What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Principal, Elementary, Middle, or High School position at Lincoln County Schools?
Date: April 4, 2025
Position: Assistant Principal, Elementary, Middle, or High School
Location: To Be Determined
Terms of Contract: 10.5 months position, full-time, benefit eligible
Monthly Salary: State Salary Schedule (plus local supplement)
Elementary: 7.75%; Middle: 9%; High: 10.75%
Reports To: School Principal
FLSA: EXEMPT
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Candidates must hold or be eligible for a North Carolina Principal license
- Training in the N.C. Educator Effectiveness System or its equivalent is preferred
- Required to obtain a bus license
Duties: Assist the Principal in completing the following:
- Serve as the leader of buses and discipline
- Serve as the chief administrator of the school in developing and implementing policies, programs, curricular and co-curricular activities and budgets in a manner that promotes the educational development of each student and the professional development of each staff member
- Conceptualize School Board goals and plan to ensure that procedures and schedules are implemented to carry out the total school program
- Ensure that the school program is compatible with the legal, financial and organizational structure of the school system
- Define the responsibilities and accountability of staff
- Provide activities that facilitate growth of school staff and enhance the quality of the instructional program
- Identify the annual objectives for the instructional programs of the school
- Involve faculty in the development of specific curricular objectives to meet the needs of the school program
- Establish, implement and evaluate procedures used to carry out the daily routine of the school
- Evaluate student’s progress in the instructional program through the use of up-to-date student data
- Supervise and appraise performance of the school staff
- Maintain positive school and district communication and maintain positive communication with the community
- Adhere to Board of Education policies and follow established procedures
- Orient new staff members and new students to the school program and provide assistance in their adjustment
- Maintain positive relations with the public, encourage the use of community resources and coordinate the community use of school facilities
- Manage, direct, and maintain records/inventory of materials, supplies and equipment that are necessary to carry out the daily school routine
- Participate in selection of all school staff members
- Maintain own professional competence by attending conferences, workshops and college classes that focus on educational trends
- Perform all other duties and responsibilities as delegated by the superintendent
- Must be able to perform heavy work exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of forces frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to lift objects
- Other Duties as Assigned
Application Deadline: Position Open Until Filled
Position Available: July 1, 2025
Application Process: All candidates are required to complete an on-line application via Applicant Tracking. Please go the Lincoln County Schools website (www.lincoln.k12.nc.us), select EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, and APPLICANT TRACKING to begin the process. Questions should be addressed to the contact person below.
Mrs. Diana Carpenter
Chief of Human Resources/Teacher Development and Support
dcarpenter@lincoln.k12.nc.us
Lincoln County Schools
PO Box 400
Lincolnton, NC 28093-0400
Phone: 704-736-2261
Fax: 704-736-4216
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
EMPLOYER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON BASIS OF AGE,
HANDICAP, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RACE, RELIGION, OR SEX
