Assistant Principal - Intermediate (2025-2026 School Year)

• Assist the principal in monitoring instructional and managerial processes to ensure that program activities are related to program outcomes and use these findings for corrective action and improvement, as well as recognition of success.

• Work closely with district curriculum coordinators to develop, refine, and evaluate curriculum programs.

• Work with principal and staff to plan, implement, and evaluate the curriculum on a systematic basis; include students and community representatives (when appropriate).

• Assume primary responsibility for coordinating student-testing programs on campus.

• Coordinate and administer campus gifted/talented program.

• Assist the principal in providing instructional resources and materials to support teaching staff in accomplishing instructional goals.

• Provide for two-way communication with principal, staff, students, parents, and community.

• Communicate and promote expectation for high level performance from staff and students: recognize excellence and achievement.

• Facilitate effective and timely resolution of conflicts.

• Assist the principal in building a common vision with staff for school improvement; direct planning activities and implement programs collaboratively with staff to ensure attainment of school’s mission.

• Participate in a collaborative process to develop campus performance objectives involving staff, parents and community members.

• Assist in orientation of new staff members.

• Observe employee performance, record observations, and conduct evaluation conferences as needed.

• Assist in conferring with staff regarding professional growth.

• Comply with district policies, as well as state and Federal laws and regulations affecting the schools.

• Assist in managing the use of school facilities; supervise maintenance of facilities to ensure a clean, orderly, and safe campus.

• Assume primary administrative responsibility on the campus in the absence of the principal.

• Serve as a campus behavior coordinator and fulfill the duties set out in Texas Education Code Section 37.0012.

• Support and encourage the implementation of plans for improved student behavior, which reflect enhanced opportunities for learning.

• Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable.

• Conduct conferences with parents, students, and teachers concerning school and student issues.

• Assist, as directed by the principal, in other areas of administrative responsibility (textbooks, discipline, student supervision, scheduling, record maintenance, and so forth).

• Responsible for accurate designation of codes related to withdrawn and active student records.

• Responsible for reviewing reports of student data, initiating updates of such data, and ensuring that data is accurately entered into the computer database and that the records are maintained in a location that is known and accessible to them.

• Pursue and participate in professional development activities; disseminate ideas and information to other professionals.

• Observe professional ethical standards in accordance with generally accepted community standards and the Texas Education Agency code of ethics.

• Assist in planning, implementing, and evaluating campus in-service programs.

• Articulate the school’s mission to the community and solicit its support in realizing the mission.

• Demonstrate awareness of school/community needs and assist in initiating activities to meet those identified needs.

• Use appropriate and effective techniques for community and parent involvement.

• Regular attendance.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Three years successful elementary, intermediate, and/or junior high teaching experience
• One-year successful administrative and/or instructional leadership experience.

Education/Certification:

• Master's Degree in educational administration and/or curriculum and instruction
• Texas Principal certification, or other appropriate Texas certificate (if out-of-state, eligible for Texas Principal as Instructional Leader)
• Instructional Leadership Training (ILT), Advancing Educational Leadership (AEL), or ability to obtain within 60 days of hire
• District approved teacher appraisal system, or ability to obtain within 60 days of hire

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Thorough understanding of school administrative operations
• Working knowledge of curriculum and instruction
• Strong organizational, communication, public relations and interpersonal skills
• Ability to evaluate instructional programs and teaching effectiveness

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Share supervisory responsibility for professional staff with school principal. Supervise teachers, custodians, paraprofessionals and clerical personnel and others when assigned by principal.

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environment Factors: Maintain emotional control under stress. Occasional prolonged and irregular hours. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, pulling and pushing.