Middle School Principal- Harrison Morton

Middle School Principal - Harrison Morton

Salary Range: $113,210 - $158,494

Location: Administration Center, Allentown, PA

Date Posted: 11/11/2025

• Masters degree with a major in educational leadership, educational supervision, or a related field; doctorate preferred.
• Eligible for Pennsylvania Principal Certification.
• Five (5) or more years experience in public education, including secondary or elementary school instruction.
• Knowledge of and flexibility in the use of computers and software programs typically used in school administration.
• Demonstrated knowledge of a standards-based curriculum required in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
• Experience in Administration preferred.
• Satisfactory work record & criminal/child abuse clearances (Acts 34, 114, and 151).
• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily; reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
• Additional or alternative qualifications as determined appropriate and acceptable by the board or superintendents.

Directs and coordinates educational, administrative, and counseling activities consistent with the charge of improving student achievement by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate administrators.

• Data-driven decision-making: Identifies, analyzes, and uses key human capital metrics to make updates and changes in support of teacher quality. Shares data with key stakeholders.
  • Assists in establishing clear approaches to measuring student growth and measures it by individual student with the intention of ensuring that every student has an opportunity to go to college or post-secondary schooling.
  • Leads in implementing a comprehensive instructional improvement system.
  • Regularly reviews pertinent student performance data to assess the effectiveness of interventions in helping at-risk students and to devise new action plans for newly identified and previously identified at-risk students.
• People Management: Actively devotes time to identify and develop top talent. Provides clarity and evaluation of roles, responsibilities, and performance goals and offers direct feedback to improve performance. Creates an inclusive environment.
  • Provides supervision, leadership, and evaluation of each professional employee as designated by the Superintendent of Schools.
• Effective Influencer: Effectively inspires others to work towards common goals to meet the needs of urban school students, despite obstacles. Emphasizes and advocates the importance of human capital’s role serving schools and especially students.
  • Embodies the school’s goals, mission, and visions articulated in its school improvement plan and uses data to assess whether the school is on track to achieving the goals.
  • Works collaboratively with all appropriate departments of Central Administration to ensure alignment between district and school programming.
• Strong Collaboration & Cross-Functional
  
  Skills:
  
  Proactively works in partnership with others to achieve a common goal or necessary objective. Builds rapport and cooperative relationships.
  • Establishes and maintains relationships with colleges, community organizations, and other schools to coordinate educational services.
  • Supervises extracurricular programs and evaluates these programs by regular attendance at these events.
  • Establishes and maintains strong relationships with employee associations and relevant stakeholders.
  • Provides customer service orientation, focusing on customers and their needs.
• Creating and Sustaining a Culture of High Expectations: Establishes and regularly works to maintain a strong restorative school culture.
  • Supervises building discipline, student, faculty, and staff attendance, and class schedules, cumulative records, and grade reporting ensuring consistency with district policies and regulations.
  • Administers educational programs for students with special needs.
  • Reads, analyzes, and interprets professional journals, studies of best practices, and federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Performs other tasks as may be assigned or delegated by the Superintendent of Schools.

Share in our community! Grow with our students! Join our district today and be a part of our future!

The Allentown School District offers a comprehensive benefits package to those who qualify, including:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Personal and Sick time
• PSERS Retirement Fund

Eligibility for specific benefits will be outlined in each labor group’s specific collective bargaining agreement.

Attachment(s):
Principal Middle

Postings current as of 2/19/2026 11:22:14 PM CST.