High School Assistant Principal

Overview

Purpose of the Position: To coordinate and support school related matters essential to the efficiency and effectiveness of the principal.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Functions essential to attaining job objectives):

• Engage teachers in cooperative planning for curriculum implementation to ensure agreement on core content and required student performances.
• Assist the principal, monitor and evaluate the implementation of a standards-based curriculum.
• Engage teachers in the use of assessment data to design and adjust instruction to maximize student learning and achievement.
• Assist the principal with engaging teachers in the collaborative analysis of assessment data to plan for continuous improvement for each student, subgroup of students, and the school as a whole.
• Lead teachers to accept collective responsibility for school improvement and the learning and achievement of all students.
• Support job-embedded professional learning that aligns with school improvement goals and supports student achievement.
• Assist in the evaluation of implementation and impact of professional learning on teacher practices, continuous school improvement, and student learning.
• Drive and sustain change in a collegial environment focused on a continuous improvement model that supports all students meeting high standards.
• Assists the principal in developing performance standards and instructional objectives with teachers and assure that they are met or exceeded.

• Engage participants in collaborative work and provide support systems that personalize work and learning for both students and adults.
• Assist the principal in promoting a positive, creative atmosphere for optimum growth and development for everyone in the school.
• Model continuous learning by developing and maintaining a personal plan for self-improvement.
• Nurture faculty, staff, and stakeholders as they engage in change processes.
• Assist the principal in coordinating the functions of the total building staff (professional and classified).
• Assist the principal in serving as the school"s communication agent.
• Assist the principal in supervising and enforcing attendance procedures.
• Assist the principal and teachers with discipline problems.
• Assist the principal in supervising student behavior and safety at bus loading areas, parking lots, cafeteria and all campus areas.

• Engage teachers in the use of formative assessment to provide effective and timely feedback on achievement of curriculum standards.
• Assist the principal in developing action plans to address the results of an analysis of the school or system culture.
• Assist the principal in developing and implementing processes and structures that support a pervasively academic climate within a culture with high expectations for all students and adults.
• Assist the principal in coordinating a maintenance program for facilities and equipment.
• Assist the principal in coordinating custodial services for maintenance of grounds and buildings.
• Integrate curricula to make connections within and across subject areas.
• Use protocols to engage teachers in collaboration to determine desired results and to design assessment practices which are consistent, balanced, and authentic.
• Promote the use of a variety of effective and balanced assessment techniques to control for bias.
• Manage operations within the structure of Georgia public education rules, regulations, and laws and the Georgia Code of Ethics for Educators.
• Work collaboratively to implement fiscal policies that equitably and adequately distribute all available resources to support success of all students.
• Ensure Georgia and federal requirements are met, including the filing of academic progress and maintaining clear, written documentation of legal issues.
• Assists the principal in preparing a school budget with the help of the staff.
• Assists the principal in coordinating the use of facilities, instructional materials and equipment.

• Select or develop and use instruments designed to analyze beliefs, processes, and structures in a school or district that support or impede rigor in teaching and learning.
• Promotes use of technology to support instruction.
• Work collaboratively with peers, administration and parents to ensure student success.
• Assists the principal in providing job-embedded professional learning.
• Assists the principal in supervising and assessing building staff.
• Assists the principal in working with instructional personnel to utilize the unique competencies of staff members for the good of all teachers in the school.
• Assists the principal in evaluating professional and non-professional staff members.
• Assists the principal in interviewing prospective candidates for positions on school staff and make recommendations for employment.
• Assists the principal in coordinating all aspects of the school's…