Open Positions for Mountain View Whisman School District

Openings as of 7/22/2025

Elementary Principal 2025-2026

JobID: 2333

Position Type:
  Administration/Principal


Date Posted:
  2/10/2025


Location:
  Castro Elementary


Date Available:
  07/01/2025


Closing Date:
  03/03/2025


            
Mountain View Whisman School District Human Resources Department	Job Title:  Principal
Classification: Certificated Management	Date Reviewed: March 2021
 
Compensation
• Elementary Principal - $182,608 - $224,582 
Degree stipends: Annual stipends to be paid for the following degrees (limit two - Doctorate $2,700; Masters $2,500; National Board Certified Teacher $2,500)


Position Description
 
The School Principal is an important member of the District’s management team and reports directly to the Superintendent. 

Qualifications
 
• Commitment to maintaining and strengthening the District’s quality instructional program.
• Candidates should hold a Master’s Degree and hold or qualify for a California Administrative Services Credential
• Effective leadership experience at a significant level in a school district
• In-depth knowledge of California frameworks and curriculum alignment for K-5 schools
• Understanding of and experience with budget management
• Understanding of student attendance, SARB and Truancy Court
• Effective communication skills with individuals and groups
• Experience with a wide range of staff development activities
• Experience with categorical programs, at-risk students and special needs students
• Effective skills to guide problem-solving and decision making
• Experience with multicultural student populations
• Ability to monitor student policy and discipline
• Ability to supervise student and parent extra-curricular activities
• Ability to work with diverse groups of teachers
• Ability to work with District’s Administrative Team
• Excellent organizational skills
• Sense of humor
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn Continuous Improvement strategies
• Candidates should possess exemplary personal qualities essential to this highly visible leadership position and should hold the highest expectations for the performance of self, staff, and students.
 
Examples of Duties & Responsibilities
 
• Establishes an effective learning climate
• Monitors and supports program implementation for increased student achievement as outlined in the school site plan
• Coordinates tasks in the organization and improvement of instruction
• Establishes and monitors student policies and discipline
• Counseling of individual students as needed
• May participate in extra-curricular activities, including parent activities
• Monitors student attendance
• Evaluates educational programs
• Coordinates, supervises and evaluates staff
• Assists staff and cooperatively works with specialists assigned to the school in planning, organizing and implementing programs at the site
• Prepares and administers school budget
• Maintains a positive relationship between the school and community
 
Supervised by:          Superintendent or Designee
Evaluated by:            Superintendent or Designee
 


The Mountain View Whisman School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, military status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The Mountain View Whisman School District requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying. 
 
Questions or complaints of alleged discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying, equity or Title IX equity and compliance concerns should be directed to Tara Vikjord at 650-526-3500, 1400 Montecito Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043, or tvikjord@mvwsd.org.
 




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