Assistant Principal- High School

Qualifications:

• South Carolina certification as required for the position or eligible for appropriate certification
• Master’s Degree
• Minimum of five years experience as a teacher preferred
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board may find appropriate and acceptable

Reports To:    School Principal

Job Goal

To maintain overall site operations; receiving, distributing, and communicating information to enforce school, district, and state policies; maintaining the safety of the school environment; coordinating school activities; communicating information to staff; and addressing situations, problems, and/or conflicts that could negatively impact the school.

Performance Functions

• Assists the principal in the instructional development of the school community, aligned with the principal’s vision and direction.
• Communicates effectively with all stakeholders and assists with the implementation of a conducive, positive school environment for students, faculty, staff, and families.
• Assists the principal and other personnel in the administration of the school to support them in the completion of their work activities.
• Assists the principal by conducting meetings (e.g., curriculum, safety, site advisory, special district committees) for the purpose of coordinating activities and ensuring that outcomes achieve school, district, and/or state objectives.
• Assists with school administrative functions (e.g., evaluation, scheduling, discipline, faculty/staff support, parent communication/conferences, staffing) to ensure safe and efficient school operations are maintained within district guidelines.
• Creates a wide variety of materials (e.g., quantity reports, student activities, correspondence) to document activities, providing written reference and/or conveying information to the principal, staff when appropriate, parents, and others.
• Delegates responsibilities for a variety of administrative functions to other personnel to ensure workload management efficiency.
• Evaluates assigned personnel (e.g., instructional and non-instructional) as requested by the principal to ensure that standards are achieved and performance is maximized.
• Facilitates communication between personnel, students, and/or parents for the purpose of evaluating situations, solving problems, and/or resolving conflicts.
• Facilitates the development, communication implementation and evaluation of quality learning to enhance excellence, equality and equity for staff and students.
• Represents the school within community forums (e.g., PTO, SIC and other meetings to include SIP, IEP, Manifestation Hearings) for the purpose of maintaining ongoing community support for educational goals and/or assisting with issues related to the school environment.
• Participates in meetings, workshops and seminars as assigned to convey and/or gather information required to perform functions.
• Supervises school personnel to monitor performance, providing for professional growth and achieving overall objectives of the school’s curriculum.

Specific Job Requirements

• Possess and utilize excellent team-building skills
• Accept delegated responsibilities willingly
• Demonstrate a high level of initiative in job performance
• Communicate effectively with a diverse community

Terms of Employment: 

Contract days applicable to Elementary/Middle/Secondary Level; salary and work year to be established by the Board

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Support Service Personnel.

York School District One is an equal-opportunity employer

York School District One does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, handicap, sex, age, alienage or national origin as required by applicable state and federal laws.