Secondary Assistant Principal

Job Description

TITLE: Middle School Principal

QUALIFICATIONS: Appropriate certificate for secondary-level administration.

REPORTS TO: Principal

SUPERVISES: Building certified teaching staff and paraprofessionals, teacher aides, classified staff, etc.

JOB GOAL: To use leadership, supervisory and administrative skills to promote the educational development of each student.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate in the school.
2. Works with staff to initiate, design and implement programs to meet specific needs of the students and supervises school improvement efforts.
3. Keeps the board informed of the school's activities, achievements and problems as instructed by the principal.
4. Makes recommendations to the board concerning the school's staffing and instructional needs as instructed by the principal.
5. Prepares and submits budget requests and monitors expenditures of funds as instructed by the principal.
6. Prepares all reports, records, lists and all other paperwork appropriate to the school's operation and administration as instructed by the principal.
7. Interprets and enforces all district policies and helps interpret them to the staff and the public as instructed by the principal.
8. Assists in the development, revision and evaluation of the curriculum and of each student’s mastery of instructional outcomes as instructed by the principal.
9. Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary and assures due process for students when appropriate.
10. Serves as activities director for all school programs as instructed by the principal.
11. Assists in the development and operation of inservice programs for certified teachers and (as appropriate) classified staff as instructed by the principal.
12. Supervises and evaluates professional, paraprofessional and classified staff working in the school and reports to the principal on their performance.
13. Plans and supervises fire, tornado and other emergency drills as instructed by the principal.
14. Responds to all written and oral requests for information from the board and the superintendent as instructed by the principal.
15. Acts as liaison between the school and the community as instructed by the principal.
16. Other duties which may be assigned by the principal. Reviewed and Administrator
17. agreed to by: Date:
18. Approved by: Date:
19. EVALUATION: Performance of this individual shall be evaluated by the principal in accordance with current statutes according to procedures established by the Board of Education.
20. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Administrative ________ month contract. Salary to be established by the board