2026-2027 Assistant Principal, Glendale High School

Job Title: 2026-2027 Assistant Principal - Central High School

Department: Learning - Secondary

Pay Grade: Academic Administrative A121

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: SchoolPrincipal

GENERAL PURPOSE

Responsible for providing support to the instructional process with specific responsibility for directing assigned programs and services at a elementary middle school or high school; assists leadership with aligning to the districts strategic plan; providing information and serving as a resource to others; supervising assigned staff; coordinating school activities and addressing issues situations and/or problems that arise on campus or with enrolled students.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Evaluates assigned personnel (e.g. certificated staff members support personnel etc.) to ensure that standards are achieved and performance is maximized.
• Facilitates the development communication implementation and evaluation of quality learning to enhancing excellence equality and equity for staff and students.
• Facilitates meetings processes etc. to meet curriculum guidelines and/or ensure that state mandates are achieved.
• Facilitates communication between personnel students and/or parents in order to evaluate situations solve problems and/or resolve conflicts.
• Implements policies procedures and/or processes (e.g. requirements of the IB Middle Years program etc.) to provide direction and/or comply with mandated requirements. Intervenes in occurrences of inappropriate behavior of students in order to assist students in modifying such behavior and developing successful interpersonal skills.
• Manages a variety of school administrative functions (e.g. student disciplinary policy school schedule assigned personnel etc.) in order to enforce school district and state policy and maintain safety and efficiency of school operations.
• Participates in meetings workshops and seminars (e.g. training on the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years program etc.) to convey and/or gather information required to perform functions.
• Prepares a wide variety of materials in written and electronic form (e.g. quantity reports student activities student attendance correspondence audits etc.) in order to document activities provide written reference and/or convey information.
• Represents the school within community forums to maintain ongoing community support for educational goals and/or assist with issues related to school environment.
• Supervises school personnel by monitoring performance providing for professional growth and achieving overall objectives of schools curriculum.
• Supports principal for the purpose of providing assistance with administrative functions and to align the building culture to the districts strategic plan.
• Performs other related duties as required/assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Education and Experience

• Masters degree in job-related area required.

• Job related experience with increasing levels of responsibility is required.

Certificates Licenses and Other Special Requirements

• Missouri Teaching Certificate required.
• Missouri Administrative Certificate required.
• Ability to gain and maintain Highly Qualified status as defined by Missouris Department of Elementary and Secondary Education required.
• Must pass a Criminal Background Clearance the results of which must be satisfactory to the District required.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of basic math including calculations using fractions percentages and/or ratios; read technical information compose a variety of documents and/or facilitate group discussions; and analyze situations to define issues and draw conclusions.
• Knowledge based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: appropriate codes policies regulations and/or laws; age appropriate activities; lesson plan requirements; stages of child development; and behavioral management strategies.
• Skill to perform multiple technical tasks with a need to routinely upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions.
• Skill based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job including: applying assessment instruments; operating standard office equipment including using pertinent software applications; and preparing and maintaining accurate records
• Ability to analyze situations to define issues and draw conclusions.
• Ability to schedule a number of activities meetings and/or events; gather collate and/or classify data; and use job-related equipment.
• Ability to work with others under a wide variety of circumstances; working with data utilizing defined but different processes; and operate equipment using defined methods.
• Ability to work with a significant diversity of individuals and/or groups; work with data of widely varied types and/or purposes; and utilize job-related equipment.
• Ability to analyze issues and create action plans.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to apply critical thinking/problem solving to improve work processes.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality; set priorities; meet deadlines and schedules; work with detailed information; and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to set high expectations for self and others; set and monitor progress toward goals; and utilize and offer effective feedback to continuously improve.
• Ability to work as part of a team; adapt to changing priorities; and apply logical processes and analytical skills.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Work environment is primarily inside where the noise and temperature levels are moderate.
• The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects including the human body.
• Must possess the physical ability to work primarily with fingers perceive the nature of sounds make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes express or exchange ideas by the spoken word substantial movements (motions) with the hands wrists and/or fingers and discern letters or numbers at a given distance.
• Additionally the following physical abilities are required: balancing crouching grasping handling hearing kneeling manual dexterity mental acuity repetitive motion speaking standing talking visual acuity and walking.

Required Experience:

Junior IC