Assistant Principal

Role Overview

Campus Operations

• Report campus needs related to personnel, equipment, supplies, and curriculum to the Principal.
• Implement and ensure compliance with directives and policies from the Board, Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer, and Principal.
• Oversee accurate preparation and maintenance of records and reports.
• Oversee new faculty orientation and their review of district policies, procedures, the Student Code of Conduct, and faculty handbook.
• Observe employee performance, record observations, and communicate them to staff and the Principal.
• Motivate faculty, build collegiality, encourage professional development, and promote parent communication and involvement.
• Oversee student academic and behavioral programs, including discipline, scheduling, educational programs, assessment, and accountability.
• Maintain and distribute a campus procedures manual, including drop-off and pick-up, emergency procedures, duty stations, and lunchroom procedures.
• Coordinate with staff to maintain a clean, safe, and secure campus.

Curriculum and Instruction

• Supervise campus implementation of district curriculum and standards with the Principal.
• Conduct classroom walkthrough assessments and communicate feedback to the Principal, Chief Academic Officer, or designee.
• Monitor staff adherence to district instructional philosophies, best practices, and expectations for classroom instruction and student discipline.
• Coordinate extracurricular activities to ensure compliance with district policies.
• Collaborate with central administration to support student achievement and hold teachers accountable for academic and behavioral performance standards.

Classroom Management

• Monitor faculty implementation of classroom-management and student-discipline expectations.
• Supervise student suspensions and expulsions in collaboration with the Principal.
• Help educate students in appropriate social and behavioral skills and foster consistent expectations in and out of class.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups.
• Ability and/or willingness to use and understand Microsoft Office for spreadsheets, letters, and other communications.
• Ability to follow written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• The role requires sitting, standing, walking, reaching, handling objects, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds.