Assistant Principal 
 

 

BEGINNING DATE: 26-27 School year

 

SALARY: Administrative 

 

APPLICATION:  

IN-DISTRICT: Letter of interest through School Spring - Applicant Tracking. 

OUT-OF-DISTRICT: Complete application through the School Spring - Applicant Tracking 

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: UNTIL FILLED 

 

Qualifications 

 

Applicant must be highly qualified which requires one of the following and a complete application on file to be eligible for the position: 

• Must possess a valid New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) Administrative License (Level 3B) upon hire.

• Minimum of five (5) years of successful teaching experience. 

• Must be motivated and competent at verbal and written communications and demonstrate a high degree of staff relations and public relations.

• Leadership strength in curriculum and instruction, with a strong background in discipline and proactive discipline systems/approach. 

• Strong leadership in maintaining, monitoring, and improving operations and resource management. 

• Personal discipline and willingness to commit significant time, effort, and focus to the wide array of duties of the position, both large and small. 

• Verifiable work and/or character references.

 

Job Summary 

 

The Assistant Principal assists in directing the day-to-day operations of an assigned school and in developing and implementing policies, programs, curriculum activities, and budgets 

 

Note:The school assignment will be reviewed annually and is subject to change pending student enrollment. 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

 

• Support the vision and educational goals for the schools. 

• Provide leadership in and be accountable for school-level instructional leadership in all subject areas, inclusive of bilingual, special education, and Career Technical education; facilitate curriculum development, implementation, instructional improvement, professional monitoring, curriculum alignment, standards-based education, and evaluation of programs. 

• Implement district-wide policies and programs. 

• Provide leadership in the supervision of programs designed to foster the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of students. 

• Provide leadership in establishing programs and activities designed to foster positive relationships among students and between students and staff. 

• Provide leadership and structure for meeting the day-to-day operating needs of the building. 

• Prepare the school budget by assessing program and fiscal needs of the school by reviewing student achievement in regular, special, and bilingual education, and all operational and federal program(s), inclusive of school-based health services and technology. 

• Adhere to purchasing/procurement laws, including board policy and procedures. 

• Actively manage and review site base budget allocations or activity funds and initiate budget transfers, budget increases, budget decreases (due to knowledge and/or familiarity of the scope of the program(s). 

• Ensure that all monies collected are deposited within twenty-four (24) hours. 

• Secure and account for all district properties and equipment assigned to the principal’s jurisdiction by maintaining an inventory and updating the inventory annually. 

• Assist in evaluating the condition of the building, grounds, and equipment. 

• Establish and enforce regulations for student behavior. 

• Provide leadership in the planning and supervision of extra and co-curricular activities. 

• Assist building principal in the establishment of an atmosphere at the school which will: 

• Promote positive communications with faculty, staff, students, parents, and community. 

• Promote a mutual understanding of concern, opinion, and feelings of each group. 

• Supervise and set up a supervision schedule for safety purposes during the workdays/school days and school activities. 

• Provide assistance in the selection, retention, evaluation, reassignment, and promotion of all building personnel. 

• Evaluate the performance of school employees using the required NMPED and District observation tools, and develop professional development plans or job improvement plans to assist school employees to improve; 

• Effectively evaluate classified staff in conjunction with appropriate supervisor(s). 

• Establish and maintain a positive building climate and culture for all stakeholders. 

• Meet with parent advisory groups, student councils, and other student support groups regularly. 

• Collaborate with various community stakeholders and other agencies on issues that relate to the school and/or students’ welfare in the school or in the community. 

• Provides leadership in building effective Professional Learning Communities. 

• Oversee all student assessments and implement test security precautions as required by school board policy, NMPED, and NMAC regulations. 

• Gather, interpret, disaggregate, and analyze student performance data to identify interventions/strategies for school and student improvement. 

• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of the school’s 90-Day plan. 

• Provide leadership in the development of the master teaching schedule and assign personnel to reflect teaching licensure. 

• Attend required education committee meetings as mandated by specific programs (i.e. IEPS, SAT, 504, Language Assistance, Attendance, etc.) 

• Responsible for the ordering of textbooks, supplies, materials, and equipment from the appropriate allocation, by following the procedures set by the instruction and finance offices. 

• Be responsible for the development of required student/faculty handbooks, safety plan and parental involvement plan. 

• Comply with State Fire Marshall regulations, fire drills and respond to reports. 

• Work collaboratively with district administration on program improvement, instruction, curriculum, and professional development plans. 

• Shall be responsible for verifying the certification of attendance for all assigned employees, including all students. 

• Supervise and monitor students as the disciplinarian for the school and develop and implement an “assertive discipline plan” that promotes a safe environment for all students. 

• Enforce the District attendance policy and ensure accuracy in the reporting and monitoring of student attendance 

• Perform such other tasks and duties and assume such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Superintendent or designee. 

 

Note: This is not an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable. 

 

 

Machines, Tools, and Equipment 

Must know how to properly operate, or be willing to learn to operate, multi-media equipment including current technology as needed. (Various machines and equipment including but not limited to computer, iPad, printer, scanner, copier, etc.) 

 

Safety and Health 

Knowledge of universal hygiene precautions (bloodborne pathogens, body fluids, etc.) 

 

 

Worker Traits and Aptitudes 

• Adaptability to perform required tasks in a complex office operation with multiple demands from several sources. 

• Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, statements, etc. 

• Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, statements, etc. using prescribed formats. 

• 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. 

• 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 a variety of technical or professional languages including insurance, personnel, and governmental terminology. 

• 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 Requirements 

• Walking, standing, sitting, bending, kneeling and squatting, climbing stairs, speaking and listening, reaching with hands and arms, having full mobility of fingers/hands to finger, handle or feel, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus, carrying, lifting, and moving up to 25 pounds and/or moving light furniture may be required.

 

• Reasonable (ADA) accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions if mutually agreed on and if those accommodations do not create an undue hardship upon the district. 

 

Working Conditions 

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: 

Maintain emotional control under stress, work with frequent interruptions. 

Some districtwide and statewide travel.

Occasional, prolonged, and irregular working hours.

 

 

Work Environment 

Must be able to work within various degrees of noise and temperature. Interruptions of work are routine. Flexibility and patience are required. Must be self-motivated and able to complete job assignments without direct supervision. After-hours work may be required. May make site visits as needed. May work under stressful conditions on occasion. 

 

 

THE DEMING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, AGE, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, OR HANDICAP IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS