Assist HS Principal/MS HS Athletic Director
Job description
Purpose: The Assist HS Principal/MS HS Athletic Director provides professional leadership in organizing, administering, supervising, and evaluating a creative school program. To accomplish these tasks, the Middle School Principal works closely with the community, staff, and administration of U.S.D. No. 289.
Responsible to: Superintendent
Qualifications:
- Master's Degree or higher.
- Kansas middle level certification.
- A minimum of three years certified teaching experience.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
- Knowledge of curriculum planning is a positive.
Essential Functions:
- Provides professional leadership in organizing, administering, supervising, and evaluating a creative school program.
- Attends Board of Education meetings.
- Establishes an optimal learning environment within the school.
- Ensures that all school programs and activities conform to district guidelines.
- Communicates effectively with all members of the school district and community.
- Works effectively with community organizations.
- Reacts to change productively and handles other tasks as assigned.
- Supports the value of an education.
- Participates in the school improvement plan.
- Supports the philosophy and mission of U.S.D. #289.
General Responsibilities:
- Initiates, designs and implements programs to meet specific needs of the school.
- Assists in the development of a comprehensive curriculum and program of services in cooperation with teachers and central office staff.
- Develops an atmosphere of respect, interest, and enthusiasm within the school.
- Communicates openly and effectively with students, community, staff, and administration.
- Supervises and provides for the general welfare of students during the school day, on school trips, and during school activities.
- Maintains effective programs to strengthen and monitor pupil discipline, attendance, and individual progress.
- Selects and assigns certificated and classified personnel.
- Evaluates and counsels all staff members regarding their individual and group performance.
- Delegates duties for effective staff utilization, but assumes final responsibility for the overall school program.
- Participates in principals' meetings, negotiations meetings, and such other meetings as are required or appropriate.
- Attends special events held to recognize student achievement, and attends school sponsored activities, functions and athletic events.
- Encourages the professional growth of teachers by advanced training, experimentation, and evaluation.
- Administers district policies in the operation of the school.
- Administers the school budget.
- Prepares or supervises the preparation of reports, records, lists, and all other paperwork required or appropriate to the school’s administration.
- Complies with legal and regulatory requirements of the various governmental agencies.
- Plans and organizes the school day and year to provide for efficient operation of the school.
- Coordinates or supervises such support services as maintenance, security, food services, recreational programs, financial and accounting functions, library activities, etc.
- Works cooperatively with staff in sharing ideas, techniques, and procedures for improvement of the learning environment.
- Keeps abreast of new information, innovative ideas and techniques.
- Adheres to all district health and safety policies, including all precautions of the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan.
- Follow up on all excessive student absenteeism.
- Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent.
Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions:
- Requires prolonged sitting or standing.
- Occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials.
- Occasional stooping, bending, and reaching.
- Must work indoors and outdoors year-round.
- Must work in noisy and crowded environments.
Terms of Employment:
Eleven month contract, see Board Policy for terms.
Evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated by the superintendent according to Board Policy and state regulations.