Martin County Schools currently has an opening for an Assistant Principal. The start date and specific worksite are to be determined. See the job description below for more information.

REPORTS TO: Principal

SUPERVISES: Will supervise as assigned by the Principal

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 11 or 12 Months

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in Education Administration, AND
• Eligible for North Carolina Principal Licensure, AND
• Three to five years of experience as a classroom teacher, OR
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

NATURE OF WORK: The Assistant Principal serves as a member of the administrative team to develop and implement the total school program.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Assistant Principal is required to follow Board of Education policies and procedures and to comply with the instructions and/or directives from his/her supervisor(s).

1. Assists to implement student orientation and registration activities.
2. Assists in the development and establishment of the school goals and objectives and the planning of the school’s instructional program.
3. Assists to provide direction to staff in implementing goals and objectives, and interacts and meets with staff to assist in their development.
4. Assists in the evaluation of the school program and of staff and assists to initiate needed improvements.
5. Involves the staff in setting budget priorities.
6. Acts to upgrade own professional knowledge and skills.
7. Assists in the preparation and management of budgets and schedules and in the coordination and implementation of the co-curricular program.
8. Assists to define and disseminate information about school disciplinary policies and procedures to parents, students, staff, and community.
9. Communicates and carries out established policies, delegates and accepts responsibility for completion of tasks and communicates program goals, objectives, and policies to the community.
10. Assists in supervising and maintaining auxiliary services and uses community resources to supplement the school program.
11. Promotes and maintains open communications, positive student attitudes, respects dignity, worth of staff, students, and complies with established lines of authority.
12. Assists in completion of records and reports and in the supervision and inventory of necessary supplies, textbooks, equipment, and materials.
13. Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, cellular phones, etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light Work usually also requires walking or standing to a significant degree.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.

Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, charts, strategic plans, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, appraisals, charts, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in Standard English.

Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra, descriptive statistics, statistical inference, and statistical theory.

Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.

Motor Coordination: Requires the ability coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.

Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.

Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.

Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal. The work is typically performed in the assigned school.

DISCLAIMER:

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.