Anticipated Assistant Principal Position

JOB DESCRIPTION: Assistant Principal

NATURE OF WORK

Under the direction of the principal, serves as an educational leader and assists the principal in the planning, coordination, and directing of activities and programs related to the administration of one or more schools.

ABILITY, EDUCATION TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE

Ability: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be able to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people or things. Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, policies, etc. using prescribed formats.

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.

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

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.

Education : Master's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in educational administration/leadership

Experience : Such as may have been gained through a Minimum of five (5) years in teaching experience; Strong knowledge of curriculum, instruction, school operations, and pupil services; administrative experience preferred; experience in a teacher leadership position which provided the opportunities to engage in the following: lead collaborative data analysis, action planning, lesson study, and peer observation; lead and/or support school improvement planning; and/or coordinate school engagement activities; excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: Valid AL Educational Leadership Certificate PK-12

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND CURRICULAR LINKAGES

Under the direction of the building principal, the assistant principal will:

• Promote a widely shared institutional belief that every child deserves and can have expert instruction and that all team members must be advocates for students.
• Set high performance goals for themselves and others despite instability and obstacles to success.
• Create a sense of urgency and takes immediate action to ensure early successes.
• Establish and monitor high standards for excellence with students, teachers, staff and other stakeholders.
• Align school resources and prioritizes activities to achieve maximum results based on vision and goals.
• Relentlessly focus school activities on student achievement.
• Effectively plan and take action to achieve goals and objectives without direction.
• Consistently identify potential issues and obstacles and proactively take action to create and implement solutions.
• Formulate and execute on action plans despite ambiguity, obstacles or resistance.
• Establish a culture of learning and achievement.
• Act consistently to influence others' thinking and behavior to achieve results.
• Communicate a clear vision of success and benefits to engage others.
• Identify and engage stakeholders (e.g. parents, community) to drive consensus, build trust and facilitate change.
• Influence others to take action and demands change.
• Effectively build and organize adult teams to mirror vision and produce maximum results.
• Understand team strengths and gaps.
• Select assignments to build team capacity.
• Effectively delegate to others and engage team in decision-making.
• Encourage learning and consistently provides instruction, expectations, feedback and other developmental activities to encourage leadership and build capacity.
• Consistently inspire excellence and promote high morale.
• Quickly recognize patterns and trends related to school performance.
• Analyze complex information to formulate strategic vision and develop action plans.
• Identify appropriate metrics and uses qualitative and quantitative data to assess performance and drive goals and decision-making.
• Recognize cause and effect between instructional activities and results.
• Develop right balance of strategic and tactical plans to achieve immediate success while maintaining long-term vision.
• Develop effective processes to achieve desired results.
• Consistently take on challenging situations and believes in ability to effect change.
• Demonstrate strong commitment to others and present ideas with confidence.
• Take risks to achieve vision and goals, even if they deviate from the norm.
• Take personal responsibility for mistakes and learns from them, while consistently following up with analysis and corrective action.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS STANDARDS

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES : The assistant principal is responsible for supporting the principal with administering and supervising the total school program by establishing high expectations student achievement; building a positive school climate that supports the whole student; leveraging research and data to drive initiatives and instruction; and building and developing a high-performing staff and leadership team to achieve the school's vision and goals. The assistant principal will support the principal in building collaborative partnerships with parents, community members, consultants, as well as, other internal/external resources and stakeholders to implement educational programs, capital improvements, systems reform, tools and other resources to accelerate student achievement.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED : The assistant principal works under the general supervision of superiors with latitude for the exercise of initiative and independent judgement; work is reviewed upon completion through conferences and reports for conformance to established policies, objectives, rules and regulations.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Plans, coordinates, organizes, supervises and evaluates the work of an instructional, professional, technical and clerical staff.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CAPACITIES :

• Confidence to lead a community of diverse learners
• Focus on action and results in order to create a positive learning culture
• Ability to build and lead adult teams to promote the mission and vision of PPSD
• Must have the knowledge and skills to build positive relationships with people
• from diverse populations
• Commitment to the mission and vision of PPSD and the relevance of job functions to that mission and vision
• You must complete the new hire compliance training prior to your first day of employment
• Bilingual Preferred
• Selected candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment criminal history background check. Selected candidates cannot begin work until passing their background check.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS :

In addition to meeting the education, training, and experience standards:

• Must be confidential
• Must possess and consistently model excellent interpersonal and customer service skills and the ability to maintain composure in a fast-paced and demanding environment.

DISCLAMIER: 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 in this job.