Elementary Assistant Principal ; could be RCSD elementary school

Assistant Principal

Reports to:

School Principal
Receives Guidance From:
School principal, school district directors and support staff, assistant superintendents, and the Superintendent
Supervises:
Certified and non-certified staff and students on assigned campus
Overtime status:
Compliant with position, salary and FLSA regulations

Job purpose:

In keeping a tradition of excellence, this position is responsible for assisting the school principal in providing school-wide leadership, maintaining the daily operations of the school in the absence of the school principal, and learning and growing professionally to lead a school in the future;
To help ensure the safety and security of the students and staff;
To help place students and teachers in a position to succeed in the classroom and in other activities.

Duties and responsibilities:

Assist the school principal in the overall administration of the school
Assist the school principal in the development and administration of a strategic plan and school programs consistent with school district goals, vision, mission, curriculum, and school board and state policies
Hold and maintain high expectations for instructional best practices, student achievement, behavior, and accountability
Serve as principal in the absence of the school principal
Assist the school principal by working with the leadership team to intentionally focus on and implement effective instructional strategies based on the school's strategic plan
Work with school staff to support students' social, intellectual, and emotional development
Respect and value each student in the school and foster strong connections among students and adults
Ensure the school environment is safe, secure, and clean; all basic facilities are in working order
Conduct routine safety drills and professional development and maintain records in keeping with Mississippi Department of Education and RCSD guidelines
Assist the school principal in leading staff in the development and implementation of lesson and unit plans aligned to MS state standards, curricula, and assessments and the revisions to lesson and unit plans based on student outcomes
Assist the school principal in supporting staff in implementing a variety of rigorous instructional strategies and pedagogical methods that meet students' needs and drive students' learning and supporting staff in effectively adapting instructional practices to ensure that all students master content
Assist the school principal in consistently monitoring and collecting data to inform continuous improvement and using multiple sources of data to evaluate instruction, identify student outcome trends, prioritize needs, and inform continuous improvement and facilitating and supporting staff in monitoring progress toward student learning goals
Assist the school principal in leading staff in analyzing disaggregated, student specific data to determine appropriate differentiation and academic intervention and in using data to make updates to the intervention plans for students or subgroups not making progress
Assist the school principal in providing ongoing, timely, and individualized actionable feedback to staff based on evidence collected from routine/daily observations
Assist the school principal in facilitating or providing effective professional learning opportunities and coaching and providing differentiated professional learning to meet staff members' growth needs
Assist school principal in scheduling peer observation opportunities for staff
Assist school principal in creating an effective leadership team, focusing on student learning
Assist school principal in developing, implementing, and modifying a school strategic plan that identifies milestones and includes effective strategies for implementing rigorous classroom content and effective instructional practices to support students in achieving learning targets and utilizing progress monitoring results to improve activities to ensure continual improvement
Maintain a daily schedule to address instructional leadership priorities supporting ongoing development of teacher quality, effective staff collaboration, data analysis, and other school wide and…