Glen Ridge Public Schools – Job Description
Instruction/Curriculum
TITLE: ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL – MIDDLE SCHOOL
PROGRAM
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Valid
New
eligibility
2.
Minimum experience as determined by the
board
3.
Demonstrated leadership skills in the areas
of curriculum development and program
evaluation; staff development and school
improvement
4.
Strong interpersonal and communication
skills
5.
Required criminal history background check
and proof of
alien status
REPORTS TO: Building Principal
SUPERVISES: All certified and noncertified
staff assigned to the school
JOB GOAL: To provide
leadership and managerial oversight to the
instructional
program and school operations to ensure a
school
climate that fosters the educational development
of
each pupil.
Assists
the Principal in:
1.
Assumes responsibility for the management of the
school in accordance
with law, administrative code and board policies and
regulations.
2.
Exercises leadership in middle school program-level
planning for improvement of instruction.
3.
Establishes and maintains an effective learning
climate in the middle school.
4.
Assists in the selection of appropriate instructional
materials and
monitors delivery of the instructional middle school
program.
5.
Participates in the development, evaluation and
revision of curriculum
and assumes responsibility for the implementation of
approved programs.
6.
Plans, organizes and supervises
7.
Interviews, recommends for appointment, assigns,
supervises and
evaluates the performance of all middle school
employees and assists them in achievement of their job goals.
8.
Conducts periodic observations of middle school
teaching staff members; prepares written comments; and offers constructive
suggestions for improvement when appropriate.
9.
Prepares and submits the middle school’s budget
requests and monitors the expenditure of funds.
10.
Establishes and maintains an efficient office system
to support the
administrative functions of the school.
11.
Ensures the safekeeping of student and personnel
files and other
confidential records and documents; and the
destruction of public
records in accordance with law and regulations.
12.
Approves the master teaching schedule and classroom
assignments.
13.
Maintains high standards of student conduct and
enforces discipline as
necessary in accordance with board policy and the
students’ rights to
due process.
14.
Notifies immediately the parent or guardian,
principal, and the chief school administrator to arrange for an immediate
examination by a physician of any pupil suspected of being under the influence
of alcohol or other drugs or of using anabolic steroids.
15.
Participates in the planning and delivery of
intervention and referral
services for pupils who are having difficulty in
their classes and who have not been classified in need of special education.
16.
Plans and supervises fire and other emergency drills
and lock downs as required by law and board policy.
17.
Prepares or supervises the preparation of all
reports, records and
other paperwork required or appropriate to the
school’s administration.
18.
Conducts middle school staff meetings as necessary
for the proper functioning of the school.
19.
Plans and supervises regularly scheduled
parent/teacher conferences;
and makes arrangements for special conferences as
necessary.
20.
Acts as a liaison between the school, the home and
the community;
interprets policies, programs and activities; and
encourages board community participation in the affairs of the school.
21.
Keeps the principal and superintendent informed of
school activities and needs, and works cooperatively with central office on
matters relating to the school and the district.
22.
Assumes responsibility for his/her continuing
professional growth and
development by attendance at professional meetings,
memberships in professional organizations, enrollment in advanced courses and
by reading professional journals and other publications.
23.
Develops and maintains a master schedule for the
academic,
extracurricular programs, and works cooperatively
with the business administrator and high school assistant principal to schedule
community use of the school building and grounds.
24.
Attends special events held to recognize middle
school student achievement and other school-sponsored activities and functions.
25.
Ensures the proper collection, safekeeping, and
accounting of middle school activity funds.
26.
Ensures the
27.
oversees the gifted and talented program in the
middle school
28.
provides in-service opprotunities related to middle
school issues
29.
coordinates district testing in the high school
30.
Performs other duties which may be assigned or
required by law, code,
regulations/board policy.
EMPLOYMENT: contract.
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be
evaluated annually in
accordance
with state law and the provisions of the
board’s
APPROVED ON: June 9, 2003