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Summary
The Assistant Principal supports the District in building a culture of care by establishing a safe, healthy, and inclusive community and learning environment that empowers all students to develop the skills to achieve the Portrait of a Sears Graduate.
The Assistant Principal assists the building principal in organizing and fostering a positive, safe environment that is conducive to best meeting the needs of all students, staff, and parents. This includes responsibilities such as leading, directing, counseling, and supervising various personnel and programs; creating effective parent, teacher, and child communications; supporting, encouraging, mentoring, and evaluating staff; fostering teamwork between teachers and among staff and parents; and managing budget items.
Essential Duties
- Living a Mission and Vision Focused on Results. The Assistant Principal assists the principal in working with the staff and community to build a shared mission and vision of high expectations that ensure all students are on the path to college and career readiness and holds staff accountable for results.
- Supports the coordination efforts to create and implement a vision for the school and defines desired results and goals that align with the overall school vision and lead to student improvement for all learners
- Ensures that the school’s identity, vision, and mission drive school decisions
- Conducts difficult but crucial conversations with individuals, teams, and staff based on student performance data in a timely manner for the purpose of enhancing student learning and results.
- Specific Responsibilities:
- Supports the implementation of the Portrait of a Sears Graduate in collaboration with the Principal
- Leads the District Stakeholder Partnerships Committee
- Leading and Managing Systems Change. The Assistant Principal supports creating and implementing systems to ensure a safe, orderly, and productive environment for student and adult learning toward achieving school and district improvement priorities.
- Supports the creation of a safe, clean and orderly learning environment
- Collaborates with staff to appropriately allocate personnel, time, material, and adult learning resources to achieve the school improvement plan targets
- Employs current technologies.
- Specific Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Superintendent on District Policy and Procedures
- Leads the District Emergency Preparedness Committee
- Co-Leads Threat Assessment/Crisis planning and efforts
- Oversee substitute hiring, training, and management
- Supports Front Office staff and school management
- Supports Team Coordinators
- Supports the building budget
- Improving Teaching and Learning. The Assistant Principal works with the school staff and community to develop a research-based framework for effective teaching and learning that is refined continuously to improve instruction for all students.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of instruction and of individual teachers by conducting frequent formal and informal observations by providing timely feedback on instruction as part of the district teacher appraisal system
- Ensures the training, development, and support for high-performing instructional teacher teams to support adult learning and development to advance student learning and performance.
- Advances Instructional Technology within the learning environment
- Specific Responsibilities:
- Supports District Assessment Implementation
- Conducts Educator evaluations
- Lead Evaluation Process of Instructional Assistants
- Support Professional Development
- Tuesday In-Service & staff meetings
- Institute Days
- Building and Maintaining Collaborative Relationships. The Assistant Principal creates a collaborative school community where the school staff, families, and community interact regularly and share ownership for the success of the school.
- Creates, develops and sustains relationships that result in active student engagement in the learning process
- Utilizes meaningful feedback of students, staff, families, and community in the evaluation of extracurriculuar programs and policies
- Proactively engages families and communities in supporting their child’s learning and the school’s learning goals
- Demonstrates an understanding of the change process and uses leadership and facilitation skills to manage it effectively
- Specific Responsibilities:
- Lead event planning, Traditions, and field trips in collaboration with the Principal.
- Leads student travel experiences (Washington D.C., Springfield, etc.)
- Oversee athletic director, extracurriculars, and all extra duties, including training coaches and sponsors, providing curriculum for sportsmanship, etc.
- Co-Oversees Communications Coordinator
- Co-Lead Parent Education Initiatives
- Lead Community Engagement Committee
- Co-Liaison to the Joseph Sears School Parent Volunteer Association (JSSPVA)
- Conduct new family tours
- Leading with Integrity and Professionalism. The Assistant Principal works with the school staff and community to create a positive context for learning by ensuring equity, fulfilling professional responsibilities with honesty and integrity, and serving as a model for the professional behavior of others
- Treats all people fairly, equitably, and with dignity and respect
- Demonstrates personal and professional standards and conduct that enhance the image of the school and the educational profession. Protects the rights and confidentiality of students and staff
- Creates and supports a climate that values, accepts and understands diversity in culture and point of view
- Creating and Sustaining a Culture of High Expectations. The Assistant Principal works with staff and community to build a culture of high expectations and aspirations for every student by setting clear staff and student expectations for positive learning behaviors and by focusing on students’ social-emotional learning
- Supports a culture of high aspirations and achievement and for every student
- Requires staff and students to demonstrate consistent values and positive behaviors aligned to the school’s vision and mission
- Co-leads a school culture and environment that successfully develops the full range of students’ learning capacities—academic, creative, social-emotional, behavioral and physical
Requirements
- Illinois Administrative Principal’s Endorsement
- Minimum five years of teaching experience
- PERA Certified
- All other requirements required by law
Physical Requirements
Ability to actively perform work in classroom, office and other business and community settings. Ability to move freely and perform duties in numerous locations throughout the day (typically involving frequent standing, walking, sitting, bending and lifting). Exposure to noise and activity of a school setting. Exposure to weather conditions. Ability to travel outside the district for a variety of meetings and conferences.
Kenilworth School District No. 38 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Grade levels:
- 1st grade
- 2nd grade
- 3rd grade
- 4th grade
- 5th grade
- 6th grade
- 7th grade
- 8th grade
- Kindergarten
School type:
Ability to Relocate:
- Kenilworth, IL 60043: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person