Description
Principal - Beaver Dam High School (To begin July 1, 2026) - Deadline to apply March 25, 2026.
License: WI Principal License (5051) or eligible to attain licensure required, Master’s Degree, 3+ years of successful teaching experience required, 3+ years of administrative experience required.
Compensation and Contract: Compensation is highly competitive, and commensurate with qualifications, experience, and education. This is a 260-day (12 month) contract.
Full Benefit Package: WI Retirement, Health, Dental and Life Insurance, Long and Short Term Disability, Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Cumulative Sick Leave, Flexible Spending or Health Saving Accounts, 403(b) Voluntary Retirement Accounts, Health and Financial Wellness Program, Professional Development, optional payroll deduction for personal insurance and savings products, Employee Assistance Program.
Beaver Dam High School (BDHS) is home to over 1,000 students from Beaver Dam and surrounding communities and completed $42 million in facility upgrades to the high school in 2018, resulting in one of the highest-quality school facilities in the state. Demonstrating an ongoing and deep commitment to public education, the Beaver Dam community also passed a 2024 referendum supporting district-wide improvements, along with the construction of a new middle school, reflecting a strong, unified belief in investing in students and schools. Services for our students at BDHS are provided by an outstanding team of more than 70 teachers, 30 support staff members, a robust student services team, and four administrators.
The academic experience at BDHS includes more than 175 course offerings organized within 14 curricular teams. Students have opportunities to earn college credit through 21 transcripted credit courses as well as 20 Advanced Placement offerings. BDHS is a competitive member of the Badger Conference, and the athletic and co-curricular programs include more than 55 opportunities that appeal to a wide range of interests and ability levels.
The Beaver Dam Unified School District seeks an accomplished instructional leader and team builder who places a high value on student learning across all curricular areas to serve as Principal of Beaver Dam High School. The successful candidate will work in an educational environment grounded in excellence and collaboration, focused on guiding staff and students to achieve at high levels while fostering strong academic and behavioral expectations. Beaver Dam High School is nationally recognized for advancing rigorous opportunities and performance, earning distinction as a Wisconsin Pacesetter School, recognition 4X as one of the Best High Schools in the country in the last 10 years by U.S. News & World Report, and inclusion on the College Board’s AP Honor Roll.
Long-Term Action Goals:
Growing participation in advanced academic opportunities for all students, growing youth apprenticeship involvement, growing student entrepreneurship opportunities.
Essential Core Values:
The ideal candidate will focus on advancing the academic growth of all students, have strong relationships upon which the foundation of leadership is built, exude presence and ownership, be active in the community, and support the District Mission: “Guiding students. Empowering futures.” and Vision “Leading the way in student growth and achievement.”
Successful candidates will have the following qualifications:
Strong servant leadership approach with the ability to encourage and motivate exceptional outcomes for all students.
Appreciation and a proven experience working on and with high functioning systems and teams.
Significant knowledge in curriculum and research-based instruction for secondary level learners.
Strategic thinking skills and the ability to provide examples of strategic planning and follow-through.
Experience in successfully navigating high pressure situations and taking ownership for the outcomes.
Skilled at promoting and nurturing a safe and secure learning environment for staff and students.
Public speaking skills and the ability to provide examples of adapting speaking strategy to various audiences.
Effective teaching strategies and the ability to provide examples of such strategies.
Data-driven decision-making skills and the ability to provide examples of such skills.
Advanced technology skills, including the ability to demonstrate the effective and efficient use of social media.
Effective written communication skills, provide examples of clear, coherent writing adaption for various audiences.
Candidates whose application materials demonstrate a successful history of reducing achievement gaps, building relationships, and cultivating a culture of excellence will be given top priority.
