Assistant Principal

 

Reports to: Principal

 

Supervises: Assists with the supervision of building certified and classified staff

 

Qualifications:

 

• Master's Degree in Educational Leadership

• General Administrative License K-12

• Minimum of five years successful teaching experience

• Ability to work effectively as a member of an administrative team

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Integrity, flexibility, and ability to maintain confidentiality

• Possesses a professional learning community mindset

 

Nature and Scope of Job

 

The associate principal will serve as an instructional leader working in concert with the principal, faculty and staff to ensure high levels of learning are taking place.  Additionally, the associate principal partners with the   principal in addressing student conduct and discipline in alignment with Senate Bill 100 (SB100).

 

Shared Administrative Responsibilities

 

• Participates in the following responsibilities that are shared among the entire administrative staff.

   

  • Master schedule

  • School improvement

  • Student achievement including supporting learning coaches

  • Improvement of learning through the Professional Learning Community (PLC)  Process

  • Certified and classified staff evaluations

  • Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)

  • Response to Intervention  (RTI) 

  • Special Education

  • English Learners (EL program)

  • Title I services

  • School/staff climate

  • Parent and community engagement

  • Athletics supervision

  • Registration

 

Key Responsibilities
 

 

• Student Conduct 

 

• In collaboration with the principal, works collaboratively with staff and teachers to provide positive and effective behavior management strategies.

   

  • Responsible for student discipline and instilling restorative justice practices school-wide.

  • Provides and supports restorative justice techniques and resources for faculty and staff.

  • Oversees student attendance in collaboration with the attendance secretary.

     

    • Tardies

    • Truancy and other long-term absences

    • Attendance of students placed in out-of-school programs

• In-School Suspension

   

  • Works collaboratively with the principal and In-School Suspension (ISS) teacher to ensure smooth transitions (academically, behaviorally, emotionally, etc.) for students in the ISS room.

  • Ensures that students reflect on their choices with various restorative justice practices school-wide including packets, worksheets, discussions, and organized group sessions such as Peace Circles and peer mediation.

 

• 504 Program

   

  • Serves as the LEA Representative for 504 Plans at Steger Intermediate Center.

 

• Student Assessments

   

  • Assists the principal and staff to promote the creation and implementation of common formative assessments, related data, and responses.

  • Assists district administration and staff with the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) testing preparation.

  • Leads district administration and staff with the English Learner (EL) program ACCESS testing.

 

• Academic Services

   

  • Assists the principal in the review, monitoring, and adjustments of school-wide practices, including but not limited to, grading, report cards and other stakeholder reports, homework, and retention.

 

• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

   

  • Responsible for overseeing the PBIS program and character education programs in partnership with faculty and staff at Steger Intermediate Center.

 

• Tier II (RTI) Team - Check In Check Out (CICO)

• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Universal Team

 

• School Improvement Team

   

  • Collaborates with the principal to facilitate the work of the school improvement team.

 

• General Student Services

   

  • Collaborates with the principal to provide other general student services as needed.

 

• Student IDs

• Other

   

  • The Associate Principal will undertake other responsibilities as assigned by the principal.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties and responsibilities.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.  The employee frequently is required to stand, walk and sit.  The employee must regularly life and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently life and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally life and/or move more than 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to video display and regularly works in inside environmental conditions.  The employee occasionally works evenings or weekends.  The employee is occasionally exposed to outdoors weather conditions and works with the use of personal vehicle.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.