Principal jobs in West Allis, WI

Principal JobID: 2754 Administration/Principal Date Available: 07/01/2026 Additional Information: Show/Hide _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Position Title: Principal Applicants are instructed to address in their application/resume their experiences directly related to each section noted in the posting. Only completed/submitted online applications with supporting documents will be screened. Position Type: Administration Date Posted: November 21, 2025 Location: Woodland Elementary School Date Available: July 1, 2026 PRIMARY FUNCTION: Serves as the instructional leader of the school regarding curriculum, instruction, data-based decision-making, and staff development. Uses leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills to promote the educational development of each student. The Principal administers the organization, safety, supervision, and overall educational leadership for the school. QUALIFICATIONS: * License: Professional Educator License (PEL) with a General Administrative or Principal Endorsement (K-12) * Education: * Required - Master's Degree * Preferred - Master's Degree in Educational Leadership * Experience: * Required - Three (3) to four (4) years teaching experience in a public-school environment. School leadership experience. Qualified IL Teacher and Administrator Evaluator. * Preferred - Five (5) years principal experience in a public school, plus three (3) years teaching experience in a public school environment. Qualified IL Teacher and Administrator Evaluator. Spanish speaking preferred. ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: The Principal will adhere to the following Illinois Performance Standards for School Leaders: * Living a Mission and Vision Focused on Results - The principal works with the staff and community to build a shared mission, and vision of high expectations that ensures all students are on the path to college and career readiness and holds staff accountable for results. * Creates and implements a vision for the school and defines desired results and goals that align with the overall school vision and lead to student improvement for all learners. * Ensures that the school's identity, vision, and mission drive school decisions. * Conducts difficult but crucial conversations with individuals, teams, and staff based on student performance data in a timely manner for the purpose of enhancing student learning and results. * Leading and Managing Systems Change - The principal creates and implements systems to ensure a safe, orderly, and productive environment for student and adult learning toward the achievement of school and district improvement priorities. * Develops, implements, and monitors the outcomes of the school improvement plan and school wide student achievement data results to improve student achievement. * Creates a safe, clean and orderly learning environment. * Allocates personnel, time, material, and adult learning resources appropriately to achieve the school improvement plan targets. * Employs current technologies. * Improving Teaching and Learning - The principal works with the school staff and community to develop a research-based framework for effective teaching and learning that is refined continuously to improve instruction for all students. * Develops a consistent framework for effective teaching and learning that includes a rigorous and relevant standards-based curriculum, research-based instructional practices, and high expectations for student performance. * Creates a continuous improvement cycle that uses multiple forms of data and student work samples to support individual, team, and school-wide improvement goals, identify and address areas of improvement and celebrate successes. * Implements student interventions that differentiate instruction based on student needs. * Selects and retains teachers with the expertise to deliver instruction that maximizes student learning. * Evaluates the effectiveness of instruction and of individual teachers by conducting frequent formal and informal observations providing timely feedback on instruction as part of the district teacher appraisal system. * Ensures the training, development, and support for high-performing instructional teacher teams to support adult learning and development to advance student learning and performance. * Develops systems and structures for staff professional development and sharing of effective practices including providing and protecting time allotted for development. * Advances Instructional Technology within the learning environment. * Building and Maintaining Collaborative Relationships - The principal creates a collaborative school community where the school staff, families, and community interact regularly and share ownership for the success of the school. * Creates, develops and sustains relationships that result in active student engagement in the learning process. * Utilizes meaningful feedback of students, staff, families, and community in the evaluation of instructional programs and policies. * Proactively engages families and communities in supporting their child's learning and the school's learning goals. * Demonstrates an understanding of the change process and uses leadership and facilitation skills to manage it effectively. * Leading with Integrity and Professionalism - The principal works with the school staff and community to create a positive context for learning by ensuring equity, fulfilling professional responsibilities with honesty and integrity, and serving as a model for the professional behavior of others. * Treats all people fairly, equitably, and with dignity and respect. * Demonstrates personal and professional standards and conduct that enhance the image of the school and the educational profession. Protects the rights and confidentiality of students and staff. * Creates and supports a climate that values, accepts and understands diversity in culture and point of view. * Creating and Sustaining a Culture of High Expectations - The principal works with staff and community to build a culture of high expectations and aspirations for every student by setting clear staff and student expectations for positive learning behaviors and by focusing on students' social-emotional learning. * Builds a culture of high aspirations and achievement for every student . * Requires staff and students to demonstrate consistent values and positive behaviors aligned to the school's vision and mission. * Leads a school culture and environment that