Position Type:
Principal
Date Posted:
2026-09-30
Location: Kenneth W. Clement Boys' Leadership Academy
ABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students.
CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college.
Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.
CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop.
In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work.
BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES
The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school. BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
THE OPPORTUNITY
Reports to: Academic Superintendent
Compensation: Elementary Principal K-8 Compensation Schedule
**Internal applicants are required to upload a resume to their application**
Kenneth W. Clement Boys' Leadership Academy is one of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s few schools offering single-gender education. We foster a learning environment that inspires, motivates, and encourages young males from Pre-K through 8th grade to achieve academic excellence while providing daily social & emotional support. We begin each day with the reciting of our creed and ritual, preparing our scholars to be successful in a culture that stresses respect, compassion for others, and displays of good character. Our goal is to create scholars who are prepared to take active leadership roles in their high schools, universities, families, and communities. It is our expectation that our scholars will become key contributors in this global society where we are building men of tomorrow, starting today.
Motto:
Building the men of tomorrow, starting today!
Teacher Motto:
We are committed to high expectations for every scholar, every minute, of every hour, every single day!
THIS ROLE WILL:
Leadership – The effective educational leader acts ethically as an agent of continuous improvement by fostering a shared mission, vision, and core values to promote each student’s well-being and academic success.
Model and uphold high expectations for personal and professional conduct, including ethics, policies, and legal codes throughout the school community
Facilitate and model the articulation and realization of a mission, vision, and situationally appropriate strategies for continuous improvement and change…