Porter Lakes Elementary Assistant Principal

PORTER TOWNSHIP SCHOOL CORPORATION

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: Elementary School Assistant Principal

Reports to: Principal

Job Objective: Helps manage assigned school programs and services.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid state department of education license/certificate appropriate for the position.
• Successful elementary teaching and/or administrative experience preferred, but not required.
• Indiana Certified School Safety Specialist Certification desired, but not required.
• A record free of criminal violations that would prohibit public school employment.
• Complies with drug-free workplace rules and board policies.
• Keeps current with technology and other workplace innovations that support job functions.
• Ability to multitask and effectively problem solve.
• Ability to communicate successfully both written and verbal.
• Effective organizational, planning, and project management skills.
• Ability to identify, evaluate, and implement program options, auxiliary services, and curricular materials that support the diverse learning needs of students.

Essential Functions: The following are typical work responsibilities. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform essential functions.

• Manage assigned student service programs. Addresses issues that arise during the absence of the principal.
• Administer attendance guidelines and consequences.
• Administer and implement the student discipline program.
• Participates as an active member of the management team. Upholds board policies and follows administrative procedures. Promotes a professional image of the school corporation.
• Conducts guidance activities.
• Consults with staff and families to address student concerns (e.g., excessive absences, at-risk behavior, mental/physical health, family/peer relations, etc.). Initiates referrals to community resources as needed (e.g., legal, health, welfare, etc.). Serves as a contact for public agencies.
• Address truancy issues by providing direct interventions at school sites, communities, and homes of students at risk.
• Work with counselors /social worker to participate in the referral process for mental health services and outside counseling services for students and families.
• Provide peer mediation and conflict resolution for students, staff, and parents.
• Create and implement behavior interventions with a focus on rehabilitating student behavior.
• Advise administrators and teachers on issues regarding at-risk students.
• Maintain a database for keeping track of interventions and the progress of the students.
• Meet with students on a regular basis to facilitate students’ self-understanding and improvement of their behaviors.
• Assist in creating student schedules and verifying timely pursuit of graduation requirements
• Provides staff leadership and consensus development. Advances the change process. Helps implement strategies to accomplish organizational objectives. Helps resolve problems.
• Maintains open and effective communications. Promotes the district’s mission, philosophy, and vision. Serves as an information resource. Keeps stakeholders informed about emerging issues.
• Monitors community demographics, resources, and emerging trends. Helps mobilize the community to maintain a strong commitment of support for the school corporation.
• Helps manage the board-approved budget for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Encourages program innovations. Pursues funding opportunities. Prepares grant/foundation applications. Implements funded proposals and complies with reporting requirements.
• Participates in staff selection and orientation processes. Expresses high expectations and monitors staff performance (e.g., individual observations, consultations, staff meetings, etc.).
• Promotes professionalism. Implements state mandated and locally developed personnel appraisal standards. Assists with the planning and delivery of effective staff development programs that improve teaching outcomes and student learning (e.g., methods, skills, commitment, etc.).
• Assists with the development of the master schedule as directed. Helps ensure the equitable distribution of workloads. Facilitates classroom coverage during teacher absences.
• Assists with the development of program schedules (e.g., courses, auxiliary services, student activities, etc.). Coordinates program assessment processes as directed.
• Assists with enrollment and withdrawal procedures. Upholds policies regarding immunization, age, attendance, legal residence, guardianship, classification, promotion, retention, testing, etc.
• Upholds the student conduct code. Maintains high expectations for behavior and performance. Helps with pupil management issues. Prepares student conduct reports/discipline recommendations.
• Assists with the supervision of students (e.g., arrivals/departures, parking lots, lunch periods, changing classes, extracurricular programs, etc.).
• Promotes a safe, efficient, and effective work/learning environment. Monitors safety concerns. Works with stakeholders to manage or eliminate risk factors.
• Respects personal privacy. Maintains the confidentiality of privileged information.
• Maintains a professional appearance. Wears work attire appropriate for the position.
• Assists with collection, verification, and recording of program information as directed.
• Maintains accurate records and submits reports on time.
• Keeps current with the PK-12 courses of study, the district’s scope and sequence framework, and state standards/guidelines. Promotes the continuity of the instructional program.
• Assists with student testing programs. Analyzes test results. Provides leadership for instructional modifications and interventions that enhance student learning and improve test performance.
• Participates in parent conferences and student planning meetings as needed (e.g. IAT, IEP, etc.)
• Provides guidance, communicates expectations, and shows and active interest in student progress.
• Upholds applicable local, state, and federal laws. Initiates referrals to community resources as needed (e.g., legal, health, welfare, etc.). Serves as a school contact for service providers.
• Assists with collection, verification, and recording of program information as directed.
• Performs other specific job-related duties as directed.

Abilities Required: The following personal characteristics and skills are important for the successful performance of assigned duties.

• Engenders staff enthusiasm and teamwork. Promotes a positive work/learning environment.
• Acknowledges personal responsibility for decisions and conduct.
• Skillfully manages individual, group, and organizational interactions.
• Averts problem situations and intervenes to resolve conflicts.
• Interprets information accurately and initiates effective responses.
• Effectively uses listening, observation, reading, verbal, nonverbal, and writing skills.
• Organizes tasks and manages time effectively.
• Maintains an acceptable attendance record and is punctual.

Supervisory Responsibility: Supervises and evaluates assigned staff under the direction of the principal. Assumes responsibility for the results of duties delegated to staff.

Working Conditions: Exposure to the following situations may range from remote to frequent based on circumstances and factors that may not be predictable.

• Duties may require operating and/or riding in a vehicle.
• Duties may require traveling to meetings and work assignments.
• Duties may require working under time constraints to meet deadlines.
• Potential for exposure to adverse weather conditions and seasonal temperature extremes.
• Potential for exposure to blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases.
• Potential for interaction with aggressive, disruptive, and/or unruly individuals.

Performance Evaluation: Job performance is evaluated according to policy provisions and contractual agreements adopted by the Porter Township School Corporation.

Porter Township School Corporation is an equal opportunity employer that believes and practices that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities both in the hiring process and in all phases of employment. In adhering to all State and Federal statutes, the Porter Township School Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender status, sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, age, religion, military status, ancestry, genetic information, or any other legally protected category (collectively, “Protected Classes”) in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities, providing the person is qualified and meets the established requirements of the position.