Assistant Principal - Beauclerc Elementary

About the role

Serves as Assistant Principal of the learning community. Develops, articulates, communicates, and implements a shared vision that is supported by the larger organization and the school community.

Responsibilities

• Maintains the success of all students in the learning environment; aligns the curriculum, instruction, and assessment processes to promote effective student performance.
• Uses a variety of benchmarks, learning, and expectations feedback measures to ensure accountability for all participants engaged in the educational process.
• Promotes a positive learning culture; provides an effective instructional program; and applies best practices to student learning, especially in the area of reading and other foundational skills.
• Leads, directs, and manages operations; recruits, selects, orients, trains, coaches, counsels, and disciplines staff.
• Plans, monitors, appraises, and reviews staff job contributions to planning, development, delivery, follow-up, and evaluation.
• Manages the organization, operations, facilities, and resources.
• Maximizes use of resources in an instructional organization.
• Promotes a safe, efficient, legal, and effective learning environment.
• Collaborates with families, businesses, volunteers, and community members; responds to diverse community interests and needs; works effectively within the larger organization; and mobilizes community resources.
• Collects and analyzes data for continuous school improvement.
• Plans and implements the integration of technological and electronic tools in teaching, learning, management, research, and communication responsibilities.
• Requisitions supplies, textbooks, and equipment; conducts inventories, maintains records, and checks on receipts for such material.
• Prepares and/or supervises the preparation of all required reporting documents, accounting procedures and budgetary expenditures relative to school operations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience: Three (3) years of successful teaching experience. Evidence of leadership ability.
• Certifications & Licenses: Educational Leadership; Successful completion of the former Administrative Training Program or acceptance into current Assistant Principal Preparation Program and have passing FELE scores.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of differentiated curriculum
• Knowledge of multiple learning styles / multisensory instruction
• Knowledge of best practices in current educational trends and research
• Knowledge of techniques and organizational skills useful in leading and managing a complex and diverse organization
• Knowledge of methods and principles of personnel evaluation
• Knowledge of budget process and procedures
• Strong supervisory management skills
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software skills
• Strong creative problem solving skills
• Strong time management skills
• Ability to perform the duties of school assistant principals as defined by state statutes and district operating procedures
• Ability to frequently work extended hours beyond the regular school day
• Ability to set annual learning gains, school improvement goals, and instructional improvement targets
• Ability to use a problem-solving model when confronted with unsettled questions or undesirable situations
• Ability to interact effectively with diverse individuals and groups
• Ability to defuse contentious situations
• Ability to use data to assess and monitor school and instructional improvement
• Ability to develop and maintain good communications and public relations between school and community
• Ability to manage the school's budget and allocated resources
• Ability to use diagnostic tools to assess, identify, and apply instructional improvement
• Ability to work with staff to identify strategies for improving student achievement appropriate to the school population
• Ability to interpret federal and state guidelines and how they pertain to the school
• Ability to use coaching and evaluation procedures
• Ability to enforce collective bargaining agreements
• Ability to design, plan and organize activities to achieve goals
• Ability to persuade others
• Ability to initiate action and take responsibility for leading
• Ability to make or share decisions in a timely manner
• Ability to set high achievement expectations with benchmarks of progress towards goals
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with school personnel, district staff, School Board members, state and federal departments of education, and the public
• Ability to effectively facilitate meetings (References must be current supervisor and two former supervisors)