successfully develops the full range of students' learning capacities - academic, creative, social-emotional, behavioral and physical. In addition, the Principal will also adhere to the following essential performance responsibilities: * Defines the Mission of the School * Frames and Communicates Goals * Informs the Superintendent of the schools' activities. * Maintains active relationships with students and parents. * Establishes and maintains favorable relationships with local community groups and individuals to foster understanding and solicit support for overall school objectives and programs; to interpret Board policies and administrative directives; and to discuss and resolve individual student programs. * Manages Curriculum and Instruction * Coordinates Curriculum and Instruction * Initiates, designs and implements programs to meet specific needs of the school. * Makes recommendations concerning the school's instruction. * Leads in the development, determination of appropriateness, and monitoring of the instructional program. * Programs classes within established guidelines to meet student needs. * Assists in the development, revision and evaluation of the curriculum. * Supervises the guidance program to enhance individual student education and development * In collaboration with the Assistant Principals, ensures the development and maintenance of all school-related schedules, including but not limited to bus duty, lunch, recess, and master schedule are completed effectively. * Supervises and Evaluates/Monitors Progress * Supervises the school's educational program. * Maintains student discipline throughout the student body with the assistance of the Assistant Principals, and assigns discipline when required as authorized by the Board of Education. * Supervises all professional, paraprofessional, administrative, and non-professional personnel attached to the school. * Assists in the recruiting, screening, hiring, training, assigning, and evaluating of the school's professional staff. * Supervises the school's teaching process. * Evaluates and counsels all staff members regarding their individual and group performance. * Recommends according to established procedures, the removal of a teacher whose work is unsatisfactory. * Supervises all activities and programs that are outgrowths of the school's curriculum. * Oversees the improvement of instruction with a majority of time being spent on curriculum and staff development (Reference School Code: Ch 122, new par. 10-20.14 sb 730). * Promotes School Climate * Sets Standards and Expectations * Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate in the school. * Maintains active relationships with students and parents. * Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary, according due process to the rights of students. * Establishes guides for proper student conduct and maintains student discipline. * Assists in the in-service orientation and training of teachers, with special responsibility for staff administrative procedures and instruction. * Protects Time/Promotes Improvement * Budgets school time to provide for the efficient conduct of school instruction and business. * Assumes responsibility for their own professional growth and development through membership and participation in the affairs of professional organizations, through attendance at regional, state, and national meetings, through enrollment in advanced courses, and the like. * Keeps abreast of changes and developments in the profession by attending professional meetings, reading professional journals and other publications, and discussion of issues of mutual interest with others in the field. * Orients newly assigned staff members and assists in their development, as appropriate. * Managerial Responsibilities * Financial * Prepares and submits the school's budgetary requests, and monitors expenditures of funds. * Maintains and controls the various local funds generated by student activities. * Record Keeping * Supervises the maintenance of all required building records. * Prepares or supervises the preparation of reports, records, lists, and all other paperwork required or appropriate to the school's administration. * Supervises the maintenance of accurate records on the progress and attendance of students. * Provides for adequate inventories of property under their jurisdiction and for the security and accountability for that property. * Responds to written and oral requests for information. * Assumes responsibility for all official school correspondence and news releases. * Assumes responsibility for the attendance, conduct, and maintenance of health of students. * Approves the master teaching schedule and any special assignments. * Building/Grounds * Assumes responsibility for the safety and administration of the school plant. * Supervises the daily use of the school facilities for both academic and non-academic purposes. * Plans and supervises fire drills and an emergency preparedness program. * Works with various members of the central office administrative staff on school problems of more than in-school import, which includes but are not limited to educational services and transportation. * Professional Responsibilities * Participates in principals' meetings, negotiations meetings, and such other meetings as are required or appropriate. * Serves as an ex-officio member of all committees and councils within their school. * Cooperates with college and university officials regarding teacher training and preparation. * Serves as a member of such committees and attends such meetings as directed to by the Superintendent. * Keeps their supervisor informed of events and activities of an unusual nature as well as routine matters related to the supervisor's accountability. * Interprets and enforces district policies and administrative regulations. * Attends special events held to recognize student achievement, and attends school sponsored activities/functions, and athletic events. * Conducts meetings of the staff as necessary for the proper functioning of the school. OTHER PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: * Assist in other areas as needed. * Complete other duties as needed. