The Tupelo Principal communicates a vision of success for the entire school with sensitivity to the needs and desires of the community. As the instructional leader, he/she utilizes available resources to create a strong, safe learning environment. The Tupelo Principal promotes, plans, and participates in learning communities and practices professional habits. The school leader builds dynamic relationships with students, parents, faculty, staff, and the larger community to better the learning environment. Most of all, the Tupelo Principal models and promotes ethics and integrity in professional and personal activities.
Attributes of The Tupelo Principal
Communicates a vision for success of the school, leading by example
• Respects and values all people and cultures, advocating for equity
diversity, inclusiveness and justice
• Articulates the district’s and school’s vision, mission, and strategic plan
• Actively engages the community to create shared responsibility for student success
• Presents evidence that the vision is a shared vision
• Uses the vision to guide and define decisions
Demonstrates an understanding of what is required of him or her as a manager, able to utilize all available resources to create a strong learning environment
• Recognizes and celebrates the contributions and successes of students and staff
• Recruits, develops and retains excellent teachers
• Demonstrates the courage to put the right people in the right positions and to
remove those who are in the wrong positions
• Responds to student misconduct in a timely, firm, fair, and consistent manner
• Manages and resolves conflict
• Promotes leadership for teachers and students
• Fosters collaboration and cooperation among the various levels of stakeholders
Promotes, plans, and participates in learning communities and practices professional habits
• Uses a variety of information and data to design a plan for growth and improvement
• Establishes school programs aimed at meeting the needs of all students
• Conveys a broad knowledge of curriculum and is able to create and refine a
rigorous curriculum
• Uses a variety of data and assessment tools to benchmark the school’s
performance indicators against exemplary practices in the state and nation
• Keeps informed about current trends in curriculum and best instructional practices
Builds relationships and communicates with faculty, staff, parents, and community to better the larger community
• Sets high expectations and standards for academic excellence and social development
• Creates a safe, open, and nurturing school climate
• Builds trusts by actions and communications
• Communicates pertinent information effectively and efficiently
• Practices an open-door policy
Models and promotes ethics and integrity in professional and personal activities
• Works at doing the right things for children, staff, parents, and the community
• Models self-discipline, empathy, and respect in all situations
• Reflects personal humility, disciplined thought, and disciplined action in
decisions, speech, and action
• Respects and cares about children and their families
• Maintains confidentiality and respects the rights of others
• Understands and appreciates diversity among children, their families, and their cultures
• Shows sensitivity to an individual’s circumstances and needs, demonstrating
empathy and understanding