Summer High School Co-Principal

Position / Title: Summer High School Principal Bargaining Unit: ADMDepartment/Location: Post Secondary Success Work Days: Summer SessionReports To: Post Secondary Success Director and Coordinator JD Revision Date: 09/28/2026Supervises: Summer High School Staff

Function / Position Summary Supervise a summer school program for secondary students in partnership with another summer school principal. Work collaboratively with the Post Secondary Success Director and Coordinator and second Summer School Principal to prepare for and oversee the operation of the summer program. Lead and coordinate program planning and oversee operation of the program. Oversight responsibilities include staff hiring and supervision, staff assignment, registration and scheduling, communication, supervision, student management, material acquisition, organization and site management, and program evaluation. Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Ensure a successful summer school experience for all students, staff, and families.
• Collaborate with central office departments to prepare, plan, and implement summer programming.
• Interview and hire all summer school teachers and staff.
• Work with the administrative team and professional development providers to organize the agenda, prepare training materials, and deliver professional development.
• Oversee the process of staffing, logistics, and communication to staff, students, and families.
• Prepare student rosters, assign classrooms, and create the master schedule.
• Implement summer school policies and provide professional development to staff and students on summer school expectations.
• Conduct classroom observations on a regular basis to ensure fidelity of curriculum implementation and provide coaching and feedback to teaching staff.
• Maintain teacher and student attendance.
• Ensure student grades are updated on a regular and ongoing basis and coordinate intervention to ensure student success.
• Contact families of students who are absent/tardy, not making academic progress, and/or are not being successful.
• Plan, coordinate, and lead the high school summer graduation in coordination with the Office of Schools graduation team.
• Oversee the collection and return of all designated summer materials, including working the day after student attendance is concluded.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

• Master's Degree in Education.
• Professional Educator License with General Administrator or Principal endorsement.
• Successfully completed all PERA module designations required to evaluate certified staff (Teacher & Principal) (preferred), if not must successfully complete by the start of summer school.

Experience / Knowledge

• Five (5) years of teaching experience and two years of administrative experience and/or large-scale instructional change projects (principalship preferred).
• Excellent oral/written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills to present information before large and small groups.
• Thorough knowledge of school code, state and federal laws and District policies.
• Maintain complete and accurate records and statistics to analyze and create related meaningful reports as required by school need or assigned by the Assistant Superintendent.
• Ability to plan and evaluate strategies for improving instruction.
• Demonstrated interest, knowledge and/or experience in serving culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Physical Demands

• Requires prolonged sitting or standing.
• Occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push objects or materials up to 30 lbs. with proper technique.

Terms of Employment

• This is a temporary position.
• Availability after school, weekends and summer weekdays in January, February, March, April, May, June and July for staffing, professional development and other administrative responsibilities is required and included in the overall salary. Preference will be given to current administrators at the host site and administrators with experience with summer school.
• Salary: $10,000 (includes TRS)

Additional Information

• Summer school takes place from June 16 through July 16, 2027 at South Elgin HS.
• Staff PD takes place on June 14 & 15.
• Summer school co-principals begin work in January with staffing and scheduling.