Assistant Principal

DeKalb County Regional Office of Education; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

DeKalb County Regional Office of Education seeks an Assistant Principal for a middle school in the United States. The role supports the principal in safety, organization, and supervision to advance teaching and learning.

Strong leadership, collaboration with staff, and program implementation are essential. The candidate will supervise behavior management, attendance initiatives, and disciplinary processes while coordinating with the ROE and district teams.

Qualifications

• Licensure as a Professional Educator with Principal or General Administrative endorsement.
• Master's degree in Educational Administration.
• At least 5 years teaching experience with prior administrative experience.

Responsibilities

• Takes initiative with the principal to maintain a safe, positive learning environment.
• Collaborates with faculty and staff to support student work and address issues.
• Implements a school-wide behavior management system with clear consequences.
• Provides leadership for attendance improvement efforts.
• Monitors attendance and communicates with students/parents about absences.
• Communicates with ROE about truancy and participates in meetings to improve attendance.
• Monitors tardies and informs students about chronic tardiness.
• Coordinates student detentions, in-school and out-of-school suspensions.
• Assists in supervision of extracurricular activities and student lunches.
• Evaluates certified staff as assigned by the principal.
• Maintains building presence to promote positive behavior.
• Serves on the middle school Building Leadership Team and District Administrative Team.
• Revises the Student Handbook annually and maintains the Crisis Management Plan.
• Organizes safety drills and assists with standardized testing.
• Implements surveys such as the 5Essentials and participates in conferences.
• Participates in faculty meetings and School Improvement meetings.
• Supervises after-school events and 8th grade promotion.
• Prepares administrative reports and assumes principal duties in absence.
• Assumes other duties as assigned by the principal.

Education

MA in Educational Administration

Principal or General Administrative endorsement

5 years teaching experience

Job description

Job Title

Assistant Principal Middle School

Reports to

Superintendent

Job Goal

Assists the principal in the organization, safety, administration, and supervision of the middle school. Assists principal with improvements supporting all aspects of teaching and learning.

Job Qualifications

Professional Educator License Endorsement with a Principal or General Administrative endorsement, MA in Educational Administration, 5 years of teaching experience and prior administrative experience or such alternatives to the listed qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable.

Performance Responsibilities

• Takes initiative in partnering with the principal to maintain a safe and positive learning environment, proactively addressing observed needs in a timely manner with professionalism and students' best interests always at the forefront.
• Interacts and collaborates professionally with all faculty and staff to prevent and solve problems in addition to supporting all faculty and staff members' work with students.
• Implements a school-wide behavior management system with meaningful incentives and consequences, assuming responsibility for handling student discipline issues with empathy, fairness, and consistency in adherence with the Student Handbook and BOE policy (investigating, communicating with all involved, and issuing consequences).
• Provides leadership for attendance improvement efforts.
• Assumes responsibility for monitoring daily attendance functions, which includes communicating with students and parents about unexcused and/or excessive excused absences through phone calls, letters, and meetings as needed.
• Communicates with the ROE about truancy, which includes informing the ROE when students reach the 10-day mark, providing previous parent notifications, and participating in ROE/parent/student meetings to improve student attendance.
• Assumes responsibility for monitoring tardies to school/class, communicating with students about chronic tardiness to improve, and issuing consequences when applicable.
• Coordinates student detentions, in‑school suspensions, and out‑of‑school suspensions.
• Assists in the supervision of extra‑curricular activities as assigned.
• Assists in supervision of student lunches.
• Assists in the evaluation of certified staff as assigned by the principal.
• Maintains a presence in the building, including hallways during transitions, to communicate with students, be accessible to them, and promote positive behavior.
• Serves on the middle school Building Leadership Team.
• Participates in the District Administrative Team.
• Revises the Student Handbook on a yearly basis.
• Maintains and revises the Crisis Management Plan.
• Organizes and facilitates safety drills (fire, severe weather, intruder).
• Assists with standardized testing.
• Implements mandatory surveys, such as the 5Essentials.
• Participates in parent teacher conferences.
• Attends and participates in faculty meetings.
• Attends and participates in School Improvement meetings, supporting initiatives and goals.
• Attends and supervises occasional after‑school events, like dances, and 8th grade promotion.
• Prepares administrative reports as assigned.
• Assumes the responsibility of the principal of the school in the absence of the principal when designated.
• Assumes other duties as assigned by the principal.

Salary/Benefits

The recommended candidate for this position will receive a regionally competitive starting salary depending on educational background and experience. Benefits are available on our website.