Job Title: Assistant Principal
Reports to: Principal
Dept./School: High School
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Pay Grade: AC4 – 208 days
Date Revised: 06/03/2022
Primary Purpose:
Assist the school principal in overall administration of instructional program and campus level operations. Coordinate assigned student discipline, attendance, activities and other services.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
- Master’s degree
- Texas Principal / Mid-management or other appropriate Texas certificate
- Certified to appraise state/district adopted teacher appraisal system
- Valid Texas teaching certificate
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Thorough understanding of campus operations
- Working knowledge of curriculum and instruction
- Ability to evaluate instructional program and teaching effectiveness
- Ability to manage budget and personnel
- Ability to implement policy and procedure
- Ability to interpret data
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to coordinate campus support operations
Experience:
- Three years experience as a classroom teacher
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
General
- Demonstrates thoroughness, reliability and a high degree of accuracy in performing work assignments.
- Works cooperatively with others and maintains a positive attitude in the work environment.
- Demonstrates initiative and good judgment in problem solving and decision-making.
- Reports promptly and maintains good attendance.
- Uses time productively on the job.
- Follows district policies, rules and regulations.
- Accepts supervisory direction.
- Strives to improve job skills.
- Demonstrates tact, courtesy and helpfulness in dealing with staff, students, parents, and visitors in the district.
Instructional Management
- Encourages and supports development of innovative instructional programs, helping teachers pilot such efforts when appropriate. Participates in program evaluation measures and makes suggestions for improvement where needed.
- Reinforces expectations for staff performance with regard to instructional strategies and classroom management.
- Fosters collegiality and team building among staff members. Encourages their active involvement in decision –making process.
- Assists the principal in developing and setting campus performance objectives for each Academic Excellence Indicator using the campus performance objective committee.
School/Organizational Improvement
- Takes a leadership role in planning activities and implementing programs to ensure attainment of the school’s mission.
- Participates in development of campus improvement plans with staff, parents, and community members.
- Helps principal develop, maintain, and use information systems to maintain records and track progress on campus performance objectives and academic excellence indicators.
- Deals sensitively and fairly with persons from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Communicates effectively with students and staff.
Student Management
- May act as campus behavioral coordinator in accordance with state laws and regulations.
- Works with faculty and students to develop a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior and enhances the school climate.
- Ensures that school rules are uniformly applied and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable in accordance with Student Code of Conduct and student handbook.
- Conducts conferences about student and school issues with parents, students, and teachers.
- Ensures that students are adequately supervised during non-instructional periods.
Administration and Fiscal/Facilities Management
- Oversees campus operations in principal’s absence.
- Takes a leadership role in planning and scheduling daily school activities by participating in the development of class schedules, teacher assignments, and extracurricular activity schedules.
- Oversees reporting and monitoring of student attendance and work with staff to identify and address issues.
- Works with the Principal and departments heads to compile annual budget requests based on documented program needs.
- Requisitions supplies, textbooks, and equipment and monitors and maintains inventory in accordance with District procedures.
- Coordinates operational support services such as transportation, custodial, and cafeteria to best meet campus needs.
- Assists the Principal with the responsibility of requesting substitutes, preparing weekly reports and establishing a good working relationship between the regular and substitute teachers.
- Assists with safety inspections and safety drill practice activities.
- Complies with federal and state laws, State Board of Education rule, and board policy.
Extracurricular Activities
- Assists the Principal in supervision of extracurricular activities, which may occur outside regular school hours.
Personnel Management
- Observes employee performance, record observations, and conduct evaluation conferences. Serves as second appraiser for designated teacher appraisal system.
- Assists principal in interviewing, selecting, and orienting new staff.
Professional Growth and Development
- Participates in professional development to improve skills related to job assignment.
School/Community Relations
- Articulates the school’s mission to community and solicit its support in realizing mission.
- Demonstrates awareness of school-community needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.
- Uses appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.
Special Programs
- Provides behavioral counseling and intervention with special programs students when needed.
- Assists with ensuring that the IEP behavioral accommodations and interventions are met in accordance with the student’s IEP.
- Assists with behavioral intervention of special education students and consult when needed.
- Tracks special programs data for the campus, including: 10-day rule, ISS placements, OSS placements, and DAEP placements.
- Attends Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDR) as an advocate for the student.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Shares supervisory responsibility for staff with school principal. Supervise teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical personnel and others as assigned.
Equipment Used:
Standard Office equipment including personal computer and peripherals.
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress. Work with frequent interruptions. Frequent district-wide and state-wide travel; occasional prolonged and irregular hours; work inside and outside (exposure to sun, heat, cold and inclement weather), exposure to noise. Frequent sitting and standing; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling and twisting. Repetitive hand motions; frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching. Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); occasional physical restraint of student to control behavior.
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.