CLASS SUMMARY

• Assists the Principal in School Improvement activities
• Assists the Principal in providing a comprehensive educational program for students
• Assists the Principal in improving student performance by:
  • Assessing educational and programming needs
  • Coordinating the use of instructional tools and strategies
  • Collecting data for evaluating and reporting student progress
  • Coordinating overall after-school programs, activities, and functions
• Assists the Principal in student management:
  • Implements appropriate procedures and maintains consistent practices within the school discipline program
  • Serves as liaison with student support services such as transportation
• Assists the Principal in staff development by:
  • Identifying topics for staff development
  • Planning and coordinating school-wide staff development activities
  • Researching and disseminating information on best practices for school improvement goals
• Assists the Principal with planning activities for accreditation and preparing accreditation documents
• Assists the Principal with the walk-through observations, formal observations and evaluation of teaching staff
• Assists the Principal with the evaluation of non-teaching staff
• Assists the Principal with creating and managing budgets, requisitions and allocation of supplies, equipment and instructional materials
• Assists the Principal with the preparation of class schedules, cumulative records and IEP/MET documents
• Assists the Principal with the hiring of teaching and other staff
• Assists the Principal with monitoring the safety and security of the school campus
• Position will be responsible for some or all of the listed duties and/or additional duties that occur from time to time.

 
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Current Arizona K-12 Principal certification- Three years experience as a teacher, preferably of students who are Blind/Visually Impaired or Deaf/Hard of Hearing

• Two years as a supervisor or administrator in an educational setting with experience in supervision/management, team leadership, and budget administration
• Demonstrated background in developing student specific interventions, curriculum, and instruction
• Fluent in ASL

 
LICENSING/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to pass FBI and State background check
• Defensive Driver Training Program to be completed by all agency personnel that drive on State business
• Masters Degree in Education of the Blind/Visually Impaired or Deaf/Hard of Hearing or Educational Leadership
• Arizona Principal's Certification or eligible for Certification by the Arizona Department of Education (Must complete Arizona Principal Certification within two years of hire)

 
KNOWLEDGE OF

• Principals, policies, and programs of the immediate work unit
• Principles and practices of administration and management
• Agency or program rules, regulations, and operating procedures
• Applicable Federal and State laws as they apply to the position
• Best practices in education and learning for students with special education needs
• Best practices in education and learning for students in the general curriculum
• Deafness and blindness and the effects on instruction for students who are Deaf/HH or Blind/VI
• Instructional methods for use with students who are Deaf/HH or Blind/VI
• Student assessments in standardized testing, Arizona State Standards, and progress monitoring of students (report cards, IEP progress reporting, curriculum based measures, etc.)
• Effects of reasonable accommodations and instructional modifications for students who are Deaf/HH or Blind/VI
• Arizona State Standards and implementation of the standards in the classroom and other instructional activities (community based)
• Applicable Federal and State laws and regulations regarding general and special education, including post-secondary transition planning
• Child development, behavioral intervention strategies, effective team collaboration
• Appropriate lines of communication and authority

 
DEMONSTRATED SKILL/ABILITY TO

• Communicate with staff, students, families and the community
• Planning and organization
• Budget planning and implementation
• Interpersonal skills, including respectful and courteous treatment of all agency staff
• Supervise
• Plan staff development and train staff
• Mediate and independently problem solve
• Handle student discipline