Assistant Principal - High School

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the decisive leadership in the improvement of the total educational program within the school community.
• Responsible for visiting classrooms, conferring with teachers, giving leadership in curriculum improvement, and assisting the selection and use of instructional materials.
• Responsible for assisting cooperatively in the implementation of the total school curriculum.
• Responsible for evaluating instructional techniques of the teaching staff.
• Responsible for assisting in the school co-curricular programs and all activities and programs that are outgrowths of the school curriculum.
• Responsible for assisting in planning programs, schedules, and assignment of staff duties.
• Responsible for assisting in the major responsibilities of screening, hiring, assigning, evaluating, and dismissing the school staff.
• Responsible for providing cooperative assistance in fostering interpersonal relationships within the school.
• Responsible for supervising and coordinating activities of food service, attendance office, bookstore and nurse's office.
• Responsible for supervising the staff that produces student pictures, yearbook, and newspaper.
• Responsible for implementing Board policies and administrative regulations that provide educational conditions under which student and teacher may work to their best advantage.
• Responsible for implementing established guidelines for student conduct.
• Responsible for monitoring student academic progress.
• Responsible for recording and maintaining accurate student records as required by federal, state, and local statutes and Governing Board policies.
• Responsible for coordinating athletic, non-athletic, co-curricular, and extracurricular transportation needs.
• Responsible for coordinating the weekly calendar and disseminating information to students and staff.
• Responsible to organize, implement and oversee a fair, consistent system of student discipline.
• Responsible for recording and maintaining accurate records as required by federal, state, and local statutes and Governing Board policies.
• Responsible for assisting the school's total needs in planning the budget, requisitioning equipment and supplies within the funds allocated.
• Responsible for assisting the principal in the control, supervision, and approval of all student activity budgets and fund expenditures.
• Responsible for assisting in the supervision of financial record keeping of the bookstore, student and other ancillary accounts.
• Responsible for supervision of the maintenance of the school buildings, grounds, and equipment.
• Responsible for recognizing accomplishments and achievements of students and staff.
• Responsible for maintaining cooperative liaison with the middle and elementary schools within the school district.
• Responsible for interpretation of the school's program to the community and enlisting the participation of the community in school activities.
• Responsible for working actively with P.A.C., Athletic Boosters, Band Boosters and other community groups dedicated to the overall improvement of the educational system.
• Responsible to keep abreast of changes and developments in the profession by attending professional meetings, District Staff Development programs, reading professional journals and other publications, and discussing problems of mutual interest with others in the field.
• Responsible for own professional growth and development through membership and participation in the affairs of professional organizations, through attendance at regional, state and national meetings, through enrollment and participation in advanced courses.
• Responsible for assisting in the implementation of support services to meet the needs of students and staff.
• Responsible for assisting cooperatively with school district functions, programs, and committees.
• Responsible to assure conformity of the school to all Arizona Interscholastic Association Rules and Regulations.
• Responsible to work with government and other agencies that have children as their major concern.
• Responsible to assist in seeking and maintaining accreditation of the school by the North Central Association.
• Responsible to assist in the development, implementation, and interpretation of policies, regulation and procedures.
• Responsible for participating in the decision-making process, in addition to supporting and implementing decisions and directives of the Superintendent of Schools.

Qualifications

• Appropriate Administrator's Certificate as required by the State of Arizona
• IVP fingerprint clearance card through AZ Department of Public Safety

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Repetitive motion and eye strain through extensive utilization of computer hardware and software.
• May require lifting materials and supplies weighing up to 25 pounds.

Supporting Services

• Responsible for assisting in the implementation of support services to meet the needs of students and staff.
• Responsible for assisting cooperatively with school district functions, programs, and committees.
• Responsible to assure conformity of the school to all Arizona Interscholastic Association Rules and Regulations.
• Responsible to work with government and other agencies that have children as their major concern.
• Responsible to assist in seeking and maintaining accreditation of the school by the North Central Association.
• Responsible to assist in the development, implementation, and interpretation of policies, regulation and procedures.
• Responsible for participating in the decision-making process, in addition to supporting and implementing decisions and directives of the Superintendent of Schools.