The Superintendent shall be responsible for implementing Board Policy in the daily operations of the school district.  The superintendent and administrative personnel shall adhere to Board Policy, mission statement, and district goals in the performance of their duties.  To enhance quality teaching and learning, the superintendent and administrative personnel shall:

• implement the goals established by the School Board;

• identify and influence the formulation and/or revision of administrative goals, policies, rules and regulations;

• stimulate, plan and direct the development of programs to achieve the district's goals and purposes;

• establish and coordinate the activities of professional and non-professional employees concerned with planning and implementing the programs;

• procure and manage material and fiscal resources to support the schools and programs; and,

• assess continuously, cooperatively, and constructively the policies, regulations and general performance of all school personnel.

The school district shall have a Superintendent of Schools, selected in the manner provided by law.

The Superintendent shall hold a valid administrator's license issued by the Mississippi Department of Education and shall have had not less than four (4) years of classroom or administrative experience.  ' 37-9-13 (1997)

The Superintendent shall be the highest paid member of the school district.

The Mississippi Public School Accountability Standard for this policy is Standard 3.
 

LEGAL REF.: MS CODE as cited

                 Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards

ADOPTED:    07/13/1976

REVISED:    11/08/2005

                     11/10/2009