Assistant Principal, Middle School

About the role

The purpose of the position is to increase student achievement by engaging in the following:

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.
• PA Teaching Certificate, PA Administrative Certification - K-12 Principal (or appropriate level K-6 or 7-12 Principal Certification).

Essential Functions

• Supervise teachers by making professional and quality judgments on instruction.
• Manage, interpret and utilize data to organize differentiated groups and address all students' individual academic needs in collaboration with the leadership team.
• Provide support for teachers by providing strategies and activities that will support instruction in core curriculum.
• Maintain a professional rapport with staff built on mutual respect.
• Participate in professional development that enhances knowledge of instructional practice, delivery and student achievement.
• Facilitate meetings that focus on student achievement.
• Provide small group or individual support as needed following professional development.
• Identify school teaching and learning needs by analyzing students' data and implementing problem-solving actions with teachers.
• Communicate effectively with staff, students and parents to build 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 reaches with hands.
• Sometimes lift and move up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints and work additional time to meet reporting deadlines.

Terms of Employment

• FLSA Exempt;
• Act 93 Evaluation.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Ability to use correct grammar, sentence structure and spelling.
• Ability to compose clear, concise sentences and paragraphs.
• Ability to organize office setting to efficiently accomplish tasks.
• Ability to work under the supervision of the high school principal/and make appropriate work-related decisions.
• Ability to exercise good judgment in prioritizing tasks.
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to work in an environment with frequent interruptions.
• Must be courteous and able to deal effectively with people.
• Must be cooperative, congenial and service-oriented.
• Ability to operate a computer and related software.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common professional and technical journals, financial reports, governmental regulations and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from the public, staff, regulatory agencies, or members of the community.
• Ability to write reports, correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions and concerns from professional and support staff, pubic groups, governmental agencies and District Administrators.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions and percentages.
• Ability to apply financial concepts.