High School Assistant Principal; SY

Middle/High School Assistant Principal

Reports to: School principal

Receives guidance from: School principal, school district directors and support staff, assistant superintendents, and superintendent

Supervises: Certified and non-certified staff and students on assigned campus

Overtime status: Compliant with position, salary and FLSA regulations

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.

• Assist the school principal in the overall administration of the school
• Assist the school principal in the development and administration of 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 in implementing a school wide vision that is adopted and embraced by the school and community
• Assist the school principal by working with the leadership team to implement effective instructional strategies to achieve the vision
• Assist the school principal in making decisions aligned to and in support of the vision
• 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 district priorities
• Proactively seek feedback, self-reflect, and adapt own leadership practice, engage in learning opportunities, and accept personal responsibility for mistakes and uses them as learning opportunities
• Take initiative and remain solutions-oriented at all times, moving school work forward
• React to difficult moments or feedback with calm and positive ways
• Assist school principal in identifying struggling or ineffective staff members, providing accurate feedback, support, coaching, and documenting evidence of substandard performance, and implementing growth plan(s)
• Be knowledgeable of and enforce State and District codes, policies and laws, and administer…