Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal

Performs difficult professional work assisting the Principal and administrators in developing and maintaining an effective educational program consistent with state and federal guidelines and the philosophy, policies and goals of the School Board, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work involves setting policies and goals under the direction of the Principal. Departmental supervision is exercised over Custodians, Bus Drivers and staff at the assigned building.

Essential Job Functions

Enforces discipline, health, safety and general welfare standards for students and staff within building. Observes classrooms and performs walk through; performs pre- and post-conference observations. Facilitates and attends various meetings. Handles attendance and truancy issues by meeting with students, conducting parent calls, etc. Supervises hallways, lunchrooms, etc. Performs evening supervision at various events and functions including dances, athletic events, extra-curricular activities, etc. Assigns, directs, trains and reviews staff work; evaluates staff performance; develops staff schedules; coaches and/or counsels staff; provides recommendations regarding hiring, promoting, suspending and terminating staff. Manages the transportation program for the school. Supervises special education within the building including curriculum development schedules, hiring and supervising paraprofessionals, etc. Additional assignments as assigned by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Thorough knowledge of the practices, methods and techniques used in the administration and supervision of all facets of a school. Thorough knowledge of prescribed School Board and district policies, rules and procedures. Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively in both oral and written formats. Ability to motivate others to reach their fullest potential. Ability to operate standard office equipment and related hardware and software. Ability to operate standard school records software. Ability to learn specialized equipment and software based on district needs. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, parents, students and the general public.

Minimum Training and Experience

Master's degree in education administration, or related field and considerable experience teaching, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must hold or have the ability to attain a current valid North Carolina Professional Educator's License in Administration.

Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

Physical Requirements: The work regularly requires standing and walking around the classroom and school. It requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing. The work requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations. The work often requires bending, squatting, reaching, with the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights and rarely, the lifting of weights above 30 pounds. The work occasionally handles/works with biohazards and/or risks for potential job-related injury, such as those found in a laboratory or shop environment. The work requires activities occasionally involving driving automotive equipment. Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things. Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants. Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, contracts, policies, handbooks, budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence. Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to give oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including educational and legal terminology. Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory. Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape. Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment. Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination. Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations. Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.