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: * Planning and Preparation - Organize instruction and learning activities grounded in a strong understanding of curriculum, content standards, and individual student needs; Develop and adapt lessons, units and learning materials that are responsive to students' strengths, interests, and cultural identities; Take significant ownership of designing and implementing instructional plans, either through original creation or adaptation of existing resources; Engage in data-informed planning to ensure equitable access to learning of all students * Learning Environments - Establish and maintain a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment that fosters students well-being and academic success; Recognize and respond to the individual identities, including race and culture, of each student to create a sense of belonging; Promote social-emotional learning, encourage academic risk-taking, and support positive behavioral and learning mindsets; Building strong, trusting relationships with students that serve as the foundation for a positive and effective learning environment * Learning Experiences - Design and deliver engaging, standards-aligned learning experiences that promote deep understanding, critical thinking, and purposeful learning; Ensure instruction is relevant, meaningful, and connected to students' lives, aspirations, and diverse identities; Differentiate instruction to meet varied learning needs, and provide appropriate supports and challenges for all students; Collaborate with students in co-creating a community of learners where everyone is affirmed, empowered, and held to high expectations * Principled Teaching - Commit to continuous personal and professional growth through reflection, collaboration, and data-driven improvement; Contribute positively to the school and district community, modeling ethical, equitable, and student-centered practices; Build strong partnerships with families and the broader community to support holistic student development; Advocate for the success of each student, particularly those whose identities and potential have not yet been fully affirmed or realized in schools; Demonstrate resilience, integrity, and a deep sense of purpose in service of students' long-term success Technical: Competent in digital environments including but not limited to; Google Suite, student management systems, learning management systems, district's attendance system, databases, spreadsheets, Microsoft Office, district email system, the district's attendance system, etc. Interpersonal: Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with staff, parents, students, businesses and community. Strong organization, communication and interpersonal skills. Comprehensive strategic thinking and rapid problem-solving skills to effectively handle crisis communications. Ability to cope with deadline pressures. Creative problem solver. Ability to facilitate meetings efficiently. Empathetic, humanistic and open-minded. Strong sense of teamwork. Strategic thinker. Must be able to make difficult decisions that impact the organization in a positive sense. Must be able to work harmoniously with the community, students, parents, staff, and administration, etc. Must be able to communicate effectively with students, parents and staff. Must exhibit sound judgment in dealing with people. Must have strong organizational skills. DISTRICT CORE COMPETENCIES: * Support the establishment of mutual respect and equal human dignity across the entire school community. * Welcomes inclusion, equity and diversity. * Have an unwavering commitment to the success of all students. * Understands that one's identity may be different from students, parents, and staff. Is willing to put those differences aside for the success of all students. * Regardless of the identities of students, staff, or parents, works collaboratively to build a successful relationship with them. * Willingly anticipate, identify and adopt change. * Engage in all job-related interactions and activities, with contacts from within and outside the District, in a courteous and professional manner. * Communicate with styles that are approachable and respectful. * Participate in professional development and training to become more effective and efficient. * Take initiative to manage multiple tasks. * Effectively organize work to be as productive as possible. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Manuel Dexterity: Work requires definite skilled and accurate physical operations requiring some closely coordination performance. Physical Efforts: Work requires handling average weight materials or equipment, but not for sustained periods. Working Conditions: Some exposure to definitely disagreeable elements may exist, i.e., temperature changes, use of steps/stairs, walking long distances throughout the building, etc. Must be available to work nights and weekends as needed, especially for an emergency. Must also be available to attend events outside of the district as needed. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Exempt, Full-time 260-day non-union position. SALARY RANGE: $115,000 - $140,000 (Salary and benefits established by the Board of Education) EVALUATION: Conducted annually HOW TO APPLY: Internal applicants should apply online and attach a resume to the online application. External applicants should apply online and attach three letters of recommendation and resume to the online application at *************** All applicants must be willing to interview in person and demonstrate skills through a situational analysis. Applicants will be contacted within three weeks if invited for an interview. Minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Further information regarding this position may be obtained by contacting: CONTACT PERSONS: Dr. Robert Machak Superintendent of Schools ****************** ************ APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications reviewed upon receipt Woodland School District 50 is an Equal Opportunity Employer with established policies prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, marital status, arrest record, military status, order of protection status, unfavorable military discharge, citizenship status provided the individual is authorized to work in the United States, use of lawful products while not at work, being a victim of domestic or sexual violence, genetic information, physical or mental handicap or disability, if otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, or other legally protected categories. The Associate Superintendent of Educational Services ************** addresses questions regarding student discrimination and serves as the District's Title IX Coordinator, and the Executive Director of Human Resources ************** answers questions concerning employment discrimination. EP1-FY27-2754