Principal - Mission Middle School

2026-27 Principal - Mission Middle School – Bellevue Public Schools (Nebraska)

Certification: Nebraska Administrative and Supervisory Certificate

Educational Requirements: Master’s Degree

Experience Suggested: Administrative experience, preferably as a Principal or Assistant Principal in a secondary school.

General Description: As the Chief Administrative Officer of a secondary school, the Principal is responsible for the educational program, professional staff, classified staff, student body, plant maintenance, and community relations.

• Provides leadership in the improvement, development and evaluation of the instructional program.
• Provides leadership in the development of a climate for educational change, the implementation of new programs and the assessment of innovations.
• Supervises the instructional program and its development.
• Supervises the construction of the master instructional schedule and the assignment of professional staff within the schedule.
• Supervises the development of special instructional schedules, assessment schedules and special program schedules.
• Responsible for the content of all curriculum in the building.
• Evaluates all educational programs in the building.
• Implements the core curriculum and the related electives.
• Develops systems or models to collect achievement and social skills data for the building.
• Collects and analyzes achievement and social skills data, assists in developing school improvement plans for weaknesses identified in these data and celebration activities for strengths.
• Coordinates the school‑wide school improvement planning and implementation process for the building.
• Coordinates and directs the high–ability learner program.

• Recommends selection, in cooperation with the Executive Director of Personnel, of new staff members.
• Assigns specific duties to all professional staff members.
• Provides leadership for the professional growth of the staff by developing and implementing in-service programs, the provision of information on scholarships and fellowships and the encouragement of advanced educational opportunities.
• Establishes an orientation program for new staff and for student teachers.
• Administers the system of instructional evaluation as established by district policy, through individual and group conferences with teachers and classroom observation.
• Develops an effective system of communication through faculty meetings, team meetings, departmental meetings, individual contacts and staff bulletins.
• Provides for the maintenance of appropriate records on professional personnel.
• Requests substitute teachers and approves teacher absences.
• Develops the building policy handbook, informs faculty of board policies and administrative regulations and interprets both to the professional staff.
• Assists in assigning student teachers and practicum students.
• Supervises the selection and procurement of instructional materials.
• Evaluates certified staff coordinating with the assistant principal to distribute evaluations appropriately.
• Evaluates the assistant principal.
• Recommends termination or discipline for employees whose work is unsatisfactory.
• Assists in the process of employing summer school staff academic programs or related electives.

• Supervises enrollment, registration, and attendance procedures.
• Provides for the maintenance, confidentiality, and protection of student cumulative files and records.
• Ensures the provision of adequate guidance and counseling services.
• Ensures the provision of adequate health services.
• Supervises the disciplinary process.
• Supervises the assignment of academic credit.
• Supervises and develops revisions annually of the student handbook and reviews student publications.
• Provides for the administration of an adequate student activity program and supervises the administration of student accounts.
• Conducts building‑level discipline hearings for all students.
• Develops the supervisory plan for the building to ensure the safety of students and staff.
• Assigns faculty to building zones for daily monitoring and readjustment of the supervisory plan.
• Supervises the counseling program.
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