High School Principals Comparison
Tim Schurman, Milledgeville High School/Milledgeville Elementary School principal
Salary: $84,364
Years in education: 18
Years in administration: 5
Responsibilities: Oversees high school and K-3 students.
Size of school: 290 students / 49 staff
Andy Siegfried, Polo High School principal
Salary: $85,000
Years in education: 12
Years in administration: 10
Additional responsibilities: Handles teacher certification issues for the district.
Size of school: 225 students / 29 staff
Jeff Thake, Amboy High School
Salary: $86,822
Years in education: 15
Years in administration: 8
Size of school: 339 students / 36 staff.
Jason Austin, Sterling High School principal
Salary: $90,000
Years in education: 9
Years in administration: 5
Responsibilities: School improvement process, hires staff, evaluates teachers and support personnel, manages building budget, is academic booster club liaison and is on the district's safety, discipline, Response to Intervention, accelerated and calendar committees.
Size of school: About 1,000 students / 100 staff
Jessica Bicknell, Sterling High School associate principal
Salary: $62,100
Years in education: 10
Years in administration: 2
Responsibilities: Bilingual program coordinator, dual credit liaison, Regional Office of Education liaison, alternative school, counseling department, discipline for repeat students, master schedule, evaluates teachers, school improvement and Response to Intervention committee, district Data team
Vicki Dunphy, Sterling High School dean of students
Salary: $57,529.
Years in education: 11
Years in administration: 1
Responsibilities: Math department chairwoman, student discipline of freshmen and juniors, evaluation of teachers, summer school coordinator and school improvement, discipline and safety committee and Response to Intervention committees.
Kathleen Schipper, Fulton High School principal
Salary: $79,167
Years in education: 17
Years in administration: 11
Size of school: 316 students / 52 staff
Tim McConnell, Erie High School principal
Salary: $83,472 (2009 fiscal year)
Years in education: 15
Years in administration: 8
Size of school: 213 students / 38 staff
Cory Bielema, Morrison High School principal
Salary: $71,000
Years in education: 12 years
Years in administration: 1 year
Size of school: 370 students / 48 staff
Guy Gradert, Prophetstown High School principal
Salary: $80,696
Years in education: 15
Years in administration: 5
Size of school: 294 students / 53 staff
Ron McCord, Rock Falls High School principal
Salary: $99,300
Years in education: 17
Years in administration: 6
Additional responsibilities: No Child Left Behind grant coordinator
Size of school: 700 students, / 89 staff
Brody Rude, Rock Falls High School assistant principal
Salary: $73,819
Years in education: 11
Years in administration: 6
Responsibilities: Student discipline, chairman of student handbook committee.
Tammy Harvey, AFC High School principal
Salary: $81,000
Years in education: 24
Years in administration: 6
Size of school: 219 students / 20 staff.
Mike Grady, Dixon High School principal
Salary: $100,807
Years in education: 21
Years in administration: 11
Responsibilities: Oversight of all personnel and all the educational needs of the students, including discipline appeals. Evaluation of all nontenured and some tenured teachers. All hiring and firing decisions. Anything else not covered by two assistants.
Size of school: 887 students / 88 staff
Chris Tennyson, Dixon High School assistant principal
Salary: $72,000
Years in education: 9
Years in administration: 4
Responsibilities: In charge of certified and non-certified staff; junior and senior student attendance and discipline; communication with parents, staff and students; summer school.
Pacia Tenpas-Rice, Dixon High School assistant principal
Salary: $63,000
Years in education: 8
Years in administration: 1
Responsibilities: In charge of certified and non-certified staff; freshman and sophomore student attendance and discipline; communication with parents, staff and students.
Phillip Caposey, Oregon High School principal
Salary: $84,000.
Years in education: 10
Years in administration: 2
Responsibilities: Instructional and curriculum development, evaluation of teachers and support staff.
Size of school: 585 students / 54 staff
Andrew Nelson, Oregon High School assistant principal
Salary: $69,000.
Years in education: 22
Years in administration: 2
Responsibilities: Discipline, attendance, teacher evaluation and staff development.
