Job Title: Assistant Principal Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Reports to: Campus Principal Pay Grade: 4ELEM
Dept./School: Campus Assigned Days: 217
Supervises: Share supervisory responsibility for professional staff with school principal. Supervise teachers custodians paraprofessionals clerical personnel and others as assigned.
Primary Purpose: The goal of the assistant principal is to assist the principal in fulfilling the responsibilities and duties associated with the instructional staff.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
- Masters degree in educational administration
- Valid administrators certificate issued by SBEC
- ILD or AEL and TTess Certification
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Thorough understanding of school operations
- Strong organizational excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Ability to coordinate campus support operations
- Selfmotivated organized reliable adaptable
- Must be able to work independently as well as on a team
Experience:
- Five years of successful classroom teaching experience
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.
- 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
- Participate in development of campus improvement plans with staff parents and community members.
- Help the principal develop maintain and use information systems to track progress on campus performance objectives and academic excellence indicators.
- Personnel Management
- Observe employee performance record observations and conduct evaluation conferences. Serve as second appraiser for designated teacher appraisal system.
- Assist the principal in interviewing selecting and orienting new staff.
- Administration and Fiscal/Facilities Management
- Supervise operations in principals absence.
- Help plan daily school activities by participating in the development of class schedules teacher assignments and extracurricular activity schedules.
- Supervise reporting and monitoring of student attendance and work with attendance clerk on followup investigations.
- Work with department heads and faculty to compile annual budget requests based on documented program needs.
- Requisition supplies textbooks and equipment; check inventory; maintain records; and verify receipts for materials.
- Assist with safety inspections and safetydrill practice activities.
- Coordinate transportation custodial cafeteria and other support services.
- Comply with federal and state laws State Board of Education rule and board policy.
- Student Management
- Ensure that students are adequately supervised during noninstructional 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.
- School or Community Relations
- Articulate the schools mission to the community and solicit support in realizing the mission.
- Demonstrate awareness of school and community needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.
- Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.
- Be positive patient and friendly with students staff parents and community members in support of the District.
- Be professional reliable organized and friendly.
- Communicate effectively (verbal and written).
- Answer telephone calls and emails promptly.
- Maintain positive interaction with students staff fellow employees parents and community members.
- Be willing to show empathy towards students staff parents peers and community members.
- Ability to resolve issues/concerns and troubleshoot (as applicable
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Share supervisory responsibility for professional staff with school principal. Supervise teachers custodians paraprofessionals clerical personnel and others as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent districtwide and statewide travel; occasional prolonged or irregular hours.
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required. I have read understand and attest to the above description and funding relating to my daily activities.
Signature Date
Required Experience:
Staff IC