Assistant Principal (2025-2026 schol year)

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Qualifications

Applicant must have a Master’s degree, hold appropriate SC certification or have applied for appropriate SC certification, and have five years of experience as a teacher.

Reports To: Principal

Job Summary
The job of Assistant Principal is done for the purposes of maintaining overall site operations; receiving, distributing and communicating information to enforce school, district, and state policies; maintaining safety of school environment; coordinating school activities; communicating information to staff; and addressing situations, problems and/or conflicts that could negatively impact the school.

Essential Functions

• Assists other personnel for the purpose of supporting them in the completion of their work activities.
• Chairs meetings (e.g. curriculum, safety, site advisory, special district committees, etc.) for the purpose of coordinating activities and ensuring that outcomes achieve school, district and/or state objectives.
• Composes a wide variety of materials (e.g. quantity reports, student activities, correspondence, etc.) for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written reference and/or conveying information.
• Delegates responsibility for a variety of administrative functions to Assistant Principal and other personnel for the purpose of managing the workload more efficiently.
• Evaluates assigned personnel for the purpose of ensuring that standards are achieved and performance is maximized.
• Facilities communication between personnel, students and/or parents for the purpose of evaluating situations, solving problems and/or resolving conflicts.
• Facilitates the development, communication implementation and evaluation of quality learning for the purpose of enhancing excellence, equality, and equity for staff and students.
• Implements policies, procedures and/or processes for the purpose of providing direction and/or complying with mandated requirements.
• Leads the development and alignment of the school, instructional mode and evaluation strategies for the purpose of expanding and implementing teaching and learning.
• Manages school administrative functions (e.g. facility maintenance, budget, staffing, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining safe and efficient school operations within district guidelines.
• Presents information (e.g. budget overviews, accounting processes, distribution formulas, etc.) for established internal controls.
• Represents the school within community forums for the purpose of maintaining ongoing community support for educational goals and/or assisting with issues related to school environment.
• Supervises school personnel for the purpose of monitoring performance, providing professional growth, achieving overall objectives of school’s curriculum; and achieving academic and socio-emotional growth for all students.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

Specific skills required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: using pertinent software applications, planning and managing projects.

Specific knowledge required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job includes: application of pertinent laws and regulations relating to education; concepts of management and supervision.

Specific abilities required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: providing leadership, direction and team building; maintaining confidentiality; communicating with diverse groups; meeting deadlines and schedules; setting priorities; working as a part of a team and working with frequent interruptions.

Work Context:

• Requires sitting
• Requires standing
• Requires walking
• Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people
• Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions and working outdoors

Terms of Employment:

• 210 days per school year; Salary based on District Scale for Administrators

Evaluation:

• Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Administrators