Job Specifications: The Assistant School Principal; under the direction of the School Principal, and working in partnership with the Consortium Education Leadership Team builds and maintains a culture of high academic expectations, where every student can succeed to their maximum ability, maintains a safe and healthy environment and facilitates the participation of parents/guardians to maximize each student’s learning potential.

(Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required)

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  Knowledge of evidence-based strategies and effective pedagogical practices based on school population
• Knowledge of County District Charter Consortium policies and procedures, including Discipline and ESE.
• PreK Only Campuses – Knowledge of DCF Childcare regulations/requirements
• Demonstrated experience writing and supporting implementation of Quality IEP, strongly preferred
• Knowledge of Florida Standards and Florida Access Standards
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Innovative Thinker/Continuous Learner: Comfortable thinking “outside of the box”, constantly seeks opportunities to learn and improve, making use of successes, failures, and data to learn and improve.
• Team Leadership: Has experience effectively working in a team environment, encouraging, and supporting others and managing conflict
• Understanding of appropriate age/grade level curriculum, including scope and sequence, guided reading and I-Ready (if applicable).
• Critical Thinking & Problem-solving: Effectively organizes and analyzes information and anticipates challenges or new information to solve problems. Integrates and acts upon new information quickly, and is comfortable thinking about details and the big picture
• Decision-making: Has experience making decisions in a timely manner and in the face of ambiguity. Considers consequences of decisions, willingly stands by difficult decisions, and communicates about decisions.

Job Responsibilities:

Educational Leadership

• Assists the principal in establishing and maintaining an effective and positive learning climate/morale in the school and developing/implementing a PBIS system.
• Assists the principal in the overall administration of the school.
• Serves as principal in the absence of the school principal.
• Assists the principal in the design and implementation of programs, based on current educational theory and research, to meet the specific needs of the school and its students.
• Facilitates the UCP approved curriculum/instruction to optimize the academic progress of every student.
• Assists the principal in the acquisition, utilization and inventory of instructional materials and equipment for the school.
• Assists the principal in facilitating services for all students in the school including coordination of the schedules of related services (i.e. therapy, nursing services, behavior services)
• Assists the principal in conducting an on-going assessment of the educational program in the assigned school, including the strengths and areas in need of improvement; the analysis of test results, attendance records, discipline reports; feedback from students, staff, administrators and parents; and other formal and informal data.
• Assists the Principals in ensuring MTSS meetings are held and follow up is completed.
• Assists the Principal in meeting regularly/conduct walkthrough with teacher to provide feedback
• Assists principal to design professional development and programming for individual teachers/ed support staff to address deficits, build on strengths, and become more effective and successful team members including providing model lessons.
• Attends Consortium Professional Development to support initiatives

School Management/Administration

• Ensure school is in compliance with state law and regulations and UCP Charter School practices.
• Liaison for Facility/IT and other building issues and makes recommendations about short-range and long-range needs.
  • Ensures compliance materials are completed for Charter Schools (i.e. Red Binder, Charter Links)
  • Ensures all DCF regulations are followed (if applicable).
• Assists the principal in the on-boarding of new staff.
• Works to achieve/sustain 100% of projected student enrollment capacity.

Student Management

• Maintains high standards of student conduct and enforces discipline as necessary, according to due process rights of the students and Code of Conduct.
• Generates and maintains accurate discipline records
• Provide support for teachers with students who need additional behavior assistance

Human Resources

• Assists the principal in the screening, interviewing and reference checks and recommends and assigns school staff.
• Supports the Principal in disciplinary actions, coach & counsels as requested.
• Assists the Principal in completing Performance Appraisal process, including maintaining data in Paycom Systems.

Communicates with Stakeholders

• Assists the principal in promoting on-going, two-way communications with stakeholders (i.e., students, staff, parents, community residents) to enhance the educational program provided by the school.
• Assists the principal in utilizing the resources of the school and community to enhance the educational program
• Develop and maintain positive community, parental, and academic relationships

Performs other duties as assigned.

Education/Credentials

• Master’s Degree in Education, Educational Leadership preferred
• Certification: Florida Professional Teaching Certificate

Minimum Experience:

• 5 years’ experience teaching in an elementary classroom (or PreK if Early Childhood AP)
• Strongly preferred previous experience as an assistant or school principal.
• 3-5 years supervisory and leadership experience in an education/school setting
• Demonstrated success working with people, in establishing goals, objectives and action plans to produce expected ends/results.
• Experience with Student Discipline.