divides the attendance and discipline responsibilities with other administrators.
Supervision of students and staff in various areas of the building.
Responsible for event coverage which includes evening and weekends as necessary.
Works to form a cohesive team where support, trust and collaboration is developed to accomplish the complexity of administrative duties, school goals and student success
Discusses and communicates with the Superintendent new ideas and appropriate issues that will impact the school prior to implementation.
Communicate clearly with the other district administrators when assistance is needed in accomplishing any of the above responsibilities.
Responsible for the general school organization and routine duties as they arise
Always maintain confidentiality and professional decorum.
Other duties as assigned by the principal.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Decision Making: An example of a typical decision made by an individual in this position is to interpret policies/procedures and best practice. An incorrect decision made by the Principal potentially results in substantial cost and/or damage to the credibility of the school and/or District.
Creativity, Innovation, and Initiative: The Principal will have flexibility for creativity and innovation within the scope of their work so long as the work aligns with current school-wide systems. When the Principal sees an opportunity for improvement, he/she needs to feel empowered to take the initiative to propose changes. Waiting to be told what to do is not a characteristic of a Principal.
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general professional journals, technical procedures and governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedural manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond professionally to questions from groups of parents, community members, commissions, colleagues and Board of Education.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as interest, discounts, commissions, proportions, percentage, circumference, and volume.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to identify problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract concrete variables. Ability to analyze and use data to supervise the delivery of instruction and the school improvement process.
Technology Skills: Proficient use of technology which includes: basic operations and concepts, word processing, spreadsheets, internet usage, critical evaluation of information, data analysis, email, and integration of technology.
Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in education. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff and community. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to copy, coordinate, instruct, evaluate and negotiate. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies. The ability to discipline students consistent with district procedures. Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to run; stoop and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50lbs. The employee must occasionally push items of 75lbs. or more, such as pushing children on a bike or moving/rearranging furniture. Specific vision abilities required by this include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described below here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and is a standard acceptable level for this environment. Is directly responsible for student safety, work output and wellbeing.
Benefits include: PERA retirement, health insurance, paid time off, short- and long-term disability, other optional benefit elections.
Additional information: *Salary/pay rate is determined based on qualifications and experience relevant to the job description requirements. Full pay range is $106,567 - $125,850. Employees hired new into a position are rarely qualified to receive maximum of the pay range shown on the salary schedule.
Procedure for Application: Applicant must complete an application online at
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