Assistant Middle School Principal

Assistant Principal

Middle School Glenn Westlake Middle School, Lombard, IL Administrative Compensation and Benefits; including sick and personal days

Qualifications:

• Master's degree, or higher, with a major in educational administration or curriculum and instruction.
• Professional Educator License with General Administrator or Principal endorsement.

Experience/Knowledge:

• Minimum of 5 years of teaching experience
• Highly ethical and able to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrates professional conduct at all times.
• Committed to continuous improvement and data based decision-making.
• Displays quality work through accuracy and attention to detail.
• Effective written, verbal, and technology based communication skills.
• Works effectively and productively as a member of a team.
• Exhibits a service orientation.
• Demonstrates technology skills as required by job responsibilities.
• Commits the necessary time and effort to meet professional responsibilities.

Reports To: Middle School Principal.

Supervises: In cooperation with the principal, all personnel serving in assigned school, including resource and special service personnel while functioning in assigned school.

Job Goal: To assist the principal as the educational leader in the building, with primary responsibility for improvement of instruction. To accomplish this goal, a majority of time shall be devoted to curriculum activities, staff development and establishing clear lines of communication with parents and teachers regarding school goals, accomplishments, practices and policies.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Serves as administrative liaison for identified teams:
• Attends meetings as appropriate.
• Leads SST meetings/MDCs.
• Monitors attendance.
• Assists with instructional supervision and observation reports.
• Handles discipline referrals and assists in student behavior.
• Reviews/edits/revises/publishes students' handbook yearly.
• Assists in supervision of extracurricular activities and school events outside of regular work day.
• Orients new transfer students.
• Supervises school operations in principal's absence.
• Coordinates student transportation (busing) and supervises student behavior on buses.
• Coordinates building rental/facility use.
• Coordinates substitutes.
• Assists the principal with curriculum responsibilities as assigned.
• Helps to establish and maintain an effective educational and learning climate by carrying out and communicating the educational goals of the school district and the individual school.
• Administers board policies and administrative regulations.
• Assists in recruiting quality personnel.
• Assists the principal in the evaluation of certified and non certified staff
• Participates in the study and review of courses of study, curriculum guides and major changes in texts and time schedules in the school.
• Participates in the study and review of needed special programs and services.
• Helps maintain a system of employee accounting, including time sheets, attendance records, etc.
• Helps maintain a student accounting program, including attendance data, discipline data and academic performance data.
• Assists with construction of the building's master schedule.
• Attends meetings of the Leadership Team when requested, and board meetings when requested.
• Attends school functions.
• Attends staffings for students involved in special programs and services.
• Serves as the IEP manager for students involved in special programs and services.
• Assists teachers in getting appropriate special services for students.
• Supervises the coordination of assessment instruments including ISAT.
• Helps to promote staff morale.
• Provides for own professional growth.
• Accomplishes district level tasks, as assigned.
• Assists with other tasks as assigned by the principal.

Conditions of Employment:

• This position has a 11 month work year, 210 day contract. (Inclusive of 12 paid holidays)
• Salary and conditions are established by the board of education. The salary range for this position is $80,000-$95,000

Evaluation: Performance is evaluated annually by the middle school principal.