Assistant Principal (Middle School) Colorado Springs School District 11

Assistant Principal

Assists the principal in the overall administration of school functions. Assists in staff development, evaluations, discipline, budgeting, and daily school administration. Responsibilities in assessing needs, data collection and analysis, and designing programs to increase student achievement using a continuous improvement model.

Essential job functions include serving as an instructional leader, implementing and monitoring school-wide behavioral expectations and policies, creating partnerships with parents and community, supervising employees, implementing instructional and assessment strategies, addressing building management concerns, collaborating and developing master schedules, attending and/or facilitating school's instructional support team, resolving student issues, supervising athletic events, and attending special education staffing and IEP meetings.

Other duties perform related work as required.

Knowledge, abilities, and skills include advanced oral and written communication, interpersonal, public relations, instruction, curriculum, facilitation, management, decision making, computer and organizational skills, strong understanding of teaching and learning, knowledge of school law, school finance/budgets, conflict management and behavior management, ability to work with students and parents with various backgrounds and abilities, operating knowledge of and experience with personal computer, computer software and basic office equipment, operating knowledge of student information system required within 2 months after hire, English language skills required, and oral and written fluency in second language may be preferred or required based on building assignment.

Qualifications include a master's degree in education or education-related field, Colorado initial or professional school principal license required, classroom teaching and/or contractual administrative experience preferred (at the level of the posted position).

Organizational relationships report to principal, supervise school staff, and interact with and focus on students and customers.

Working conditions are performed in a typical office environment located within a school setting.

Physical demands are mostly sedentary with periods of light physical activity. Typical positions require workers to walk or stand for long periods; lift and carry up to 20 pounds; climb stairs, bend, reach, hold, grasp and turn objects; and use fingers to operate computer or typewriter keyboards. The work requires the ability to speak normally and to use normal or aided vision and hearing.