Assistant Principal
CLASS SUMMARY
- Assists the Principal in School Improvement activities
- Assists the Principal in providing a comprehensive educational program for students
- Assists the Principal in improving student performance by:
- Assessing educational and programming needs
- Coordinating the use of instructional tools and strategies
- Collecting data for evaluating and reporting student progress
- Coordinating overall after-school programs, activities, and functions
- Assists the Principal in student management:
- Implements appropriate procedures and maintains consistent practices within the school discipline program
- Serves as liaison with student support services such as transportation
- Assists the Principal in staff development by:
- Identifying topics for staff development
- Planning and coordinating school-wide staff development activities
- Researching and disseminating information on best practices for school improvement goals
- Assists the Principal with planning activities for accreditation and preparing accreditation documents
- Assists the Principal with the walk-through observations, formal observations and evaluation of teaching staff
- Assists the Principal with the evaluation of non-teaching staff
- Assists the Principal with creating and managing budgets, requisitions and allocation of supplies, equipment and instructional materials
- Assists the Principal with the preparation of class schedules, cumulative records and IEP/MET documents
- Assists the Principal with the hiring of teaching and other staff
- Assists the Principal with monitoring the safety and security of the school campus
- Position will be responsible for some or all of the listed duties and/or additional duties that occur from time to time.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
- Current Arizona K-12 Principal certification- Three years experience as a teacher, preferably of students who are Blind/Visually Impaired or Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Two years as a supervisor or administrator in an educational setting with experience in supervision/management, team leadership, and budget administration
- Demonstrated background in developing student specific interventions, curriculum, and instruction
- Fluent in ASL
LICENSING/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Must be able to pass FBI and State background check
- Defensive Driver Training Program to be completed by all agency personnel that drive on State business
- Masters Degree in Education of the Blind/Visually Impaired or Deaf/Hard of Hearing or Educational Leadership
- Arizona Principal's Certification or eligible for Certification by the Arizona Department of Education (Must complete Arizona Principal Certification within two years of hire)
KNOWLEDGE OF
- Principals, policies, and programs of the immediate work unit
- Principles and practices of administration and management
- Agency or program rules, regulations, and operating procedures
- Applicable Federal and State laws as they apply to the position
- Best practices in education and learning for students with special education needs
- Best practices in education and learning for students in the general curriculum
- Deafness and blindness and the effects on instruction for students who are Deaf/HH or Blind/VI
- Instructional methods for use with students who are Deaf/HH or Blind/VI
- Student assessments in standardized testing, Arizona State Standards, and progress monitoring of students (report cards, IEP progress reporting, curriculum based measures, etc.)
- Effects of reasonable accommodations and instructional modifications for students who are Deaf/HH or Blind/VI
- Arizona State Standards and implementation of the standards in the classroom and other instructional activities (community based)
- Applicable Federal and State laws and regulations regarding general and special education, including post-secondary transition planning
- Child development, behavioral intervention strategies, effective team collaboration
- Appropriate lines of communication and authority
DEMONSTRATED SKILL/ABILITY TO
- Communicate with staff, students, families and the community
- Planning and organization
- Budget planning and implementation
- Interpersonal skills, including respectful and courteous treatment of all agency staff
- Supervise
- Plan staff development and train staff
- Mediate and independently problem solve
- Handle student discipline