Assistant Principal

Assistant Secondary Principal

The Assistant Principal will use leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills to promote the educational development of each student. The Assistant Principal will be responsible for the same competencies as a Principal and work under the direction of the Principal. The Assistant Principal will follow the competencies and indicators found in the Handbook for Highly Objective Uniform Statewide Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) for Principals and Assistant Principals in the State of New Mexico. The Assistant Principal promotes the success of all students by maintaining a culture that supports student achievement, high quality instruction, and professional development to meet the diverse learning needs of the school community. The Principal uses communication and relationship-building skills to engage the larger community in the knowledge of an advocacy for equity in meeting the diverse needs of the school community. The Principal organizes and coordinates ongoing professional learning opportunities that are aligned with the New Mexico Professional Development Framework and supports the diverse learning needs of the school community. The Principal manages the school campus, budget, and daily operations to equitably meet the diverse learning need of the school community. The middle school and high school Principal develops, supports, encourages and supervises programs that lead to increased student attendance, achievement, and graduation rates resulting in college readiness and work skills to meet the diverse needs of the community.

Additional duties and responsibilities include administering the school in the Principal's absence, representing the Principal at various events or meetings as needed, supervising the coordination of the instruction program and classroom control, sharing responsibility for supervision of school activities, supervising assigned staff, complying with timelines and requests for information from state and/or district administration, meeting with committees in a consistent and timely manner as assigned by Principal, keeping artifacts of all meetings including attendance logs, promoting and supporting district initiatives, supporting EPSS with Principal and leadership team and submitting with data as per district timeline, compiling data or appointing individuals to compile data and using to drive instructional decisions, being available to parents, students, administration, and peers outside the school day if needed, being responsible for pupil behavior on the campus, handling cases up to and including recommendation for suspension or expulsion, administering the attendance accounting system as directed by the Principal, attending extra curricular activities, reporting suspected child abuse and neglect, being responsible for students on field trips, acting as a good role model within the context of the school, developing and using community and professional resources, understanding and applying learning theories, and accepting other responsibilities as deemed necessary by the supervisor.

Qualifications include a Master's degree and valid NM administrative license as required by the State of New Mexico. The willingness to pursue such a license as necessary is also required. Physical requirements include sitting, standing, lifting, moving about the room or school, carrying (up to 50 pounds), reaching, squatting, kneeling, prolonged typing, physical ability to type on a keyboard terminal, and moving light furniture. Equipment/technology handled must include all multimedia equipment including current technology. Work environment requires the ability to work within various degrees of noise, temperature, and air quality. Flexibility and patience are required. Must be self-motivated and able to complete job assignment without direct supervision. After hour work may be required. Salary and work calendar are established yearly by the district. Middle School Assistant Principals are on a 205 day contract.