Assistant Principal

POSITION TITLE: Elementary School Assistant Principal

FLSA: Exempt Administrative

Reports To: Elementary School Principal

Term Length: 210 Days

Compensation: Starting at $65,000

The Role: Taking on the assistant principal position for a school year is a significant step toward becoming the next campus leader. You will be engaged in on-the-job training to become the next principal.

ESSENTIAL ASSETS TO POSSESS:

- A love and passion for elementary age scholars with diverse backgrounds
- A passion to help our scholars grow academically, socially, and personally
- A driven growth mind-set to help teachers get better faster instructionally
- A commitment to building and maintaining a positive school culture
- A resiliency to serve the stakeholders of the campus

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Master’s Degree or higher, with a major concentration of work in educational administration
- At least three years of exemplary teaching experience
- At least two years of exemplary instructional leadership and/or Grade Level Chair experience
- Experience in administration and/or supervision
- A valid Texas teaching certificate and a valid Texas administrator certificate
- Experience in elementary schools
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and development
- Ability to work outside of normal hours
- Openness to giving and receiving frequent feedback
- Demonstrated ability to work with a team
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and initiatives
- Ability to maintain emotional control under stress

JOB GOAL:

- Assists the Principal to provide instructional leadership to staff
- Assists in the day to day building administration and the safety and welfare of students, staff, volunteers, and activities.
- Supports the Principal in setting the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of the staff within the school.
- Build positive, professional relationships that support a positive school culture

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Managing the progress toward increased student achievement and student growth for teachers, including helping teachers use assessment data to improve the quality and scope of their instruction;
- Managing and coaching the campus Interventionists and other leaders responsible for providing one-on-one, small group, and whole class instruction to students identified as needing more intensive and tiered instructional support to achieve academic success;
- Ensuring that scholars receive outstanding instruction in all classrooms by observing and evaluating teachers, including conducting classroom observations, coaching teachers, and monitoring teacher progress;
- Plan and implement the steps necessary, including RTI and case management, to establish, launch, and maintain a strong academic mindset and achieve results for all students on campus both academically and behaviorally;
- Assisting in the planning and delivery of professional learning opportunities to campus teachers and staff during beginning-of-year in-service days, as well as select professional development days throughout the school year;
- Leading campus testing responsibilities to ensure they are executed with accuracy and fidelity;
- Providing leadership, coaching, professional learning, and serving as a resource to teachers, interventionists, and teacher aides on positive school culture, student discipline, team management, social/emotional health, compliance, parent/community relations, and student achievement;
- Overseeing the development, implementation and execution of intervention support systems and programs on campus that focus on addressing and reducing at-risk barriers to scholars social, academic and emotional development to maximize student achievement and persistence;
- Developing, implementing, managing and executing effective school behavior systems ensuring incorporation of parent communication in each process;
- Working with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement school-wide programs that increase scholars’ persistence and support social, emotional learning;
- Establishing, building and maintaining a positive school culture among scholars, staff and parents that promotes the campus core values and aligned to Capturing Kids’ Hearts processes;
- Leading family engagement programming and recognizes families as partners in their scholars’ education;
- addressing complaints and resolving problems with and amongst stakeholders
- Additional duties as assigned.

As directed by the Principal, the Assistant Principal:

- Manages the physical plant in terms of safety and welfare of students and staff.
- Resolves staff problems and provide support to teachers
- Maintains the discipline and morale of students by carrying out the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct in a consistent and fair manner
- Evaluates performance and effectiveness of programs and staff

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the