Vice Principal Elementary School

TITLE : Vice Principal - Elementary Middle & High School

TYPE : Contract Per Unit B Collective Bargaining Agreement

REPORTS TO : Building Principal

BRIEF DESCRIPTION :

The vice principal will be required to perform the following duties which include but are not limited to the following : (1) assist the principal in managing overall school site operations in accordance with school district DESE and state policies (2) provide instructional leadership to staff (3) maintain an orderly and safe school environment including student discipline (4) coordinate school activities and duties (5) communicate and cooperate with staff students administration parents and stakeholders (6) address issues that impact the school (7) positively represent the school within the community (8) perform additional duties as assigned by the principal or superintendent of schools.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The vice principal will assist the principal in his / her capacity of the chief administrator and educational leader of the building :

• Leadership

Assists in the development and communication of the educational vision and mission of the school.

DESIRED AND REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Masters degree from an accredited college or university. Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a school principal / assistant principal. A minimum of five (5) years of successful classroom teaching experience. Previous school leadership experience.

ADA & MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Physical Requirements : Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers copiers adding machines 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 newsletters schedules manuals Invoices requisitions menus recipes Journals etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence reports forms evaluations procedures charts surveys articles bid specifications brochures news releases handbooks budgets 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 a variety of technical or professional languages including medical legal accounting and marketing terminology.

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 and geometry.

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

Motor Coordination : Requires the ability to 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.

Interpersonal : 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 : receiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Early Childhood Education,Infant Care,Classroom Experience,Lesson Planning,Preschool Experience,Special Education,Teaching,Administrative Experience,Child Protective Services,Childhood Development,Experience with Children,Toddler Care

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1