ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

 
 

TITLE: Assistant Principal (Elementary)
STAFF LEVEL: Administrative
Classification: Exempt
Status: Full time, 12-month

Overall Responsibilities
This role provides administrative assistance to the Elementary School Principal and Elementary Faculty so they can provide a classroom learning environment that is conducive to learning without distraction. It also seeks to provide an enjoyable learning experience for all students, including a sustained safe space for students to learn and have fun and enjoyable activities. Under the direction of the Elementary School Principal, the Assistant Principal will provide leadership in managing student behavior, school policy, school culture, and implementation of expectations placed on students.

Principle Responsibilities

  • Promote and maintain positive student culture

  • Manage student behavior and implement school policy

  • Support and supervise student enrichment and engagement activities

  • Work with classroom teachers on specific classroom needs

  • Participate in student activities and annual award events and celebrations

  • Collaborate on strategic planning needs

  • Represent Life Christian Academy at various meetings, fundraisers, and events

  • Assume Elementary Principal's responsibilities in their absence

  • Manage and facilitate after-school clubs

  • Oversee Teaching Assistants

  • Provide student mentorship in the areas of behavioral improvements

  • Support for academic accountability with teachers and students

  • Assist with communication networks as assigned

  • Assist with facilities reservations as needed

  • Supervise students and the safety of students prior to, during, and after school while on campus for any co-curricular program events or activities

  • Continually seek improvement in research-based Christian approaches to managing student behavior

  • Front-line duties in school discipline and student management, including administering student policies in relation to attendance and behavior expectations (and others as directed), as well as invoking disciplinary consequences and actions as needed

  • Communicating with parents and faculty about all student matters

  • Keep detailed attendance and disciplinary records in FACTS for the proper administering of progressive discipline

  • Other duties as assigned

Role Competencies

  • A commitment to Jesus Christ and the philosophy of Christian Education

  • Must attend Life Center Weekend Gathering at least once per month

  • Ability to demonstrate team management, leadership ability, and interpersonal skills

  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills

  • Ability to manage within an efficient academic structure

  • Strategic implementer, pastoral mentor, and consistent motivator

  • A willingness to stay current with educational trends

  • Ability to always exercise confidentiality and act discretely and with sensitivity

  • Confidence in assessing both classroom management and instructional effectiveness in teachers

  • A heart to serve students, faculty, staff, and the school community

Certifications and Licensure

  • First Aid/CPR

  • Valid Driver’s license

Education

  • Bachelors Degree required

  • Masters Degree preferred

  • Professional Certification preferred

Cultural Attributes Required

  • Passionate Personal Relationship with Jesus

  • Biblical Ethics & Integrity

  • Role Competent

  • Stewardship

  • Teamwork Minded

  • Adapti-Positive

  • Mission Focused

  • Self-Developer

  • Helpful

Supervisory Responsibility
This position has indirect supervision of an administrative assistant and faculty members.

Physical Demands and Environment
This role is performed both in an office setting and at various events. The noise level may be high at times. The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

  • Sit, walk, stand, stoop, or kneel

  • Ability to climb or balance

  • Use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms

  • Use hands to keyboard for data entry and word processing

  • Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

  • Able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Travel
Other than travel to and from the worksite, it is not anticipated except as may be necessary to attend offsite training or conference.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Hours
40 hours per week. Office hours are 8:00am – 4:30pm. Duties and responsibilities may require some evening or weekend hours.

Benefits
Paid holidays, vacation, personal day, sick leave, health insurance, life/ad&d/long term disability, and 403b match opportunity all in accordance with the Life Center Employee Handbook of Policies, Practices, and Procedures.

Compensation
$60,000 - $75,000 annually depending on qualifications

Description Updated: 03/13/2024 DS