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Caddo Parish Schools Job Description
Job Title: Assistant Principal
Prepared By: Jan Holliday
Prepared Date: July 19, 2012
Approved By: Caddo Parish School Board
Approved Date: August 21, 2012
AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
Working under supervision of the school principal, assists in administering the school in accordance with school
board policies and uses leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills to manage assigned school so as to
promote the educational development of each student. Assists the principal with the planning and implementation of
a program which creates an environment where teachers have the ability to design and implement a course(s) of
study that enable students to learn and develop optimally.
Domains and Components will be used for the Assistant Principal evaluation in conjunction with measures of
student growth. Measures of student growth will be aligned with the Caddo Parish Public School System’s
accountability measures as outlined in the Louisiana Accountability System.
Domain I: School Vision Component A: Sets ambitious, data-driven goals and a vision for achievement;
invests teachers, students, and other stakeholders in that vision.
• The assistant principal creates an atmosphere for achievement of high academic expectations for all students; providing
a clear picture of the schools future.
• The assistant principal ensures that the school vision is lived in practice, encouraging behaviors that support the vision
and addressing behaviors that undermine the vision; enlisting the support, ownership, and institutionalization of the
vision from various perspectives and lenses.
• The assistant principal places data driven school level goals into the vision which describe how the vision will be
attained; adjusting the goals as needed, using student learning outcomes, needs assessments, observations of teacher
practices, and participation from stakeholders to ensure they are driving improvements in achievement.
Domain II: School Culture Component A: Facilitates collaboration between teams of teachers
• The assistant principal develops a school culture that allows effective teaching and learning to occur through the use of
effective and frequent collaboration between teams of teachers.
• The assistant principal reinforces the school culture, along with the teachers, students and stakeholders, through
practices and actions that say: this is how we do school here.
• The assistant principal establishes a culture of learning, wherein teachers identify and teach core academic skills across
the curriculum and implement shared instructional practices to improve student achievement; using work that is
rigorous and aligned with the Compass rubric.
Component B: Provides opportunities for professional growth and develops a pipeline of teacher leaders
• The assistant principal expects professional growth from all members of the teaching staff that is aligned with the
vision of the school and the Compass rubric.
• The assistant principal facilitates meaningful, targeted professional development opportunities aligned to teacher needs
and designed to improve instructional practice.
• The assistant principal cultivates a pipeline of teacher leaders and develops their leadership skills to provide additional
support to teachers in the school and allows them to take on additional leadership opportunities.
Component C: Creates and upholds systems that result in a safe and orderly school environment.
• The assistant principal ensures that the school building is clean and safe, all basic facilities are in working order and
that the physical plant fosters major academic priorities and initiatives.
• The assistant principal consistently implements and discusses across all classrooms, an age appropriate code of conduct
with written values and beliefs, that is aligned with district and school priorities.
• The assistant principal utilizes all support staff, including certificated and non-certificated employees, to strategically
support the achievement of school goals.
Domain III: Instruction
Component A: Observes teachers and provides feedback on instruction regularly.
• The assistant principal observes teachers to provide on-going actionable, clear and transparent feedback on instruction;
these observations will become a part of both formative and summative assessments of teacher effectiveness.
• The assistant principal ensures that all instruction is focused on the development and implementation of goals and
objectives that are aligned with the Common Core Standards.
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Component B: Ensures teachers set clear, measurable objectives aligned to Common Core.
• The assistant principal guarantees that all instruction is grounded in and guided by the Common Core Standards.
• The assistant principal implements a curricular scope and sequence that fosters rigorous instruction and activities that
are designed to cognitively challenge students using the Common Core Standards.
• The assistant principal supplies teachers with supporting curricular materials that allow them to implement the
curriculum with fidelity.
Component C: Ensures teachers use assessments reflective of Common Core rigor.
• The assistant principal facilitates and supports staff use of aggregated and disaggregated data to identify and prioritize
students’ needs in relation to the Common Core Standards.
• The assistant principal will ensure that all assessments are Common Core aligned and will maintain teacher
accountability for on-going analysis of student data to provide rigor, differentiation, rapid interventions and updated
intervention assignments to reflect student needs and progress.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Observes and supervises assigned personnel at the school level while performing designated duties.
• Assists in selecting, requisitioning, and administering supplies, materials, equipment, textbooks and services.
• Assists in supervising the maintenance of the school plant including the operation of custodial services, food services
and transportation, as assigned.
• Assists in establishing and enforcing rules and regulations related to student rights and responsibilities.
• Assists in accounting for student attendance.
• Assists in the supervision of extra-curricular activities.
• Assists the principal in investigating, evaluating and implementing instructional changes on the school level.
• Assists in maintaining accurate records related to curriculum procedures, instructional practices, and student records.
• Assists in the evaluation and development of the school staff including appropriate professional development activities.
• Performs other duties as designated by the principal.
Employee acknowledges that he/she is required to maintain a high standard of professional conduct. Breach of said professional
conduct includes but is not limited to: neglect of duty, dishonesty, engagement in acts that are contrary to CPSB policy, unlawful
activities, or any other conduct which is seriously prejudicial to the school system.
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of five years of successful teaching experience during the five-year period immediately
preceding appointment to the position of assistant principal. Holds a valid Type "A" or Level 3 Louisiana teaching certificate
with authorization as Provisional Principal, School Principal, or Educational Leader 1 or 2 and other requirements as set forth in
Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School Personnel (Bulletin 746).
Personal Characteristics: Ability to plan, organize, and oversee the work of the school staff; ability to work tactfully and
harmoniously with schools, staff, parents and/or the public; ability to gain the respect of staff, parents and students; ability to hold
records, reports and conversations in confidence and encourage cooperation between teachers and parents in order to ensure a
professional instructional climate for students; physical stamina and emotional stability to work effectively under pressure and to
keep all aspect of the job under control; exhibits professionalism in dealing with all members of the staff; neat, well groomed
appearance.
Terms of Employment: Elementary: 194 days; Middle: 195 days; High: 200 days
Reports to: School Principal
Supervises: Assigned school personnel at school site
Salary Range: See Caddo Salary Schedules for Assistant Principals |