Assistant Principal - Middle School

Location: Quitman

Position Title:

Assistant Principal

Reports To:

Principal

Primary Function:
Assist the principal of the school in providing leadership and guidance in the effective, efficient operations of the assigned school, managing the curriculum and instructional program, and maintaining a safe, orderly environment conducive to learning.

Requirements:

Educational Level: Masters Degree

Certification/Licensing:
Leadership Certification Proficiency

Skills:

Written and oral communication skills, administrative skills, supervisory and leadership skills. Ability to deal with multiple tasks, computer competence, organizational and interpersonal skills. Personal

Skills:

Pleasant personality, cooperative attitude, physical skills and stamina to perform essential duties.

GENERAL

1.Maintains a pattern of prompt and regular attendance.
2.Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency in the use of internet, email, and other computer applications as applicable to job responsibilities.
3.Demonstrates appropriate verbal and written communication skills.
4.Acts in a professional manner and maintains a professional towards the public and colleagues; adheres to cultural diversity guidelines, and exhibits the fundamentals of good public/customer service.
5.Complies with school, system, state and federal regulations and policies, including the PSC Code of Ethics, as related to job requirements.
6.Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information and material; adheres to chain of command.
7.Maintains a professional appearance as appropriate for job responsibilities.
8.Maintains and improves knowledge and skills to promote proficiency in the operations of an organized, modern, updated, and efficient school.
9.Participates in professional organizations, workshops, and professional learning activities and applies what is learned to the job accepts new challenges in a professional manner. 10.Shows initiative and assumes responsibility for all aspects of job responsibilities; performs routine duties and tasks with little or no supervision. 11.Exhibits time on task and a flexible, cooperative, progressive and hard working attitude and style. 12.Communicates

vision/mission to school personnel as appropriate. 13.Reports to principal about status of programs. 14.Makes recommendations of appropriate actions and alternatives to the principal. 15.Keeps abreast of and informs the principal of changes in rules and regulations of the Georgia Board of Education and state/federal laws concerning area of responsibility. 16.Keeps abreast of and informs the principal of current trends and developments concerning area of responsibility.

17.Plans and implements school budget according to system guidelines and procedures. 18.Ensures expenditures are within approved limits. 19.Monitors compliance with policies and laws concerning area of responsibility. 20.Enhances the climate of the building and the morale of colleagues. 21.Demonstrates loyalty to the school system and administration. 22.Performs other duties as assigned by the principal.

CURRICULUM

23.Assures the quality of teacher's lessons was high and reflected the school system standards. 24.Assures that the curriculum addresses all levels of students. 25.Assures that the curriculum that teachers used reflected the school system?s academic standards.

STAFF PERFORMANCE

26.Conducts appropriate staff evaluations and provides staff with meaningful feedback regarding ways to improve their performance. 27.Identifies staff that required improvement and developed appropriate improvement plans. 28.Provides appropriate documentation of ineffective performance for staff who demonstrated lack of competence, ineffective practices, and poor performance of their students and/or an unwillingness to improve.

COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT PLANS

29.Provides leadership in collaboratively developing the school improvement plan. 30.Employs strategies in the school improvement plan that focus on areas identified in needs assessments. 31.Involves all personnel in supporting efforts of the classroom teachers.

ACADEMIC FOCUS

32.Provides school staff with sufficient flexibility in the use of time, support from non-classroom teachers to support classroom teachers and resources to assure that student needs at all achievement levels are served appropriately. 33.Assures that appropriate remediation is implemented for students not achieving on grade level. 34.Assures that effective behavior plans are developed and disseminated to students, teachers, and parents and implemented throughout the school in every classroom.

ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERFORMANCE 35.Manages the school and school plant efficiently in a neat, clean, safe, and inviting manner. 36.Completed paperwork, reports and made decision in a timely and responsive fashion.

COMMUNICATIONS

37.Communicates the academic standards, objectives and expectations for student performance to all students, parents, and the school community. 38.Maintains open two-way communications regarding program…