PreSchool Principal

PreSchool Principal

Bowling Green Independent Schools District Wide - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Open in Google Maps)

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Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Mar 23, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Jul 1, 2026

Job Description

Days of Employment : 220

KY Teaching Certificate required : Principal

PreSchool Programs are located at T.C. Cherry Elementary School, Bowling Green Learning Center, and Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary School.

Performance Responsibilities

• Provide day‑to‑day oversight of the preschool culture and programming including, but not limited to, student transportation, breakfast/lunch needs between classrooms and cafeteria, parent & staff concerns, home visits, program supplies, and Brigance testing sheets.
• Serve as a communication liaison between classroom and district‑level administration and collaborate with the Director of Communication to develop and disseminate information from the district.
• Monitor the behavior/academic intervention, RTI, and behavior intervention plans.
• Facilitate weekly lead teacher planning and/or training including scheduling and communicating professional learning for teacher and staff.
• Ensure standards to meet ECERS are maintained.
• Monitor the alignment of classroom instruction to the preschool standards and facilitate the use of developmentally appropriate practices.
• Communicate timelines for any required assessments and ensure accuracy of data collection and reporting.
• Communicate assessment results with the district and conduct data analysis with lead teachers.
• Conduct classroom & playground observations that include walkthroughs using ECERS and provide coaching and feedback to teachers.
• Monitor and facilitate child find, including advertisements and public relations materials with each school and outside agency.
• Make continuous effort to identify new students through a variety of avenues, including but not limited to, visits to community agencies and businesses to share promotional materials (e.g., cultural centers, apartment complexes, housing authority, Salvation Army).
• Share information with the school’s front office on students eligible for OLR.
• Organize each month’s screening and schedule with parents (including reminders of their screening time).
• Collect required documents for referrals – eye, hearing, proof of residency.
• Collaborate with the DOSE and maintain an ongoing transition list of First Steps students.
• Ensure teachers are completing necessary recording keeping.
• Completion of Preschool tab in Infinite Campus.
• Maintaining preschool folders.
• Recordkeeping for RTI and Intervention.
• Enter student information into appropriate databases that ensure licensing is up to date (e.g., TSG, KEDS, Brigance).
• Complete state reporting of December 1 and March 1 count and end of the year reports for KDE with input from the district office.
• Facilitate kindergarten transition between preschool and elementary schools.
• Schedule and facilitate kindergarten visits at all BGISD elementary schools.
• Attend kindergarten PLCs for transitioning both regular and special needs students.
• Prepare preschool bus drivers for routes at the beginning of the year by scheduling meetings, preparing paperwork, and monitoring and maintaining communications to keep transportation working throughout the year.
• Coordinate transportation for new student enrollments.
• Train new bus monitors on developmentally appropriate practices.
• Attend community meetings and relay necessary information to administration and lead teachers (e.g., DEIC, CECC, United Way Kindergarten Readiness committee member, WKU Head Start Advisory Council, RTC Coordinators Meeting).
• Attend Head Start Transition family events and share information about the preschool program.
• Connect families to outside agencies and help in scheduling appointments such as those related to medical and mental health.
• Plan and implement parent involvement activities throughout the year.
• Facilitate parent advisory council meetings.
• Participate in community events/information fairs.
• Adhere to the professional Codes of Ethics adopted by the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board.
• Evaluate all preschool staff as required by policy.
• Maintain appropriate professional appearance.
• Act as a consistent positive public relations agent for school and district programs and activities.
• Maintain confidentiality of information regarding individual students and their families.
• Implement and adhere to all rules and regulations, policies, administrative guidelines, and directives as adopted by the Board of Education, Principal, Administrative Staff, Superintendent and School Based Decision Making Council.
• Maintain acceptable personal attendance without repeated unexcused absences, tardiness, absences without notification, or abuse of sick leave.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the Director of Instructional Programs, District Administrative Staff, or Superintendent of Schools.

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Requirements

Position Type: Full-Time

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