Assistant Principal - Middle School (In Anticipation of Future Openings)

About the role

Under the direction of the principal, assist in coordinating the efficient operation of the assigned middle school in delivering appropriate student learning experiences and administering co-curricular activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist in leveraging curriculum, technology, and physical spaces for future-ready learning and instruction.
• Cultivate social emotional learning to ensure the well-being of all students.
• Support the implementation of district goals of future-ready learning, balanced assessment, and personalized learning and growth for all students.
• Oversight of procedures and processes to maintain a safe and healthy environment for staff and students.
• Interpret data and demonstrate strong organizational, communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills.
• Encourage and support the development of skills for the future-ready learner, including embracing challenges, communicating, collaborating, contributing, innovation, and responding.
• Model effective use of digital learning and the value of taking risks to advance the district vision for future-ready learning.
• Affirmatively facilitate the utilization of flexible learning spaces to maximize student learning.
• Maintain and monitor instructional and managerial processes to ensure alignment with program results.
• Promote social emotional learning for students and staff.
• Foster a supportive, inclusive culture where all learners have input, feel valued, and are invested.
• Provide resources and ongoing support for teaching staff to accomplish instructional goals for students.
• Support conditions for collaboration among staff members.
• Facilitate the effective and quick resolution of conflicts.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with students and staff.
• Promote a culture of innovation centered on the district and school vision.
• Encourage and empower others to become innovators, risk takers, and leaders of learning.
• Support an environment that promotes the love of learning and resilience based on a growth mindset.
• Model the effective use of data for analysis and instructional improvement.
• Help the principal develop, maintain, and use information systems to maintain, record, and track progress on campus performance objectives and academic excellence indicators.
• Assist in providing students with opportunities to take ownership of their learning and responsibility for their own behaviors.
• Work with faculty and students to develop a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior and enhances the school climate.
• Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable in accordance with Student Code of Conduct and Student Handbook.
• Assist in selecting, developing, and retaining future-ready staff.
• Promote active participation, leadership, and collaboration with campus educators in professional learning communities (PLCs).
• Monitor and evaluate staff performance regarding instructional strategies, classroom management, and communication with the public.
• Observe employee performance, record observations, and conduct evaluation conferences with staff.
• Make employment recommendations to principal and superintendent.
• Work with campus-level planning and decision-making committees to plan professional learning activities.
• Engage in collaborative goal-setting with staff.
• Manage the use of school facilities that support innovative spaces that mirror the desired pedagogical practices, and that respond to students' needs.
• Supervise reporting and monitoring of student attendance and work with attendance clerk on follow-up investigations.
• Work with department heads and faculty to compile annual budget requests based on documented program needs.
• Monitor requisition of supplies, textbooks, and equipment; check inventory; maintain records; and verify receipts for materials.
• Absorb and coordinate transportation, custodial, cafeteria, and other support services.
• Comply with federal and state laws, State Board of Education rules, and board policy.
• Ensure that students are adequately supervised during non-instructional periods.
• Develop and implement a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior.
• Conduct conferences on student and school issues with parents, students, and teachers.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset as a continuous learner.
• Continually self-educate, monitor and adjust, evaluate change, and seek and utilize appropriate resources.
• Develop professional skills appropriate to job assignment.
• Participate in professional development to improve skills related to job assignment.
• Provide a balanced partnership between a community and school to address learning standards essential to the success of the future-ready learner.
• Invite partnerships to create real-world learning opportunities for students.
• Articulate the school's mission to the community and solicit its support in realizing the mission.
• Initiate activities to address school and community needs and values.
• Use creative techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.
• Share supervisory responsibility for professional staff with school principal.
• Supervise teachers, custodians, paraprofessionals, clerical personnel, and others as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Educational Administration.
• Texas principal or other appropriate Texas certificate.
• Eligible to be a certified appraiser for the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS) or other approved evaluation system.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of experience as a classroom teacher.
• Preferred: Middle School Teaching Experience.
• Instructional Leadership.

Skills

• Ability to leverage curriculum, technology, and physical spaces for future-ready learning and instruction.
• Ability to cultivate social emotional learning to ensure the well-being of all students.
• Ability to support implementation of district goals of future-ready learning, balanced assessment, and focus on personalized learning and growth for all students.
• Ability to oversee procedures and processes to maintain a safe and healthy environment for staff and students.
• Ability to interpret data.
• Ability to demonstrate strong organizational, communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Actual salary will be calculated based on experience.

Schedule

Not specified.

Frisco ISD

Frisco ISD is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, or disability status of otherwise qualified individuals. FISD does not discriminate on the basis of membership or application for membership in the uniformed services.