Alternative Education Assistant Principal

Position:
Alternative Education Assistant Principal

Job

Location:

Decatur Alternative Education

Date Posted: 12/12/2025

Date Available:

TBD

Closing Date: until filled

Salary

Schedule:

320.27 (200 days per year)

• Master’s Degree with training in administration, supervision, and curriculum development, preferably at the secondary, middle school, and elementary level.
• Illinois State Certification with general supervisory or general administrative endorsements.
• Three years or more of successful teaching, support, administrative, or supervisory experience at the high school, middle school or elementary level is required.

• Ability to exert strong leadership in instruction and inspire superior performance in staff.
• Ability to make firm decisions in areas of responsibility and delegate to staff.
• Knowledge of sound secondary and elementary educational programs.
• Ability to develop and implement educational plans at all levels.
• Ability to create, develop, and implement new educational programs.
• Ability to function effectively as a member of the district's administrative team.
• Disposition to work effectively and cooperatively with pupils, parents, school personnel, and community members and agencies.
• Effective communication skills in speech and writing.
• Ability to work effectively with Alternative School students and families.

• Maintain a valid Illinois driver’s license.
• Maintain a district-insurable driving record.

Reports To:

Deputy Superintendent

• Teachers
• Secretaries
• Custodians
• Playground and Bus Supervisors
• Teacher assistants
• Support Staff
• Security Staff
• Other staff as assigned.

• General Cabinet
• May serve on various task forces and committees as assigned.

• All members of central administration
• All members of general cabinet

To use leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills to promote the educational development of each student.

• Administers Board Policies, Administrative Regulations, and Board-Employee Agreements at the school building level.
• Directs, guides, and coordinates the total instructional program.
• Maintains a healthy educational climate and good student discipline.
• Encourages parents to work cooperatively with the school.
• Cooperates in the review and evaluation of the instructional program.
• Provides leadership in initiation of pilot projects and innovative programs.
• Makes recommendations, together with the Deputy Superintendent, for the employment, promotion, and dismissal of teachers and assistants to the Director of Human Resources.
• Assists teachers in improving teaching techniques through visitations, evaluation instruments, and in-service training.
• Encourages staff and student responsibilities through participation in the development and execution of school procedures and policies.
• Encourages professional study and growth by staff members.
• Encourages teaching staff to fully utilize community resources.
• Maintains morale of staff and students.
• Maintains good school-community relations, outlines and interprets the school program to students and parents.
• Supervises or assigns the organization and administration of school activities and student clubs.
• Prepares, administers, and interprets the school budget for the staff.
• Prepares federal, state, and Board reports as required.
• Prepares teacher and pupil assignments and schedules.
• Supervises the physical plant.
• Conducts staff meetings as required for the proper functioning of the school.
• Adopts procedures for school personnel to report dangerous practices, accidents, and unsafe conditions to the school office as they become known, and communicates these procedures to appropriate personnel.
• Institutes a program of regular inspection of buildings, grounds, facilities, and equipment to uncover hazards and dangerous conditions.
• Takes steps to promptly eliminate, repair or correct defects or deterioration, removes obstructions and cleans the school building and grounds.
• Trains personnel to be safety conscious.
• Develops reasonable regulations for pupil traffic in corridors, on stairways and elsewhere on school premises.
• Provides adequate supervision for…