AP of Academics K-3rd - Apex

Primary Role:

The ideal candidate will work with school leaders to build and maintain a positive and safe school climate and carry out the school’s academic programs and perform teacher evaluations, attend and guide PLC meetings and work with data for overall student and staff growth. Further, the candidate will work closely with school counselors and school personnel to develop a strong school culture in which students grow to exemplify our core values.

Required Experience:

• B.A./B.S. degree from an accredited institution in education and/or a related field
• Master’s Degree in the specified content area (reading, math, etc.), curriculum and instruction, or administration
• 5 years of experience in teaching or school administration
• 1 years of experience in MTSS planning and implementation
• 1 years of experience in successfully implementing a PBIS (or related) plan
• Possession of a current North Carolina Professional Educator’s License 

Skills:

1. Strategic Leadership
1. Creates conditions that result in strategically re-imaging the school’s vision, mission, and goals in the 21st century.
2. Considers new ways of accomplishing tasks and is the leader of change
3. Communicates strong professional beliefs that reflect the latest research and best practices
2. Instructional Leadership
1. Sets high standards for professional practice of instruction and assessment that result in an accountable environment
2. Creates an environment of practiced, distributive leadership, and teacher empowerment
3. Demonstrates knowledge of 21st century curriculum, instruction, and assessment
4. Ensures alignment between school curriculum and the state’s accountability program
3. Cultural Leadership
1. Understands the important role a school’s culture contributes to the exemplary performance of the school
2. Communicates strong ideals and beliefs with staff, parents, and students and operates from those beliefs
3. Promotes a sense of well-being among staff, parents, and students
4. Builds a sense of efficacy and empowerment among staff
4. Human Resource Leadership
1. Ensures that processes and systems are in place that result in the recruitment, induction, support, evaluation, development, and retention of a high-performing staff
2. Creates processes for teachers to assume leadership and decision-making roles
3. Provides for results-oriented professional development
4. Systematically and personally involves him/herself in the school’s professional activities
5. Managerial Leadership
1. Ensures the school has processes and systems in place for budgeting, staffing, problem solving, communicating expectations, and scheduling that result in organizing the work routines of the school
2. Develops the master schedule that provides collaborative planning for every teacher
3. Develops and enforces clear expectations, structures, rules, and procedures for students and staff
6. External Development Leadership
1. Designs structures and processes that result in community engagement, support, and ownership
2. Creates a system that engages all community stakeholders in shared responsibility for student and school success
3. Ensures compliance with state and TMSA mandates
7. Micropolitical Leadership
1. Builds systems and relationships with staff in order to leverage their expertise, power, and influence to realize the school’s vision for success
2. Creates environment and mechanisms to ensure all internal stakeholder voices are heard and respected
3. Uses performance as the primary criterion for reward and advancement
8. Academic Achievement Leadership
1. Leader’s work will result in acceptable, measurable progress for students based on established performance expectations and will use appropriate data to demonstrate growth
2. This area is based on a school-wide student growth value as calculated by the statewide growth model for educator effectiveness

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Follow all Board policies 
• Maintain confidentiality of all student, parent, and staff information
• Collaborate with staff to plan the school’s instructional program
• Support and nurture a collaborative work environment for all employees
• Practice fair and consistent evaluations of teachers within established timelines
• Assist with recruiting and maintaining high-quality staff
• Maintain a good relationship with students, staff, and parents
• Provides timely communication of information with staff, parents, and students
• Communicates school’s accomplishments within TMSA, with school community, and public media
• Designs scheduling processes and protocols that maximize staff input and address diverse student learning needs
• Collaborates with staff to create opportunities for parents, community, and businesses to participate in the school
• Be easily accessible to staff
• Maintain high visibility throughout the school
• Effectively delegate tasks to others in a way that provides learning experiences for them and ensures the efficient operation of the school
• Actively seeks and applies feedback from staff, parents, and students
• Resolves short-term issues while balancing them against long-term goals
• Analyzes student performance data
• Evaluates student progress in current instructional program using current student performance data
• Effectively utilizes the latest technology to continuously improve the management of the school and enhance student instruction
• Manage your time and that of your staff well, including running effective meetings
• Monitors and works to improve student and staff attendance
• Maintains acceptable student behavior in all areas of the school
• Establishes and maintains a safe environment for all staff and students
• Perform teacher formal and informal evaluations 
• Other duties as assigned by Principal

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this job.

Salary : $73,456 - $80,956