Associate Principal - Kamiakin Middle School at LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT in St. Petersburg, Florida

Job Description:

Kamiakin Middle School is looking for qualified Associate Principal candidates for the 2025 - 2026 school year. The contract for this position begins July 1, 2025.

Position Summary:
Supports the Principal in establishing a widely shared vision/mission for learning at the secondary level that aligns with the Lake Washington School District's vision/mission. Aides in the development of a school culture and instructional program that supports both student learning and staff professional growth. Effectively carries out assigned tasks associated with school organization, operation, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment. Collaborates with faculty and community members, responding to diverse community and student interests and needs. Understands, responds to, and influences political, social, legal, and cultural contexts.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Collaboratively develops and implements a shared vision and mission.
• Aides in providing instructional leadership; works to improve student learning for a wide range of students.
• Effectively monitors, supervises, evaluates and improves assigned areas of the building instructional program and
  assigned staff.
• Aides in effectively leading continuous improvement processes; helps determine specific courses of action that result in
  school wide improved student learning.
• Maintains and communicates high standards of performance throughout the school community.
• Helps to establish norms of acceptable behavior for staff and students.
• Motivates and guides people to accomplish a task or a goal.
• Identifies the important elements of a problem situation and seeks relevant information, evidence, and data to determine
  possible causes and solutions.
• Reaches logical conclusions and makes high quality decisions based on available information, evidence, and data.
• Perceives the needs and concerns of others; resolves and diverts conflicts; interacts appropriately with individuals from
  diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
• Uses time and resources effectively to accomplish short and long-term goals.
• Effectively assigns projects and tasks to the appropriate people giving them clear authority to accomplish them and
  responsibility for their timely and acceptable completion.
• Clarifies goals and objectives and develops strategies for accomplishing desired results.
• Develops partnerships and resources within and outside of the school that supports the school and district's vision and
  mission.
• Plans and implements assigned programs and policies effectively; assesses and evaluates programs and policies'
  effectiveness based on information, evidence, and data.
• Models principles of self-awareness, reflective practice, transparency, and ethical behavior.
• Expresses ideas clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrates the ability to bring about change in a school through anticipating problems, meeting needs, and sharing
  decision making.
• Effectively manages and facilitates diverse groups.
• Effectively communicate as a public speaker.
• Aides in effectively managing the building/ASB budget
• Effectively manage and supervise classified personnel.
• Helps in creating and maintaining high performing teams.
• Collaborates effectively with central office personnel and with peers; provides district leadership with valuable ideas and
  work contributions.
• Carries out federal, state, and District regulations, policies, and practices.
• Acts ethically with integrity and fairness.
• Effectively resolves conflicts, interpersonal matters, and difficult individuals such as parents and staff.
• Effectively supervises athletic events, school activities, music performances and other school related events.