School Administrator Jobs

Job Summary

Primary responsibilities

• Serve as a role model for students, dressing professionally, demonstrating the importance and relevance of learning, accepting responsibility, and demonstrating pride in the education profession.
• Supervise dismissal.
• Maintain locker assignments with functioning combinations. Investigate reports of thefts from lockers, and take actions to correct.
• Answer correspondence promptly.
• Proofread report cards.
• Establish a professional rapport with students and with staff that earns their respect.
• Provide regular opportunities for students to celebrate success in instructional programs and extracurricular activities, and inform parents and the community of the accomplishments of students, staff, and the school.
• Disaster preparedness procedures shall include fire, bomb threats, severe weather, emergency closing or delayed opening of the school, accidents, traffic emergencies, civil disturbances, disruptions, death, personal tragedy, and other unusual circumstances.
• Observe teachers, hold follow up conferences and maintain records on suggestions for needed improvement.
• Use excellent written and oral English skills when communicating with students, parents, and colleagues.
• Assume responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of students, personnel, and visitors.
• Regularly inspect facilities to ensure compliance with all applicable codes and regulations.
• Check staff attendance and assign appropriate coverage.
• Supervise, and provide supervision for non-classroom areas as assigned.
• Organize, manage, evaluate, and supervise effective and clear procedures for the functioning of the class assigned, consistent with operations of the total school, and consistent with the philosophy, mission, values and goals of the school and district, including instructional programs in the Core Curriculum Content Standards, program evaluation, extracurricular activities, discipline systems to ensure a safe and orderly climate, financial management for the class, personnel management, and community relations.
• Assure due process in carrying out the discipline code.
• Ensure that personnel evaluation procedures are accomplished in a fair and consistent manner that encourages accountability, growth, and excellence, in accordance with law, board policy, and contractual requirements.
• Complete in a timely fashion all records and reports as required by regulations or requested by the Principal.
• Represent the school at community, state, and professional meetings.
• Coordinate school and community resources for assigned students who need specialized assistance, including the services of the guidance counselor, social worker, nurse, psychologist
• Perform any duties that are within the scope of employment and certifications, as assigned by the SCHOOL and not otherwise prohibited by law or regulation.
• Prepare all required reports regarding violence, vandalism, attendance and discipline matters.
• Continue to grow professionally through collaboration with colleagues and professional growth experiences.
• Develop with individual staff members a Professional Improvement Plan.
• Follow procedures for emergencies and disasters, following state, and local guidelines.
• Conduct meetings as necessary.
• Use effective presentation skills when addressing students, staff, parents, and the community, including appropriate vocabulary and examples, clear and legible visuals, and articulate and audible speech.
• Recommend opportunities for effective staff development that address the needs of the instructional program and needs of the staff, including workshops, conferences, visitations, and sessions in which the staff shares successful practices and strategies.
• Provide a positive example to students by supporting Al-Huda School’s mission of educating the next generation of Muslims who seek guidance through the Quran and practice of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
• Maintain visibility with students, staff, parents, and the community, attending school and community functions regularly to demonstrate a genuine interest in the students and staff.
• Supervise in a fair and consistent manner effective discipline and attendance systems with high standards, consistent with the philosophy, values and mission of the school, in accordance with due process and other laws and regulations, ensuring a safe, orderly environment that encourages students to take responsibility for behavior and creates high morale among staff and students.
• Summarize, interpret, and disseminate current developments in discipline strategies, effective student motivation, learning theory and research, instructional strategies and classroom management through reading of professional journals, participation in professional development, and involvement in professional organizations.
• Ensure that personnel and student record keeping procedures comply with state and federal law. Follow procedures for safe storing and integrity of all public and confidential school records.
• Counsel students and work closely with parents to help students to assume responsibility for behavior and understand the consequences of their decisions.
• Review progress reports and mid-year and final examinations for the departments assigned.
• Conduct discipline and suspension hearings in accordance with established school and district procedures.
• Assist with curriculum development, program evaluation, allocation of instructional materials and resources, and coordination of activities of departments assigned, ensuring that curriculum is current and addresses the Core Curriculum Content Standards.
• Implement best and authentic Islamic practices as well as school’s philosophy and mission.
• Check instructional materials and maintain inventories.
• Communicate regularly with parents, seeking their support and advice, so as to create a cooperative relationship to support the student in the school.
• Follow established procedures for providing information to staff, students, and parents, and the media. Notify the Principal immediately of any unusual circumstances.
• Attend required staff meetings and serve, as appropriate, on staff committees.
• Supervise personnel as assigned by the Principal to ensure that all job responsibilities are met and exceeded.
• Operate electronic and other equipment needed to carry out job functions and responsibilities.
• Ensure compliance with all laws, administrative codes, board policies and regulations.
• Establish and promote high standards and expectations for all students and staff for academic performance and responsibility for behavior.
• Protect confidentiality of records and information gained as part of exercising professional duties and use discretion in sharing such information within legal confines.
• Display the highest ethical and professional behavior and standards when working with students, parents, school personnel, and agencies associated with the school.
• Ensure that the instructional programs engage the learner in tasks that require analytical and critical thinking, questioning the known, problem solving and creativity, that they address each student’s needs, interests, and skill levels, that they encourage the student to define individual goals and accept responsibility for learning, and that they provide a variety of methods for the student to demonstrate performance and accomplishments.
• Supervise activities of the class, including evening activities, and share in the supervision of school-wide activities as assigned on a rotating basis.

• Administrator's certification is a plus
• Public Health background a plus
• Must hold a college degree (evaluation of degrees from overseas must be submitted)
• Preference will be given to candidates with degrees in Education Administration

• Must have administrative experience in school settings
• Experience in Islamic School settings is a plus