VICE PRINCIPAL

Salary Range : $41,000.00 to $76,000.00USD

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

General Professionalism :

• Displays the highest ethical and professional behavior and standards when working with students, parents and Agency personnel.
• Fully engages in educational, behavioral and clinical services to ensure that all students are receiving an appropriate and complete educational program.
• Provides a safe, attractive, organized, functional, healthy, and clean environment for student learning.
• Implements school policies, procedures and / or processes for the purpose of providing direction and / or complying with mandated requirements.
• Uses effective presentation skills when addressing students, staff, parents, and the community including appropriate vocabulary and clear use of visuals.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to the cultural diversity of others.

Administrative :

• Maintains visibility with students, teachers, and parents.
• Conduct meetings, as necessary, for the proper functioning of the school including staff meetings.
• Attends and participates in school-based safety review meetings and conducts announced and unannounced program safety checks.
• Establishes professional rapport with teachers, teacher assistants and teacher aides to increase staff engagement and commitment.
• Works with teachers to provide quality supervision, coaching and performance feedback for paraprofessional staff.
• Provides adequate professional supervision and appropriate staff performance evaluations.
• Evaluates teachers in a fair and consistent manner for the purpose of ensuring that standards are achieved and student learning is maximized.
• Coordinates and insures accurate time and attendance tracking for staff in their assigned classrooms.
• Ensures that communication between home and classroom is timely and appropriate.
• Attends all conferences regarding any child’s program that is not meeting the need of the child through regular program channels.
• Ensures significant program information or personnel problems are communicated to the Principal.
• Works on agency committees as assigned by the Principal.
• Completes in a timely fashion all records and reports as requested by the Principal.
• Performs various other job assignments as requested by the Principal or Superintendent.

Curriculum Coordinator :

• Oversees curriculum implementation for designated grade band.
• Reviews and approves the lesson plans for assigned classrooms.
• Insures implementation of lesson planning in classrooms, including the use of specially designed instruction and appropriate data collection procedures.
• Utilizes Off-the-Grid time to provide direct in-classroom consultation and demonstration of educational programs to coach and guide instruction within assigned classrooms by encouraging the use of a variety of instructional strategies and materials consistent with research on learning and child growth and development.
• Follows established procedures for evaluation and selection of instructional materials and equipment, making recommendations to the Principal concerning purchase and use of resources.
• Gathers information and forwards it to the Principal regarding materials needed to provide an appropriate learning environments for all students.
• Ensures that all classroom staff receive training in student’s rights / proactive behavioral supports and the restrictions on negative reinforcement, restraint and time out procedures.

IEP Coordinator :

• Proofreads all draft IEPs for assigned caseload to insure alignment within the document.
• Presents the special educational performance levels and needs for all assigned students to the Committee on Special Education.
• Ensures that each student's Individualized Education Plan and all education reports are completed and implemented within assigned classrooms.
• Conducts fidelity checks of Progress Monitoring to insure data collection procedures are followed and progress / goal achievement is accurately reflected.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• As reflected above : directly supervises employees, carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws;
• general responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees;

addressing complaints and resolving problems.