Budgetary Responsibilities

• A middle school principal oversees the budget for operating the school. This might include balancing salaries with the amount allotted for the school through the district office, making sure there are funds for necessary resources and helping to raise additional monies for things like field trips or school functions. He may work with the school board or the parent-teacher organization to address and remedy budgetary concerns for his particular middle school.
  
  

Managing Faculty

• The principal manages the faculty of the middle school. This might include hiring and firing, assisting faculty in obtaining necessary resources to teach students, intervening when there is a conflict between faculty members and students and all other aspects of staff management. The principal also oversees the support staff and any other district employees working at that particular middle school.
  
  

Liaison With School District

• A middle school principal is the liaison between his school and other schools in the area, as well as the district as a whole. He attends school board meetings as necessary and interacts with school board officials about matters concerning his school. He may request resources for the school through the district office and provide regular reports about faculty accomplishments to district staff for recognition by school board officials.
  
  

Disciplinarian

• This applies to both staff and students; while there may be an assistant principal who is responsible for the day-to-day aspects of discipline for students who get into trouble, larger issues are funneled through the principal's office. Responsibilities in this regard include dealing with students who threaten serious harm to another student or teacher, major conflicts on school grounds between students, reprimanding faculty members for bad behavior or poor decision-making and dealing with parents regarding children who must be expelled or suspended due to their behavior.