Assistant Principal at Aycock Elementary

Vance County Schools•Henderson, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The assistant principal serves as a member of the administrative team to develop and implement the total school program. They assist in implementing student orientation and registration, planning the school's instructional program, providing direction to staff, evaluating the school program and staff, involving staff in budget allocations, and maintaining professional competence. The role also involves coordinating budgets and schedules, handling disciplinary procedures, communicating school policies, coordinating school services and resources, facilitating organizational efficiency, and assisting in record keeping.

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.
Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, cellular phones, etc.
Must be 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.
Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.
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 interact and meet 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, and positive student attitudes, respect the 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.
Assist with discipline.
Organize and assist with buses.
Facilitate instructional expectations throughout the building.
Communicate with all stakeholders to support an open and positive school culture.
Attend school functions.
Support a safe and orderly environment.
Attend district-level assistant principal training.
Other duties as assigned by the principal.