ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, SECONDARY

Candidate Pool 2025-26 School Year

This candidate pool will be used to fill assistant principal positions

at the secondary level as they become available:

Intermediate School and High School

Position Description:

The Assistant Principal is part of a dynamic administrative/leadership team that works in collaboration to provide leadership, supervision, and evaluation of school activities and programs. Under the direction of the Principal, the Assistant Principal shares responsibilities in areas of instructional program; curriculum development; supervision and evaluation of staff; counseling and guidance; student discipline and extra-curricular activities; plant maintenance and operations.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Participate in development and evaluation of educational programs.
• Foster and support a positive, caring climate for learning.
• Deal sensitively and fairly with persons from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Assist in development of campus improvement plans with administrators, staff, parents, and community members.
• Develop, maintain, and use information systems to maintain and records to track progress on campus performance objectives and academic excellence indicators.
• Support and evaluate classified and certificated employees.
• Assist in interviewing, selecting, and orienting new staff.
• Supervise plant maintenance and operations.
• Facilitate and create the development of master schedule.
• Facilitate, create schedules, and monitor and supervise extracurricular activities.
• Supervise reporting and monitoring of student attendance and address attendance issues.
• Assist with safety inspections and safety-drill practice activities.
• Coordinate transportation, custodial, cafeteria, and other support services.
• Ensure that students are adequately supervised during non-instructional periods.
• Support, facilitate, and implement a Positive Behavior Intervention and Support system, including restorative practices.
• Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed, and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable.
• Conduct conferences on student and school issues with parents, students, and teachers.
• Participate in professional development to improve skills related to job assignment.
• Demonstrate awareness of school-community needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.
• Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.

The duties and responsibilities described here are representative of those that may be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these job functions.

Required Qualifications:

• Appropriate California credential Administrative Services Credential
• Master's Degree
• Five (5) years minimum of teaching experience
• Appropriate training and/or prior leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge and ability to interpret, apply and communicate board policies, laws, rules, and regulations related to secondary programs, including discipline.
• Effective facilitation, planning, and organization skills.
• Effective communication skills: listening, speaking, and written.
• An understanding of restorative practices, implementation, and sustainability.
• Ability to analyze and problem solve complex situations.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to organize, administer, and evaluate the various components of a student support service program including student discipline, drug and alcohol counseling, student assistant program, etc.
• Knowledge of characteristics of high-quality instruction and curriculum
• Ability to related to students, parents, and staff in a professional and respectful manner.
• Skills related to the technical, human, and judgmental aspects of the position.

About Newport-Mesa Unified School District

The Newport-Mesa Unified School District (NMUSD) includes nearly 59 square miles and is comprised of the cities of Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, and Corona del Mar, California. Located on the beautiful Southern California coast, in Orange County, NMUSD is within 40 miles of Los Angles to the northwest , and within 90 miles of San Diego to the south. Our Superintendent and the seven member governing school board oversees 32 schools and approximately 22,000 students. Our district is comprised of 22 elementary schools, 2 intermediate schools, 2 middle/high schools, 2 high schools, 3 alternative education programs, and 1 adult education program (in partnership with Huntington Beach Adult School.) We employ approximately 1,700 certificated employees and 1,500 classified employees.

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