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Position Goal:

To provide positive, collaborative leadership with the building principal and other staff for the continuous improvement of student learning.  The primary responsibility of the Assistant Principal is to assist and support daily improvement of classroom instruction that results in high levels of student academic achievement.  The Assistant Principal shall assume an assigned portion of the leadership of the total program of the school and assist and support the Principal.  The Assistant Principal must possess an understanding of the education process and be able to articulate and establish the conditions that affect learning.  The primary responsibilities of the assistant principal are the establishment of an academic climate that is conducive to learning and the daily improvement of classroom instruction that results in high levels of student academic performance. The assistant principal is responsible for supporting the principal to ensure all aspects of the building instructional program (curriculum materials, instructional capacity, use of assessment)  achieve high standards for student academic performance and to do so with a high level of integrity. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid Washington State Administrator credential with Principal endorsement required
• Valid Washington State Teaching certificate
• Successful teaching and instructional leadership experience
• Experience and/or training with cultural, ethnic, and language diversity preferred 

Essential Job Functions: 

Desired Skills: 

• Demonstrated experience of changing a classroom, department or building’s culture through a leadership experience or in a previous  administrative assignment
• Prior experience in designing and implementing a secondary school master schedule that supports innovative use of time for teacher collaboration and cross content grade level teaming
• Demonstrated ability to create a professional learning community focused on using data to achieve improvements in student learning
• Demonstrated ability to work well with people, maintain positive working relationships, and solve problems
• Demonstrated ability to relate well to students and families from diverse cultures and backgrounds, and knowledge of practices to ensure the establishment of environments conducive to high levels of student learning for all students
• Demonstrated ability to bring people and resources together around best practices that improve instruction
• Demonstrated experience of the ability to set, model, and monitor and enforce the adherence to clear expectations/standards for behavior for  students and knowledge of the central role of a student’s culture/background in this work
• Demonstrated experience in resolving and/or managing conflict
• Evidence of the ability to provide constructive and/or directive feedback to classroom teachers and the subsequent monitoring of progress toward the suggested / directed goal that resulted in a change of behavior or practice
• Demonstrated experience in implementing research based, best practices that have increased student achievement and for preparing students for college and/or career readiness
• Experience in using data to:
• Assign teaching staff based on student need and teacher expertise
• Identify, monitor and intervene with students most at risk of failure
• Identify groups of students that are underperforming and to establish specific achievement goal increases for each group
• Demonstrated instructional leadership that has resulted in improved student learning
• Experience in implementing curriculum, assessment, instruction that improve learning performance
• Effective oral and written communications
• Model listening to and partnering with students, staff, and adults from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds
• Value staff, student, parent and community input in creating a positive and respectful learning and teaching environment
• Strong supporter of teacher leadership and collaborative processes
• Familiarity with Common Core State Standards and teacher frameworks for professional growth 

Marysville School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Marysville School District complies with all federal and Washington State rules and regulations and will provide equal employment opportunity and treatment for all applicants and staff in recruitment, hiring, retention, assignment, transfer, promotion and training.  Such equal employment opportunity will be provided without discrimination with respect to race, creed, national origin, age, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.  .  The district will provide equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society.   The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:  Civil Rights Coordinator - Gregg Kuehn, Risk Management Supervisor, gregg_kuehn@msd25.org , 360-965-0109; Title IX Officer - Jason Thompson, Executive Director of Human Resources, jason_thompson@msd25.org , 360-965-0070; Section 504 Coordinator, Stephanie Zikopoulos, Director of Categorical Programs, stephanie_zikopoulos@msd25.org, 360-965-0049; ADA Coordinator - James Stevens, Executive Director of Special Education, james_stevens@msd25.org,  360-965-0170.  Address:  4220 80th Street NE, Marysville, WA 98270.  www.msd25.org  Marysville School District is a drug- and tobacco-free workplace.