Substitute - Principal

Position: Substitute - Principal - 2025-26
Substitute - Principal

Job Number

Start Date

Open Date 05/02/2025

Closing Date 04/30/2026

QUALIFICATIONS:

MINIMUM CERTIFICATION/

EDUCATION:

* Master's Degree

* Administrative certification issued by the Texas Education Agency

* Minimum three years of classroom teaching experience

* Minimum required age of 21

MAJOR

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT:

* Systematically and continuously, monitor instructional and managerial processes to ensure that program activities are related to program outcomes; use these findings for corrective action and improvement, as well as for recognition of success.

* Work with staff to plan, implement and evaluate the curriculum on a systematic basis.

* Ensure that curriculum renewal is continuous and responsive to student needs.

* Provide instructional resources and materials to support teaching staff in accomplishing instructional goals.

* Evaluate and recommend improvement in the purposes, design, and implementation of the instructional program, as well as other support programs related to the mission of the school.

* School/Organizational Climate

* Communicate and promote high expectation levels for staff and student performance in an enabling, supportive way; provide proper recognition of excellence and achievement.

* Establish and maintain an environment, which is conducive to positive staff morale and directed towards the achievement of the school's mission in accordance with AISD goals.

* Foster collegiality and team-building among staff, encouraging their active involvement in decision-making.

* Communicate effectively with students, staff, parents, and community; project a positive image that enhances the school's mission.

* Mediate and facilitate the effective resolution of conflicts in a timely fashion.

* Assess the school climate and use resultant data to develop improvement plans collaboratively with others.

* Have a clear sense of the school's mission; actively involve the staff in planning and decision-making in order to accomplish the mission.

* Initiate and support programs and actions that foster learning and facilitate a positive, caring climate, as well as an orderly, purposeful environment for students of AISD.

SCHOOL/ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENT:

* Determine and build a common vision for school improvement; direct planning activities and implement programs collaboratively to ensure attainment of the school's

* Identify, analyze and apply research findings (e.g., effective school research correlates) to facilitate school improvement.

* Develop (as necessary), maintain and utilize appropriate information systems and records necessary for the attainment of the school's mission and overall school improvement efforts.

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT:

* Use developmental supervision effectively and comprehensively with all staff by systematically observing instruction, recording observations and regularly conducting formative and summative evaluation conferences.

* Apply state/district appraisal systems appropriately and ensure that evaluations clearly and accurately represent staff performance.

* Confer with subordinates regarding their professional growth; work jointly with them to develop and accomplish improvement goals.

* Identify, provide and/or encourage participation in available in-service training options to address the goals identified through the growth planning process.

* Clearly define expectations for staff performance regarding instructional strategies, classroom management and communication with the public.

* Encourage personal and professional growth and leadership among the staff; recognize exemplary performance.

* Be effective in interviewing, selecting and orienting new staff; make sound recommendations relative to personnel placement, transfer, retention, and

ADMINISTRATION AND FISCAL/FACILITIES MANAGEMENT:

* Comply with district policies, as well as state and federal laws and regulations, in pursuing the mission of the school.

* Be effective in scheduling activities and the use of resources needed to accomplish determined goals.

* Develop budgets based upon documented program needs, estimated enrollment, personnel, and other fiscal needs; implement programs within budget limits; maintain fiscal control; accurately report fiscal information.

* Monitor the use, care and replacement of capital equipment.

* Manage all school facilities effectively; efficiently supervise their maintenance to ensure clean, orderly and safe buildings and grounds.

STUDENT MANAGEMENT:

* Work with faculty and staff to implement a student management system that results in positive student behavior and enhances school climate.

* Effectively develop and communicate with students, staff, and parents school guidelines for student conduct.

* Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed and that consequences of misconduct are applied equitably to all students.

* Effectively conduct conferences with parents, students, and teachers concerning school and student issues, conveying both positive aspects of student…