TITLE:                                 SECONDARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

REPORTS TO:                                             Building Principal

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

• *Ensures clear and measurable goals are established and focused on critical needs regarding improving overall student achievement at the school level.
• *Ensures clear and measurable goals are established and focused on critical needs regarding improving achievement of individual students within the school.
• *Ensures that data are analyzed, interpreted, and used to regularly monitor progress toward school achievement goals.
• *Ensures that data are analyzed, interpreted, and used to regularly monitor progress toward school achievement goals for individual students.
• *Ensures that appropriate school-level and classroom-level programs and practices are in place to help all students meet individual achievement goals when data indicate interventions are needed.
• *Provide a clear vision as to how instruction should be addressed in the school.
• *Effectively support and retain teachers who continually enhance their pedagogical skills through reflection and professional growth plans.
• *The school leader is aware of predominant instructional practices throughout the school.
• *Ensures that teachers are provided with clear, ongoing evaluations of their pedagogical strengths and weaknesses that are based on multiple sources of data and are consistent with student achievement data.
• *Ensures that teachers are provided with job-embedded professional development that is directly related to their instructional growth goals.
• *Ensures that the school curriculum and accompanying assessments adhere to state and district standards.
• *Ensures that the school curriculum is focused enough that it can be adequately addressed in the time available to teachers.
• *Ensures that all students have the opportunity to learn the critical content of the curriculum.
• Assists the principal in providing ongoing, research based instructional leadership for the school.
• Assists the principal in leading teachers through analysis of all types of data including: OCCT/EOI, college preparedness reports, other related reports/scores (ACT, PSAT, PLAN & AP scores when applicable), benchmark and common assessment data at the individual teacher, grade and school levels to improve student academic achievement.

• Assists the principal in developing of an effective school growth plan.

• Assists the principal in the implementation of Common Core State Standards as well as all other state and district curriculum.
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• Assists the principal in the implementation of district curriculum goals, philosophy and policies within the area of authority.
• Assists teachers in establishing meaningful goals, objectives and evaluation procedures related to educational enhancement.
• Assists teachers in evaluating their methods of instruction/teaching skills and effectiveness of learner outcomes.
• Ensures that teachers meet individual student needs and abilities and develop satisfactory growth in skills based on assessment data.
• Assists teachers in providing a classroom atmosphere conducive to maximum learning.
• Assists the principal in short and long range curriculum and other site based planning. 
• GENERAL DUTIES
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• Assists the principal in interviewing and hiring school personnel.
• Supports the school board, superintendent and all central office administration in all district initiatives, goals and policies.
• Assists the principal in the implementation and observance of all Board policies and regulations by the staff and students.
• Monitors the safety and condition of the building and grounds. Monitors bus safety as well as all other means of student transportation and traffic flow around school.
• Supervises and evaluates personnel.
• Assists the principal in fostering a school culture of collaboration.
• Submits reports to appropriate administrators as requested on or before deadline.
• Assists the principal in overseeing and training of staff in the technical and procedural aspects of their jobs.
• Assists the principal in new employee orientation of all district expectations.
• Demonstrates efficient and effective utilization of resources.RELATIONSHIPS
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• Assists the principal in providing opportunities for community members to become involved in school activities.
• Assists the principal in maintaining regular communication with students, parents and the community.
• Assists the principal in establishing and maintaining positive relationships with local community groups and individuals.
• Encourages teachers to maintain effective communications with parents.
• Motivates staff to participate in reviewing areas of responsibility to look for ways to improve performance; encourages initiative and creativity without risk; develops staff morale to reinforce successful performance.  
• STUDENT CONDUCT
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• Assists the principal in monitoring and ensuring proper student conduct and student discipline with teachers and staff.
• Encourages the development of appropriate student behavior.
• Assists the principal in involving students and staff in developing and maintaining reasonable standards of conduct.
• Assists principal in providing an environment where students assume responsibility for their own behavior and the attitude/behavior of their peers regarding school property and respecting the rights, properties and opinions of others.
• Assists principal in the development of the student handbook.
• Assists principal in ensuring that all extracurricular events/activities are properly supervised by a member of the site administrative team.SCHOOL CLIMATE
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• Develop the trust of the faculty and staff that his or her actions are guided by what is best for all student populations.

• Assists the principal in ensuring that faculty and staff perceive the school environment as safe and orderly.

• Assists the principal in acknowledging the success of the whole school, as well as individuals within the school.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:             Ten, eleven or twelve month year.  Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education.

EVALUATION:                                     Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on evaluation of administrative personnel.

Approved:                                                                                           Date:                        

Reviewed and agreed to by:                                                               Date:                         

Putnam City School District, Oklahoma

June 28, 2013