JOB TITLE: Principal, Pawling Elementary School
START DATE: July 1, 2026
BASIS OF EMPLOYMENT: Probationary, Tenure Track Position
RATE OF PAY: As per the PAA Collective Bargaining Agreement
QUALIFICATIONS: Extensive, highly successful elementary teaching experience; district or building leadership, at any level, as principal or assistant principal; possession of or eligible for New York State Licensure (SDL, SBA, SBL, SDA)
DESIRED QUALITIES:
- A calm and focused instructional leader with high expectations for staff, students, and self
- An educator committed to child-centered principles of leadership, bolstered by personal integrity
- A team player who will develop and nurture systems for seeking and providing feedback
- A hands-on team member who is highly visible within the school community
- A model learner who promotes professional learning for self and others
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AREAS:
- Asset-based whole-child development and social-emotional learning
- Student-centered literacy instruction using the Science of Reading model, including instruction and meaningful practice across six components of literacy
- Innovative mathematics and integration across STEAM
- Response to Intervention, including creative problem-solving to provide social-emotional, behavioral, and academic growth using multi-tiered support systems
- Parent and family engagement with and for all of the school’s communities
- Effective elementary scheduling
Diverse and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply