What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Principal position at Talladega Co?
Talladega County Schools
Talladega, AL 35161
POSITION GUIDE
POSITION: Assistant Principal
REPORTS TO:
- Principal
- Superintendent
- Coordinator of Instruction Director, Operations and Support Personnel
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Valid Alabama Teaching Certificate and Certification in Educational Administration
- Minimum of three (3) successful years experience as a classroom teacher
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable
- Current/complete application on file
JOB GOAL: Assist in providing leadership for the total school program to include instruction, support services, personnel, safety, assessment, financial affairs, curriculum, staff development, parent/community relations, student performance, and discipline.
Essential Functions:
General Management Duties and Responsibilities
- Works and cooperates with principal and central office personnel in the full range of administrative responsibilities.
- Assumes principal’s responsibilities in absence of principal.
- Interprets and enforces board policies and administrative directives.
- Plans and sets goals for each year.
- Schedules classes and assigns students and teachers to classrooms.
- Encourages staff cooperation, morale, and mutual respect.
- Maintains order and discipline to ensure the safety of students.
- Monitors general school operations, including hallways, toilets, auditoriums, etc.
- Maintains budget as appropriate.
- Delegates duties and responsibilities effectively.
- Maintains confidentiality of privileged information.
- Handles other responsibilities as assigned by the principal.
Assumes Leadership in Coordinating and Supervising Curriculum
- Coordinates and monitors curriculum for the school.
- Monitors curriculum for consistency using system standards maps and state curriculum guide.
- Assists teachers in planning, evaluating, and modifying the instructional program to meet the needs of the students.
Participates Effectively in the Management of Instructional Personnel
- Participates in personnel selections and changes through interviews and recommendations.
- Observes classroom instruction and makes recommendations for improvement.
- Plans professional development for staff by motivating and encouraging professional development.
- Coordinates grade/departmental meetings.
- Coordinates peer observations.
- Develops and implements the local in-service programs.
- Attends and conducts regular faculty meetings as required.
- Coordinates inter-school and intra-school visitations.
- Checks teachers’ lesson plans, grade books, report cards, etc.
- Provides teachers with uniform procedures for keeping and reporting attendance.
- Maintains substitute teacher file.
- Assists substitute teachers in assignments for classes.
- Schedules and attends, as needed, parent-teacher conferences.
- Coordinates kindergarten registration.
- Organizes and monitors teacher bus duties.
- Compiles lists of students with failures by grade.
- Coordinates the development of discipline for the school.
Participates Effectively in the Management of Support Personnel
- Recommends personnel changes to principal.
- Interviews support personnel.
- Supervises instructional assistants.
- Supervises and evaluates custodian.
- Posts and monitors sign-in sheet for bus drivers.
- Counsels with bus drivers in safety, evacuation, etc.
- Supervises loading and unloading of buses and car riders.
- Supervises transportation of career technical education students.
- Coordinates substitute bus drivers.
- Contacts bus supervisor for severe problems.
- Prepares bus drivers’ evaluation forms.
- Attends bus drivers’ meetings.
- Provides activities to improve morale for support personnel.
Participates Effectively in the Management of Pupil Personnel
- Counsels with students regarding academic decisions, student-teacher relationships, personal problems, and other situations as needed.
- Disciplines students referred to office.
- Refers students for counseling/guidance services.
- Makes phone calls to parents about absent students.
- Notifies parents or medical authorities about children who are sick or injured.
- Checks students in or out.
- Monitors and conferences with students with excessive absences or tardiness.
- Handles parental conferences effectively.
- Supervises detention.
- Insures disciplinary actions are consistent with due process procedures.
- Works with juvenile authorities on major disciplinary problems which require court petitions.
- Monitors the orderly transition of students from grade to grade and school to school.
- Informs new students as to the appropriate bus to ride.
- Handles locker assignments.
- Supervises parking.
- Makes health inspections of children and notifies parents of infections.
Coordinates and Supervises School Activities and Services
- Handles field trip requests.
- Coordinates extra-curricular activities/programs of the school.
- Schedules drivers and supervises trips for extra-curricular activities.
- Monitors clean-up of buses after field trips, etc.
- Maintains file of all bus routes.
- Rides buses on routes when necessary.
- Coordinates daily fueling of buses.
- Reports bus maintenance problems each morning to the transportation shop.
- Issues oil and other supplies and materials to bus drivers.
- Completes and files bus inspections.
- Monitors emergency drills for school buses.
- Attends school related functions.
- Prepares student handbook.
- Coordinates and supervises Child Nutrition Program.
Completes and Files Records and Reports as Assigned
- Prepares reports on a timely basis, e.g., transportation, accreditation, textbooks, attendance, etc.
- Coordinates, supervises, and maintains records for assigned programs and activities.
- Coordinates and maintains records of referrals relating to attendance, R t I, 504 and Special Education.
- Maintains discipline records and suspension forms for annual report.
- Maintains and safeguards academic student records.
- Maintains accurate records for all fixed assets.
- Handles lunch applications and maintains appropriate records.
- Maintains payroll records for teachers.
- Maintains payroll records for support personnel.
- Prepares bus driver payroll.
Participates in Activities to Assist in Plant Management
- Prepares facilities for assemblies and special programs.
- Monitors buildings and campus.
- Prepares building maintenance request form.
- Makes recommendations for improving school grounds, and maintenance of buildings.
- Handles other building duties, e.g., opening, closing, securing, etc.
- Maintains, requests, issues, and supervises janitorial supplies.
- Checks fire extinguishers, safety devices, coolers, and freezers as appropriate.
- Responds to alarm system at all times of the night.
- Supervises fire, tornado drills, and other emergency situations.
- Distributes and collects Teacher Editions and other board materials, such as textbooks, etc.
- Maintains school store - orders supplies, keeps records, etc.
- Purchases and picks up materials not provided by the central office.
- Transports mail to and from the post office and central office.
- Transports bank deposits to the bank.
- Checks bulletin boards - to be changed at regular intervals.
Participates Effectively in Community and Public Relations
- Communicates with parents and others in community.
- Attends civic and community gatherings as a school representative.
- Works with community improvement committees.
- Reports school activities for media coverage through central office Community Relations person.
- Organizes and supervises parent volunteer program.
- Coordinates and communicates student activities for local groups and community agencies.
- Provides for recognition of student achievement.
- Posts notices and makes announcements concerning school activities.
- Attends local and county PTA meetings.
- Encourages parent-staff communications by keeping parents informed of school activities.
Exhibits Personal and Professional Qualities of an Educational Leader
- Attends professional meetings.
- Keeps abreast of current trends through periodicals and seminar/workshop attendance.
- Participates in professional organizations by attending relevant meetings.
- Dresses as a professional employee and as a role model for teachers and pupils.
- Practices self-control.
- Demonstrates tact and poise.
- Speaks in language that is free of grammatical errors or idiomatic expressions.
- Writes fluently in complete sentences and thoughts.
- Writes fluently without misspelled words or grammatical errors.
- Demonstrates loyalty and support for the principal.
- Demonstrates loyalty and support for the Talladega County Board of Education.
Performs any other duties that may be assigned by the Superintendent or designee.
EVALUATION: Performance of the job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of professional personnel.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
11 months
Salary based on current salary schedule
