Arkansas Connections Academy - High School Assistant Principal I, 2024-2025 School Year

Connections Academy • Bentonville, AR

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About The Position

The Assistant Principal at Arkansas Connections Academy plays a crucial role in supporting the principal in managing the overall operations of a virtual, home-based instructional program. This position involves ensuring academic success for students, maintaining high levels of communication with parents, and overseeing compliance and reporting procedures. The Assistant Principal will also assist in managing teachers and fostering a professional environment that prioritizes student needs and community engagement.

Requirements

• Prior school leadership experience
• Arkansas Administrator Certificate required
• Advanced degree in education or related field
• Prior teaching experience
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Customer focused approach
• High degree of flexibility
• Demonstrated ability to work well in fast paced team environment
• Very technologically proficient (especially with Microsoft OS and MS Office and programs)

Responsibilities

• Helping to ensure that teachers exhibit and maintain a high level of professionalism, instructional support and customer service
• Helping to ensure the academic success of individual students by utilizing all levels of academic support available, and by maintaining a high level of communication with parents to deliver program information and address individual student needs
• Assisting the principal to manage relationships with local and state school officials
• Keeping up to date on policies, procedures and legislation, including specific special education procedures
• Assisting the principal to oversee all reporting and compliance procedures and ensure student information and student accounting is accurate and up-to-date
• Providing the principal with regular written and verbal reports and updates, as well as maintaining a high level of communication with other appropriate Connections Academy staff
• Assisting teaching staff with implementing any program changes and/or new software application introductions
• Exhibiting high quality communication with all Connections Academy staff, students and families
• Availability to effectively handle all real and perceived emergencies
• Overseeing the implementation and coordination of State Standardized Testing process, and ensure high student participation rates
• Providing specified assistance to families in need of additional support to prevent unwanted disenrollment and encourage a high level of participation
• Participating in student recruitment efforts including in-state trips, presentations, Q & A sessions and responses to the press
• Recruiting and managing Parent Community Coordinators to suggest social activities and relevant field trips for students
• Supporting, devising, and implementing virtual methods of creating and maintaining a 'school community'
• Ability to work remotely if necessary
• Additional duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Master's degree