Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 210 - State Department of Education › Chapter 35 - Standards for Accreditation of Elementary, Middle Level, Secondary, and Career and Technology Schools › Subchapter 3 - Standards for Elementary, Middle Level, Secondary, and Career and Technology Schools › Part 5 - STANDARD III: ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION › Section 210:35-3-46 - Administrative and supervisory services

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				  The school site shall be part of a system employing a full-time superintendent.
				  If a vacancy occurs in the superintendency during the course of the school
				  year, a certified replacement must be employed within forty-five (45) school
				  days.
(b) It shall further be the
				  responsibility of the local board, upon the recommendation of the
				  superintendent, to employ an administrative head to be known as a principal for
				  each of the schools within the district. Private schools shall employ a
				  full-time principal/headmaster. Full time is defined as employed full time and
				  therefore allows administrators to teach.
(c) Instructional leadership shall be the
				  chief function of the school's principal. The principal shall be responsible
				  for the improvement of instruction and be given the authority and resources
				  needed to accomplish this goal. The principal shall help clarify the goals of
				  the school, help obtain resources for it, coordinate its various activities,
				  and promote its continuous evaluation to determine improvements
				  needed.
(d) Lines of administrative
				  and supervisory authority between the central office staff and the principal
				  shall be defined clearly and shall give the principal responsibility for
				  initiating appropriate changes to meet the needs of the students.
(e) The principal shall be involved in the
				  selection, assessment, evaluation, retention, and promotion of all personnel
				  assigned to the school.
(f) While
				  working with faculty, staff, or students in the school, central office and
				  other supplementary personnel shall coordinate their activities through the
				  principal.
(g) The principal shall
				  have the responsibility and the authority for the administration of the
				  non-instructional programs in the school.
(h) The local board shall adopt a school
				  calendar and school day consistent with statutory requirements in Oklahoma.
(i) If a school district on a
				  traditional 180 day academic calendar rather than a 1,080 hour academic
				  calendar determines that it is necessary to deviate from the required 6 hour
				  school day because of severe weather conditions or fire, the administrator
				  should report this, in writing, to the State Department of Education Office of
				  Accreditation within seventy-two (72) hours. Any loss of school time shall
				  require the superintendent to report the amount of time lost and the procedures
				  to be used to make up the lost time. If a school district on a 1,080 hour
				  academic calendar adopted pursuant to 70 O.S. § 1-109 determines that it
				  is necessary to cancel or shorten a school day due to severe weather or other
				  such unavoidable conditions, the district may adapt the length of subsequent
				  school days as necessary to ensure class is in session for at least the 1,080
				  hours required for the school year. Any such adaptations to a school district's
				  academic calendar that are made during the school year must be reported to the
				  State Department of Education Office of Accreditation within seventy-two (72)
				  hours, but pre-approval for the calendar adjustment is not required provided
				  class time for the school year will not be reduced below 1,080 hours.
Added at 8 Ok Reg
					 2159, eff 5-17-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 2371, eff 7-13-92; Amended at
					 13 Ok Reg 1355, eff 5-13-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 520, eff 12-18-96
					 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3361, eff 5-5-97 (emergency); Amended at 14
					 Ok Reg 2617, eff 6-27-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2306, eff 6-11-98; Amended at 17
					 Ok Reg 2910, eff 7-13-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2307, eff 4-23-01 (emergency);
					 Amended at 19 Ok Reg 20, eff 9-17-01 (emergency); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1000,
					 eff 5-13-02