FHS - 2025-2026 Assistant Principal

The Fayetteville School District is recognized across Arkansas and the region as a leader in academic excellence and teaching innovation. The district was the first school district granted a charter by the State of Arkansas in 1871. The district was also the first to voluntarily integrate its schools, only five days after the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. With one high school, two junior highs, three middle schools, 9 elementary schools, one virtual academy, and one alternative learning environment, Fayetteville Public Schools serves 10,500 students every day.

• No other school district in Arkansas has more Advanced Placement scholars

• Over 6,000 FPS students participate in extra-curricular activities including art, athletics, clubs, choral music, debate, community service, instrumental music, journalism, theater, and many more.

• The diversity of the student population has nearly tripled in the last twenty years to 32 percent.

• All five qualifying schools have been designated as National Middle Schools to Watch.

• Fayetteville Virtual Academy is Arkansas’ first and only virtual district conversion charter school.

• Fayetteville High School teams have won 81 State Championships in the last 20 years.

• 768 certified staff members – 71% with a M.A. degree or higher, 62% with 10 plus years of teaching experience, and 75 with board certification.

We Love Fayetteville!

Located in the beautiful Ozark Mountains, Fayetteville is the state's second-largest city and is a thriving community of 93,000 residents. Home to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is perhaps Arkansas' most dynamic, diverse, and award-winning community.

• Recent awards and recognitions include:

• #4 U.S. News and World Report’s Best Places to Live, 2020

• First US city to be designated a Bike City by the Union Cyclists Internationale (UCI)

• #24 Forbes’ Best Places for Business and Careers, 2016

• #1 U.S. News and World Report’s Best Affordable Places to Live, 2016

• #1 Livability.com’s Best College Town in the SEC, 2015

Fayetteville has a thriving local economy, an educated workforce, and offers a diverse mix of residents and experiences.

Fayetteville Public Schools - Administrative

High School Assistant Principal

Job Description

Exempt: Yes

Department: Administration

Reports To: Principal

Location: High School

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

The High School Assistant Principal shall work directly under the building principal.  Responsible for assisting the High School Principal with leading and managing the high school and staff.  Completing projects, duties and responsibilities as directed and working to provide the best learning environment for the high school students.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Discipline of students.

1. Student attendance with assistance from other school personnel.

1. Supervision of students during school hours and after-school activities.

1. Supervise and/or direct all school related responsibilities as assigned by building principal such as maintenance, parking, equipment, keys, calendar, daily announcements, security, etc.

1. Assist the principal in observing employee performance, recording observations, and evaluating personnel as assigned.

1. Administration of district policies and regulations within the school in the absence of the principal.

1. Conduct conferences on student and school issues with parents, students, and teachers.

1. Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.

1. Organize building wide testing including logistical operations and staff training.

1. Articulate the school's mission to community and solicit its support in accomplishing the mission.

1. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Graduate degree (M.E.D., M.A., etc), plus 5 years related experience and/or training, and 3 years related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and policy/procedure manuals;  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Administrative Certificate

Driver’s License

SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED

Intermediate: Accounting, Presentation/PowerPoint, Spreadsheet

Basic: 10-Key, Alphanumeric Data Entry, Contact Management, Human Resources Systems

INITIATIVE AND INGENUITY

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Under general direction, working from policies and general directives. Rarely refers specific cases to supervisor unless clarification or interpretation of the organization's policy is required.

PLANNING

Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the organization and delegation of work operations for a group of employees engaged in widely diversified activities.

DECISION MAKING

Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance, either of which would affect the work operations of large organizational component and the organization's clientele.

MENTAL DEMAND

Intense mental demand. Operations requiring sustained directed thinking to analyze, solve, or plan highly variable, administrative, professional, or technical tasks involving complex problems or mechanisms.

ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING

Moderately directed. Activities covered by wide-ranging policies and courses of action, and generally directed as to execution and review. High order of analytical, interpretative, and/or constructive thinking in varied situations.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.  Responsibilities may include but not limited to interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Supervises an extra large group (25 ) of employees who are engaged in similar activities in one or more departments.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT

Occasionally responsible for organization's property where carelessness, error, or misappropriation would result in moderate damage or moderate monetary loss to the organization. The total value for the above would range from $5,000 to $150,000.

ACCURACY

Probable errors would not likely be detected until they reached another department, office or patron, and would then require considerable time and effort to correct the situation. Frequently, possibility of error that would affect the organization's prestige and relationship with the public to a limited extent, but where succeeding operations or supervision would normally preclude the possibility of a serious situation arising as a result of the error or decision.

ACCOUNTABILITY

FREEDOM TO ACT

Directed. Freedom to complete duties as defined by wide-ranging policies and precedents with mid to upper-level managerial oversight.

ANNUAL MONETARY IMPACT

The amount of annual dollars generated based on the job's essential duties / responsibilities. Examples would include direct dollar generation, departmental budget, proper handling of organization funds, expense control, savings from new techniques or reduction in manpower.

Small. Job creates a monetary impact for the organization from $100,000 to $1mm.

IMPACT ON END RESULTS

Moderate impact. Job has a definite impact on the organization's end results. Participates with others in taking action for a department and/or total organization.

PUBLIC CONTACT

Regular contacts with patrons where the contacts are initiated by the employee. Involves both furnishing and obtaining information and, also, attempting to influence the decisions of those persons contacted. Contacts of considerable importance and of such nature, that failure to exercise proper judgment may result in important tangible or intangible losses to the organization.

EMPLOYEE CONTACT

Contacts with other departments or offices and also frequently with individuals in middle level positions; consulting on problems which necessitate judgment and tact in presentation to obtain cooperation or approval of action to be taken. Also, important contacts with associates as required in advanced supervisory jobs.

USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS

Regular use of complex machines and equipment (desktop/laptop computer and software)

WORKING CONDITIONS

Periodically exposed to such elements as noise, intermittent standing, walking, occasionally pushing, carrying, or lifting; but none are present to the extent of being disagreeable.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions.The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

High diversity, low physical. Work activities which allow for considerable amount of diversity as an incumbent performs a variety of tasks. Such tasks might be performed from a given work area, or the individual may move about physically in performing a variety of duties.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; and peripheral vision. 

This is a 215 day contract with an index.