Assistant Principal-Girls Campus

Notre Dame School of Milwaukee•Milwaukee, WI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The assistant principal is part of the school leadership team and works with the principal to fulfill the mission of the Catholic School to create a positive learning environment for students, faculty, and staff. Notre Dame School of Milwaukee is a Catholic School founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Milwaukee, WI. The school was founded in 1996 as Notre Dame Middle School, an all girls 5th-8th grade middle school to serve Latinas on the southside of Milwaukee. Today Notre Dame School of Milwaukee is a Grade K3-8 Catholic school sponsored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. It has a co-education primary school serving boys and girls in a Spanish and English dual language model. NDSM addresses the urgent, critical needs of the community through student-focused education. We currently serve over 690 students across three campuses and we have both an all-boys and all-girls middle school, a co-ed primary school, and an Early Childhood Education program.

Requirements

Practicing Catholic
Current teaching certification
Master’s degree in education with licensure as a principal
Time management
Written and oral communication skills
Commitment to Catholic Education and Gospel values

Responsibilities

Assists the principal in the overall administration of the school and assumes leadership of the school in the absence of the principal
Supports and upholds the philosophy of Catholic education and the mission of the school
Commitment to the belief that all students can learn at high levels by establishing and promoting high standards and expectations for all students and staff for academic performance and responsibility for behavior and learning
Communicates effectively with students, parents, and staff
Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, resilient, and adaptable to changing priorities
Promotes a school environment that is safe and conducive to learning by supporting a student culture with high behavioral expectations
Supports the principal with teacher coaching and teacher classroom management
Supports the principal with reviewing teacher units/lesson plans
Assist with campus-specific professional development and school-wide professional development
Supports with the operational and logistical planning and execution of summer school
Assists with the hiring process
Collaborate with business office staff and other campus staff
Manages attendance (attendance contracts)
Manages behavior probation (probation contracts)
Support with arrival and dismissal procedures
Organizes campus-specific pep rallies, celebrations, assemblies
Organizes masses and creates the mass calendar
Collaborates with the social worker/counselor on attendance/tardy issues
Coordinates substitute teacher coverage
Provides announcement support
Supports with lunch/recess by being present
Assists with the creation of student and staff schedules
Other duties as assigned