Assistant Principal, High School

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervises all professional and support staff as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Appropriate Master’s Degree required; Minimum five years teaching experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership ability and knowledge in instructional best practices is required.
• Past experience with instructional coaching, design and delivery of professional development and building/district level committee involvement and experience working in an urban environment is strongly preferred.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Supervise teachers by making professional and quality judgments on instruction.
• Observe and evaluate professional staff accurately, consistently and based on evidence while aligning with the philosophy, mission and goals of the Reading School District.
• Data management, interpretation and utilization to organize differentiated groups and address all students' individual academic needs in collaboration with the leadership team.
• Professional support for teachers by providing strategies and activities that will support instruction in core curriculum.
• Monitor and facilitate high-quality professional development through turn around training while working with staff (in teams or individually) to refine knowledge and skills, based on district and school data.
• Provide small group or individual support as needed following professional development.
• Identify school teaching and learning needs as well as barriers and weaknesses by analyzing students’ data and implementing problem-solving actions with teachers.
• Demonstrate instructional leadership to facilitate meetings that focus on student achievement.
• Instruct teachers in using data for instructional planning that will have a positive impact on student achievement.
• Participate in professional development that enhances knowledge of instructional practice, delivery and student achievement.
• Establish a professional rapport with staff built on mutual respect.
• Display the highest ethical and professional behavior and standards when working as serving as a role model to teachers.
• Use effective interpersonal skills to communicate professionally with staff, students and parents that lead to positive relationships.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• Conduct professional development and follow-up support for successful implementation of all programs or initiatives.
• Support and encourage teachers to effectively implement and integrate district programs and initiatives into daily instruction.
• Facilitate district level curriculum committees that work to develop and write a vertically aligned and standards-based curriculum.
• Monitor and facilitate high-quality professional development through turn around training, working with staff (in teams or individually) to refine knowledge and skills, based on district and school data.

DISTRICT LEVEL RESPONSIBILITY

• Facilitate district level curriculum committees that work to develop and write a vertically aligned and standards-based curriculum.
• Monitor and facilitate high-quality professional development through turn around training, working with staff (in teams or individually) to refine knowledge and skills, based on district and school data.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, and sit.
• Frequently required to reach with hands.
• Occasionally required to bend, twist, stoop, lift and move up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include vision and depth perception.
• Some driving is necessary.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The position demands meeting deadlines with severe time constraints and the ability to work additional time in order to meet reporting deadlines.