Qualifications:            

    1.  Hold a Postgraduate Professional Certificate with an endorsement in Administration and Supervision.

2. Have had at least three years of successful teaching experience.
3. Have a thorough understanding of school operations.
4. Possess strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

5. Have the ability to coordinate campus support operations.
6. Previous administrative experience a plus.

Reports to:                  Middle School Principal

Job Description:         

The Middle School Assistant Principal will assist the principal in the overall administration of instructional programs and campus-level operations in accordance with policies established by the local school board and the State Board of Education. In addition, the assistant principal will coordinate assigned student activities and services and perform duties as assigned by the principal. This is a twelve-month position.

Salary Range:              $67,286 through $87,058 depending on administrative experience and education.

Performance Responsibilities:

1. Participates in the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative instructional programs.
2. Promotes the use of technology in teaching/learning process.
3. Promotes a positive, caring climate for teaching and learning.
4. Communicates effectively with students, staff, and parents.
5. In conjunction with the principal, supervises and administers school discipline, including bus discipline, and performs related record keeping as necessary.
6. Manages the selecting, ordering, distributing, and tracking of textbooks.
7. Supervises bus duty (morning and afternoon), and faculty attendance to all required meetings.
8. In conjunction with home-school coordinator, monitors student absences.
9. Assists the principal with general supervision, observation, and evaluation of teachers in the classrooms.
10. Assists the office secretary in keeping an accurate daily attendance record of all personnel for the personnel files of each employee. Checks with school personnel who are having attendance problems.
11. Assists the principal in securing substitutes for teachers.
12. Works with law enforcement officers, probation counselors, and other officials to ensure that the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia are enforced at school.
13. Helps coordinate the summer school program.
14. Completes other duties as assigned by the principal.

NOTE:  Cumberland County Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation. CUCPS reserves the right to hire the best available candidate.