Duties
Primary Function (Job Goal)
The Assistant Principal provides support for and assists the Principal in fulfilling the following responsibilities:
- Living a Mission and Vision Focused on Results
- Leading and Managing Systems Change
- Improving Teaching & Learning
- Building & Maintaining Collaborative Relationships
- Leading with Integrity & Professionalism
- Creating & Sustaining a Culture of High Expectations
Reports To (accountability)
Building Principal
Supervisory Responsibilities
Assists the Principal in the supervision of all staff assigned to the building.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Professional Educator License
- License Endorsement in General Administrative
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable.
Physical Requirements
- Generally the job requires sitting, walking, standing, and light physical assertion.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Duties and Performance Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Uphold the established Board of Education policies, regulations and administrative procedures.
- Demonstrate support for the Mission, Beliefs and Goals of District 30-C and the building.
- Support, implement, promote and enhance the district's educational program through effective management practices.
Job Requirements: Skills, Knowledge, Abilities and Responsibilities
Physical Requirements
Generally the job requires sitting, walking, standing, and light physical assertion.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Duties and Performance Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Uphold the established Board of Education policies, regulations and administrative procedures.
Demonstrate support for the Mission, Beliefs and Goals of District 30-C and the building.
Support, implement, promote and enhance the district’s educational program through effective management practices.
Job Requirements: Skills, Knowledge, Abilities and Responsibilities
The qualifications listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability, physical demands and working conditions required for
this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
Interest in the well-being of all students.
Protects the rights and maintains confidentiality in matters relating to staff, students, parents, and administrators.
Learn and observe safety practices.
Attentive to detail, exercise good judgment, and work without close supervision.
Maintain effective
working relationships.
Meet deadlines and schedules, set priorities, and multitasks. Work under limited supervision following standardized practices and/or methods.
Leading, guiding, and/or coordinating with others.
Employs current technologies.
Effectively utilize positive interpersonal skills in relating to staff, parents, students and colleagues.
Communicate clearly in oral and written form.
Assume initiative in identifying and solving problems.
Exercise good judgment and democratic processes in decision making
Administer and assume responsibility for building programs and facilities as directed by the principal.
o Assist the building principal in coordinating educational objectives and activities with the staff, district administrators
and the Board of Education.
o Assist the principal in interviewing and selecting staff
o Assist the principal in supervising and evaluating the performance of the staff in accordance with district guidelines.
o Assist the principal in planning, developing, organizing and conducting staff development activities.
o Assist the principal in curriculum planning and revision tasks.
o Promote positive communication with students, staff, parents and community members.
o Supervise and assist with the management of student behavior in cooperation with, counselors, teachers, parents,
and community.
o Remain current with research and trends related to education by growing professionally.
o Attend building functions and district activities as appropriate and assigned by the principal.
o Chair various meetings as related to the school and/or district program.
o Participate in the development and implementation of district procedures, programs and projects.
o Actively engage and support district initiatives by aligning building goals and strategies with the district goals and
strategies.
o Facilitate and sustain open dialogue with parents to maximize parent involvement in all aspects of the educational
process.
o Develop an understanding of the learning standards for each content area, and demonstrate an understanding of
effective instructional strategies that teachers must use to help students reach those standards.
o Lead regular meetings with grade levels/teams/departments to discuss ongoing instructional pacing and delivery of
instruction.
o Facilitate the development of teacher capacity within grade level teams/curricular departments to function as
effective groups with action plans to accomplish specific student achievement goals.
o Guide grade level teams/departments in the development of common formative and interim assessments related to
learning standards, stressing the appropriate use of each, and working with teachers to analyze results to improve
student achievement.
o Participate in regular observations of teachers, know and be able to identify best instructional practices, and provide
coaching in the use of effective instructional strategies.
o Facilitate dialogue with staff on providing effective feedback on student progress towards learning standards.
o Facilitate and participate in the implementation of a problem solving process that includes a specific and purposeful
emphasis on data collection and academic and social emotional interventions.
o Understand and speak to the appropriateness of using specific interventions.
o Facilitate a decision making process in which the group develops essential outcomes related to improvement plans,
learning standards, common formative and interim assessments, instructional pacing guides, and instructional
strategies differentiated to reach learners at different readiness levels.
o Conducts difficult conversations and confronts low expectations to improve student results.
o Ensures vision and mission drive school decisions.
o Collaborates to develop and maintain a shared vision of high expectations.
o Treats all people fairly, equitably, and with dignity and respect.
o Recognizes the strengths of a diverse population and creates a culturally responsive climate.
o Serves as a model for professional behavior of others.
o Creates a culture that supports social/emotional learning.
o Translates the school values into specific behaviors.
o Helps reinforce a culture of high aspirations and achievement for every student through a student goal setting
process. -
o All others duties as assigned by the principal or Superintendent.
Salary/Benefits
Salary
Minimum Salary Starting at $75,000 to commensurate experience and qualifications.
Term of Employment
12 Months ? 260 days.
- Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education
- 15 Holidays
- FLSA Exempt
Evaluation
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of 1) Public Act 94-1039 (ILCS 5/24A-15), 2) the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA ? 105 ILCS 5/24-25, and 3) the Board of Education's policy on evaluation of professional personnel.
How to Apply
On-line application only-go to Troy30c.org find Job Opportunities at Troy and upload supporting documents.