Assistant Principal - To Be Determined

Hickory City Schools•Hickory, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The assistant principal serves as a member of the administrative team to develop and implement the total school program. This role assists in various functions including student orientation, planning and implementing the school program, evaluating staff and programs, managing budgets and schedules, handling disciplinary procedures, coordinating school services, and maintaining organizational efficiency. The position also involves assisting with record keeping and supervision of supplies and equipment.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Education Administration
3 to 5 years of experience as a classroom teacher or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
Must possess a teaching certificate from the State of North Carolina.
Must possess a valid North Carolina driver's license.
Physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, cellular phones, etc.
Physically able to operate a motor vehicle.
Able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.
Ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, charts, strategic plans, etc.
Ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, appraisals, charts, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
Ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence.
Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.
Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in Standard English.
Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra, descriptive statistics, statistical inference, and statistical theory.
Ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
Ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools.
Minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
Ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
Ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.)
Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Responsibilities

Assist to implement student orientation and registration activities.
Assist in the development and establishing of the schools goals and objectives and the planning of the schools instructional program.
Provide direction to staff in implementing goals and objectives and interacts and meets with staff to assist in their development.
Assist in the evaluation of the school program and of staff and assist to initiate needed improvements.
Involve the staff in setting budget priorities.
Act to upgrade own professional knowledge and skills.
Assist in the preparation and management of budgets and schedules and in the coordination and implementation of the co-curricular program.
Assist to define and disseminate information about school discipline policy and procedures to parents, students, staff, and community.
Communicate and carry out established policies, delegate and accept responsibility for completion of tasks and communicate program goals, objectives, and policies to the community.
Assist in supervising and maintaining auxiliary service and use community resources to supplement the school program.
Promote and maintain open communications, positive student attitudes, respect dignity, worth of staff, students, and comply with established lines of authority.
Assist in completion of records and reports and in the supervision and inventory of necessary supplies, textbooks, equipment, and materials.