Assistant Principal; Middle Grades; ICMS

Assistant Principal (Middle Grades) - ICMS

Newton County Schools Indian Creek Middle School - Covington, Georgia Open in Google Maps

• Job
• Final date to receive applications:
  Posted until filled
• Posted:
  Sep 09, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date:
  Sep 21, 2026

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

REPORTS TO:
Principal

JOB GOAL:
Ensure the effective organization and operation of the school, the instructional program and related activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Educational Leadership Certification as required by the Professional Standards Commission.
• Master’s degree or higher.
• Minimum five years of successful/acceptable teaching experience.

DUTIES AND PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Creates a school culture where student learning is the priority and of high expectations for the learning of ALL students
• Leads faculty to continuously seek and evaluate emerging practice that can be used to improve curriculum, assessment, and instruction
• Direct involvement in the alignment and implementation of the Georgia Performance Standards, through assessment and instructional strategies
• Leads the faculty in the design of instruction based upon ongoing progress monitoring, to include differentiation, acceleration, and re-­teaching
• Monitors the Response to Intervention (RTI) process according to guidelines
• Provide support resources and structure to plan collaboratively, on the job, to implement a standards-based curriculum
• Leads the faculty to recognize changes in technology to realize its impact in teaching and learning

• Leads teams to analyze multiple data sources and synthesize data points to identify root causes; trains others to do the same
• Demonstrates the ability to lead teachers to analyze multiple sources of data to monitor student progress, identify intervening strategies, and document results (RTI)
• Communicates information from data collection and analysis using charts, graphics, and reports

• Participates in the development of the School Improvement Plan; implement, monitor and evaluate
• Examines current procedures and identifies areas for improvement OR creates procedures, where they do not exist.

• Participates in school/district/state study teams
• Ensures that professional learning aligns with key goals of the district and school
• Stays abreast of current educational research and practices and shares it
• Provide support resources and structure to learn collaboratively, on the job, to implement a standards-based curriculum

• Communicates the school and district vision, mission, beliefs through actions/work
• Communicates objectively, fairly, and ethically with students, families, faculty, staff, district personnel, and community
• Establishes clear expectations of staff in their response to students, parents, colleagues, and the community
• Gains consensus when addressing internal issues, whether operational or instructional in nature
• Demonstrates the ability to work with and actively seek to collaborate with stakeholders in the school community

• Leads teachers in the development of measurable, individual/grade/department goals that focus on student achievement
• Provides timely formal and informal performance feedback to staff for the specific purpose of improving individual and student performance including the implementation of the teacher evaluation process according to guidelines
• Lead teachers in the design of engaging student work
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback to improve student and teacher performance

• Administers and effectively organizes resources, processes, and systems to support learning and teaching according to identified school…