Assistant Principal

TBD; Tarboro (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Edgecombe County Public Schools in Tarboro, NC seeks an Assistant Principal to join the administrative team. Reports to the Principal and starts immediately. The role includes guiding the school program, supporting staff development, and overseeing discipline procedures.

The candidate will collaborate on budget planning, procedures, and communicating policies to families and the community, with a focus on maintaining a positive school climate and educational outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Education Administration required.
• 3 to 5 years of classroom teaching experience.
• Valid North Carolina teaching certificate and NC driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Assist to develop and implement the total school program.
• Support goal setting and planning of the instructional program.
• Provide direction and support to staff for implementing goals and objectives.
• Assist in evaluating the school program and staff, and initiate improvements.
• Involve staff in budget priorities and coordination of co-curricular activities.
• Maintain professional knowledge and skills and coordinate budgets and schedules.
• Help communicate policies and program goals to the community.

Education

Master's degree in Education Administration

Job description

Assistant Principal

Edgecombe County Public Schools TBD - Tarboro, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

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Job Details

Job ID: 5972787
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: Oct 27, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

REPORTS TO: Principal

SUPERVISES: Will supervise as assigned by the principal.

PURPOSE: The assistant principal serves as a member of the administrative team to develop and implement the total school program.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A. MAJOR FUNCTION: Pre-Class Organization

The assistant principal assists to implement student orientation and registration activities.

B. MAJOR FUNCTION: Planning the School Program

The assistant principal assists in the development and establishing of the schools goals and objectives and the planning of the schools instructional program.

C. MAJOR FUNCTION: Implementing the School Program

The assistant principal assists to provide direction to staff in implementing goals and objectives and interacts and meets with staff to assist in their development.

D. MAJOR FUNCTION: Evaluating and Remediation the School Program

The assistant principal assists in the evaluation of the school program and of staff and assists to initiate needed improvements.

E. MAJOR FUNCTION: Involving the Staff in Budget Allocations

The assistant principal involves the staff in setting budget priorities.

F. MAJOR FUNCTION: Keeping Professionally Competent

The assistant principal acts to upgrade own professional knowledge and skills.

G. MAJOR FUNCTION: Coordinating Budgets and Schedules

The assistant principal assists in the preparation and management of budgets and schedules and in the coordination and implementation of the co- curricular program.

H. MAJOR FUNCTION: Handling Disciplinary Procedures

The assistant principal assists to define and disseminate information about school discipline policy and procedures to parents, students, staff, and community.

I. MAJOR FUNCTION: Coordinating and Communicating the Schools Formal

Structure

The assistant principal communicates and carries out established policies, delegates and accepts responsibility for completion of tasks and communicates program goals, objectives, and policies to the community.

J. MAJOR FUNCTION: Coordinating School Services and Resources

The assistant principal assists in supervising and maintaining auxiliary service and uses community resources to supplement the school program.

K. MAJOR FUNCTION: Facilitating Organizational Efficiency

The assistant principal promotes and maintains open communications, positive student attitudes, respects dignity, worth of staff, students, and complies with established lines of authority.

L. MAJOR FUNCTION: Assisting in Record Keeping

The assistant principal assists in completion of records and reports and in the supervision and inventory of necessary supplies, textbooks, equipment, and materials.

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Master’s degree in Education Administration, 3 to 5 years of experience as a classroom teacher or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Must possess a teaching certificate from the State of North Carolina. Must possess a valid North Carolina driver's license.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, cellular phones, etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.

Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports,

forms, charts, strategic plans, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, appraisals, charts, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in Standard English.

Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra, descriptive statistics, statistical inference, and statistical theory.

Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.

Motor Coordination: Requires the ability coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.

Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.

Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.

Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.

DISCLAIMER

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.

Position Type: Permanent Full-Time
Job Categories:

Administration > Assistant Principal/Dean/Head

Job Requirements

• Master degree preferred.

Contact Information

• Dr. Donisha Barnes , Chief Human Resource Officer
• Central Office
• Email: [e-mail]

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