Duties of principals
28(1)The principal of a school
(a)
is the educational leader and administrator of the school and has overall responsibility for the school and for the teachers and other school personnel employed at the school, and
(b)
is accountable to the superintendent of the school district for the performance of the principal’s duties and the overall educational progress of the pupils enrolled in the school.
28(2)The duties of a principal include
(a)
preparing, in consultation with the Parent School Support Committee and the school personnel, a school improvement plan and coordinating its implementation,
(b)
preparing, for parents of the pupils enrolled in the school, an annual school performance report, and ensuring that that report is communicated to those parents and the school community,
(b.1)
submitting annually to the District Education Council concerned, through the superintendent of the school district, a copy of the school improvement plan and a copy of the annual school performance report,
(c)
ensuring that reasonable steps are taken to create and maintain a safe, positive and effective learning environment,
(c.1)
ensuring that a positive learning and working environment plan is developed and implemented, in collaboration with the Parent School Support Committee at the school and, where appropriate, with students, and report regularly to the Parent School Support Committee at the school and the superintendent of the school district with respect to the progress and effectiveness of the plan,
(c.2)
to report any incident of serious misconduct to the superintendent of the school district,
(d)
participating in the selection of school personnel for the school,
(e)
encouraging and facilitating the professional development of teachers and other school personnel employed at the school,
(f)
evaluating the performance of teachers and other school personnel employed at the school,
(f.1)
creating a positive learning and working environment that allows for open discussion, constructive dialogue and the sharing of concerns or constructive feedback by school personnel and volunteers,
(g)
being accountable and responsible for funds provided to and raised for the school,
(h)
ensuring that provincial, school district and school policies are followed, and
(i)
ensuring the establishment of and participating in the operation of a Parent School Support Committee at the school.
2000, c.52, s.17; 2012, c.21, s.4; 2021, c.10, s.1