Assistant Principal
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Job Description
Primary Purpose:
Assist the school principal in overall administration of instructional program and campus level operations. Coordinate assigned student activities and services.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
Masters degree
Texas assistant principal or other appropriate Texas certificate
Certified Professional Development and Appraisal System (PDAS) appraiser
Special Knowledge/Skills:
Thorough understanding of school operations
Strong organizational communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to coordinate campus support operations
Experience:
Two years experience as a classroom teacher
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Instructional Management
- Participate in development and evaluation of educational programs.
- Encourage and support development of innovative instructional programs helping teachers pilot such efforts when appropriate.
- Promote the use of technology in teaching/learning process.
- Oversee special education programs for the campus.
- Follow and ensure that the LEISD curriculum implementation calendar is followed and that teachers are implementing each curriculum element outlined by six weeks period.
- Identify what teaching staff needs to know and be able to gather analyze and use student assessment data at both the campus and classroom levels.
- Ensure that each department meets in a Professional Learning Community on a regular basis to foster long term commitment to excellence. Be present for PLC meetings to ensure an atmosphere of collaborative experimentation that leads to continuous improvement and that professional dialogue drives day to day decisions.
- Identify areas of needed professional development and schedule workshops as necessary to assist staff in the effective implementation of the CSCOPE curriculum.
- Evaluate the progress that staff has made in achieving competencies related to CSCOPE and student performance. Use this information to design a professional development plan to move the program forward.
School/Organizational Climate
- Promote a positive caring climate for learning.
- Deal sensitively and fairly with persons from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Communicate effectively with students and staff.
School/Organizational Improvement
- Help principal develop maintain and use information systems to maintain and records to track progress on campus performance objectives and academic excellence indicators.
Personnel Management
- Observe employee performance record observations and conduct evaluation conferences.
- Assist principal in interviewing selecting and orienting new staff.
Administration and Fiscal/Facilities Management
- Supervise operations in principals absence.
- Help plan daily school activities and extracurricular activities.
- Requisition textbooks and equipment; check inventory; maintain records.
- Assist with safety inspections and safetydrill practice activities.
- Coordinate support services as needed.
- Comply with federal and state laws State Board of Education rule and board policy.
- Assist with maintenance/facilities requests as needed.
Student Management
- Ensure that students are adequately supervised during non instructional periods.
- Help to develop a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior.
- Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable.
- Conduct conferences on student and school issues with parents students and teachers.
Professional Growth and Development
- Participate in professional development to improve skills related to job assignment.
- Maintain confidentiality of information.
- Other duties as assigned
School/Community Relations
- Articulate the schools mission to community and solicit its support in realizing mission.
- Demonstrate awareness of schoolcommunity needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.
- Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Share supervisory responsibility for professional staff with school principal. Supervise teachers paraprofessionals clerical personnel and others as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress. Work with frequent interruptions. Occasional districtwide travel; occasional prolonged and irregular hours.
Employment Type
Full-Time
