Secondary Assistant Principal

Title: Secondary Assistant Principal
Salary: Competitive (based on experience)
Employee Group: ISNU
Reports to: Building Principal and Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning

Essential Functions

• Assists in providing leadership in the school improvement process.
• Assists in providing ongoing leadership for the purpose of using goals and objectives articulated in the Strategic Plan and benchmark metrics specified in the Strategic Plan.
• Contributes leadership to the development of the school mission and goals tied to the Strategic Plan for the purpose of providing a positive learning climate and supportive community.
• Holds strong skills in communication, social-emotional learning, and building collaborative relationships.
• Communicates the school instructional program, goals, and objectives for the purpose of conveying information to parents and the community.
• Designs and collaborates with staff for the purpose of ensuring the effectiveness of ongoing and job-embedded professional development programs and practices.
• Collaborates with school-based and central office personnel for the purpose of ensuring the rigor, excellence and relevance of school curriculum offerings, implementation process, and program evaluation initiatives.
• Collaborates with school-based and central office personnel to support students and families to close the achievement gap with a specific focus on disproportionality.
• Assist in providing ongoing leadership for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a culturally responsive school, which eliminates disproportionality.
• Provides ongoing feedback to staff via formal and informal observations designed for the purpose of ensuring the effectiveness of instruction delivery systems in all content and program areas.
• Assists in providing ongoing leadership for the purpose of ensuring high levels of student achievements of school improvement planning benchmarks and related district goals.
• Supports staff and teachers for the purpose of providing support with student accountability and attendance.
• Works collaboratively with teachers, counselors, administrators, and other educators for the purpose of ensuring the implementation of a viable and reliable balanced assessment process, including effective diagnostic/pre-assessment, formative, and summative assessment.
• Ensures ongoing analysis of multiple data sources to ensure equitable outcomes for all students.

Requirements:

• Must possess a valid New York State administrative certificate (SAS/SBL or SDA).
• Demonstrated expertise in evidence-based curriculum design, assessment, and instructional practices.
• Demonstrated leadership to work effectively with students, teachers, administrators, families, and community members.
• Demonstrated leadership around Equity and Culturally Responsive Education.
• Demonstrated knowledge of best practices and trends for accelerating academic achievement.
• Demonstrated ability to use data analysis to guide decision making in order promote school improvement.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the process of assessment, intervention, and progress monitoring, using an equity lens, to support calibration of instruction.
• Demonstrates knowledge in the process of student management and discipline procedures.