Assistant Principal

Job Title: Assistant Principal

Supervisor Job Title: Principal

Employment Status: Full-time

FLSA Status: Salary

The management services offered to our family of charter schools, allows us to collectively become a change agent and national leader in urban education as evidenced by student awareness of self, high academic achievement, positive school culture and community transformation wherever we serve.


Essential Functions

The Assistant Principal (AP) will assist the school principal in the provision of direction, leadership, and day-to-day management of educational activities within the school. Plays an integral role in the establishment and maintenance of a school climate that is conducive to learning, including overseeing the enforcement of school rules and regulations, and the implementation of disciplinary measures when deemed necessary. Oversees the student admission, dismissal, referral, and retention processes, monitoring student and staff attendance, and supervising curriculum development activities. Supervises professional and paraprofessional personnel and provides administrative level liaison with internal and external components, constituents, and programs. implementation and administration of site-based management and decentralization plans

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as part of the assigned school's administrative team; oversees the administration of school programs and the implementation of policies; assists in planning, organizing, and evaluating services for professional and non-professional personnel such as staff development activities, resource management, and instructional program development.
• Interacts with teachers and other staff, and at the secondary school level with department heads and chairpersons, in the development of materials and methodologies for the delivery of personalized instructional programs; oversees staff providing instruction in alternative educational programs including Special Education, ESOL and Title I.
• Participates in the development of a comprehensive educational plan designed to meet Outcome-Based Education guidelines, including curriculum integration and interdisciplinary approaches to learning; assists in the transition from traditional to Outcome-Based Education dimension; develops and oversees the implementation of revised assessment, evaluation, and reporting methods.
• Tours the school building and its external perimeters to monitor safety and security; directs and coordinates staff supervision of areas such as hallways and cafeterias; ensures that schools rules and negotiations are enforced by security personnel on the premises, handles student disciplinary measures.
• Coordinates the provision of student support services; directs the support programs designed for targeted "at-risk" students.
• Oversees the student admission and dismissal processes with feeder schools, including liaison activities at the elementary and secondary levels, and recruitment activities at the secondary school level; utilizes a computer-based record management system to access current student information.
• Conducts classroom observations on instructional staff; provides input to the school principal during the teacher evaluation process.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with community-based groups, parents, students; works collaboratively with Home and School Associations and student organizations; develops resources within the community.
• Coordinates extra-curricular and athletic activities; may engage in before-school, after-school and evening activities as required.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of:
  • the principles, methods and practices of elementary and/ or secondary education.
  • the theories and principles of child growth and development.
• Considerable knowledge of:
  • the principles of elementary and/ or secondary level educational administration.
  • current major educational issues.
• Knowledge of:
  • curriculum theory and development.
  • alternative educational programs.
  • the theory and principles pertaining to the decentralization of decision-making authority and accountability for the educational process and outcomes.
• Ability to:
  • utilize computer-based communications and record-keeping systems.
  • organize and coordinate the work of professional and paraprofessional personnel.
  • communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university. Master's preferred
• Five years of full-time paid, professional educational experience, three of which have been at the elementary, secondary or approved middle school level providing leadership or participating in decision making processes, school policy development or the establishment and implementation of educational goals and objectives.
• Certificates/Licenses Elementary School - Possession of a valid Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Administrative Certificate for School Principal.

The Universal Family of Charter Schools adheres to the policy of providing equal employment opportunities to all job applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation.