Associate Junior High Principal/Activities Director
- Administrators and Supervisors
NATURE AND SCOPE OF JOB:
The Associate Principal/Activities Director is responsible for all aspects of the Junior HighSchool environment as directed by the Principal. The primary areas are instructional leadership,curriculum development, staff supervision and evaluation, staff development, creating a safe andorderly environment (student discipline and maintenance of building and grounds), buildingpositive relations, and creating a clear school mission. To coordinate the junior high athletes,activities, and intramural programs for the district. To be actively involved in the evaluation,development, implementation, revision, recommendations of the athletic, activity, and intramural
programs for junior high schools.
JOB FUNCTIONS
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Assists in providing for a safe and orderly environment.
- Assist in ensuring that student discipline will be conducted in a manner consistent with schooland school district guidelines.
- Assist in the responsibility for the overall operation of the school including the physical plant.
- Assists in providing for accurate record keeping in the areas of attendance, student files,achievement, safety drills, special education, and in all other phases of school life where accuraterecords are essential to smooth functioning.
- Assists in preparing and administering the budget and ensures that all monies collected and disbursements made are properly accounted for.
- Assists in the supervision of all non-certified personnel in a manner consistent with state andschool district policy and guidelines.
- Assists in the supervision of all certified personnel in a manner consistent with state andschool district policy and guidelines.
- Assists in providing for timely and straight forward communications with parents andcommunity.
- Assists in the recruiting and retaining a quality staff.
- Assists in working collaboratively with appropriate personnel in the district to develop andsustain a quality curriculum.
- Assists in the development and implementation of instructional processes.
- Assists in monitoring of student achievement and graduation rate.
- Assists in the development and implementation of the annual school improvement plan.
- Assists in the supervision of all student activities and programs.
- Assists in making recommendations of contract status, re-employment, or termination.
- Assists in conducting yearly evaluations of all school staff.
- Assists in creating positive relationships with and between all personnel in the school and allpublic stakeholders.
- Assists in creating and sustaining a climate of learning.
- Assists in promoting best practices and innovation.
- Assists in implementing the CCSD Strategic Plan.
- Follows federal and state laws and district policies and regulations.
- Makes recommendations of student expulsion to the board of trustees.
- Supervises junior high activity programs in consultation with the building principals.
- Recommends coaches, sponsors, and intramural personnel and evaluates their performancesin cooperation with the building principal and Director of Activities.
- Acts as a consultant to the administration, sponsors, and coaches on matters pertaining to thejunior high activities program.
- Holds meetings with coaches and sponsors whenever necessary; keeps them informed of allmatters pertaining to the activities program.
- Supervises all athletic facilities, schedules practice use, recommends maintenance andrepairs.
- Supervises and coordinates the budget of all activities for junior high schools.
- Supervises and coordinates inventory of all junior high activities.
- Maintains a record of athletic and activities reports such as rosters, awards, records, etc.
- Schedules all intra-school athletic events for the junior high school.
- Represents the school district in all athletic business at league and district meetingsconcerning junior high school.
- Enforces and interprets all athletic regulations as specified by the district, and the league inwhich membership is maintained.
- Prepares the district bus transportation schedule for activity trips and works with theSupervisor of Transportation in the implementation of the schedule.
- Acts as tournament manager for all district activities that are assigned to the school.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
- Maintains high visibility for all activity staff members and students.
- Makes all necessary arrangements for all non-school facilities needed in the activitiesprogram.
- Sends reminders of upcoming activity events to other schools, officials, judges, eventworkers, etc.
- Determines scholastic eligibility of all participants in activities and certifies theireligibility.
- Coordinates the set-up of athletic facilities for all home interscholastic athletic contests.
- Develops a reasonable and equitable program for the utilization of the concession stands.
- Cancels or postpones scheduled contests, officials and transportation because of weatheror other hazardous conditions. Notifies all parties involved - visiting school, custodians,media, event workers, etc.
- Ensures officials are properly paid.
- Reviews the CCSD Activity Code and the CCSD Coach/Sponsor Handbook annually.
- Holds all coaches and participants accountable to the CCSD Activity Code.
- Collects and files final season reports on programs, participation, letter winners andoutstanding award recipients.
- Maintains a file of all Activity Code violations, suspensions from contests, andfulfillments of contract.
- Reviews coaches/sponsors' requests to attend specialized clinics in their activity area.
- Works collaboratively with the other building Activities Directors to develop the bestCampbell County School District Activities Program possible.
- Supervises assigned personnel.
- Performs any other duties assigned by Principal.
- - EMPLOYEES ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL FUNCTIONS OFTHIS JOB - -
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND MENTAL ABILITY:
- Knowledge of curriculum and principles of learning.
- Knowledge of technology for the purpose of facilitating student learning.
- Ability to speak clearly and concisely.
- Ability to weigh options, think clearly, and evaluate accurately.
- Ability to understand and facilitate needs of various personality types.
- Ability to make decisions with sound emotional judgement.
- Must understand the psychological and physiological development of children.
- Must possess the ability to see, hear, and talk in order to ascertain teacher effectiveness.
- Must be able to walk, write, lift, and sit.
- Must be able to concentrate with numerous interruptions.
- Must be persuasive, alert, creative, and have patience, initiative, and reasoning.
EDUCATION, LICENSE, CERTIFICATION OR FORMAL TRAINING
- Possess a Bachelor's and Master's Degree.
- Proper certification issued by the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board as anAdministrator or Director is required.
EQUIPMENT USED:
- Computer
- Telephone
- Fire-Alarm Control Panel
- Copy Machine
- Blue Point Crisis System
- Visitor Management Software
- Copy Machine
- Video Equipment
- Score Boards Controllers
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Be able to stand 20% of the time.
- Be able to walk 50% of the time.
- Be able to sit 30% of the time.
- Be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Be able to carry up to 25 pounds 100 feet.
- Be able to push up to 200 pounds 30 feet.
- Be able to pull up to 100 pounds 50 feet.
- Possess proper stress management techniques.