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Job Description
Our outstanding teachers, support staff members and leaders are top-notch educators whom others seek to emulate, and quite simply - we would like for you to consider joining us.
General Description:
This is for the 2026-2027 school year. Assists the principal with school-based leadership, instruction, curriculum and development of effective teaching and learning strategies. Assists with the supervision and monitoring of student behavior and related activities. Promotes a positive, safe and secure learning environment and works with school staff and parents to prevent and resolve student academic, behavior and/or attendance issues.
Job Description:
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Essential Job Functions:
Provides instructional leadership when appropriate. Observes employee performance through non-evaluative observations. Assists with the coordination and supervision of transportation, custodial, cafeteria and other support services. Assists in the implementation of the school discipline management system to provide a safe and secure environment, specifically, to coach teachers to improve classroom discipline. Assists in monitoring student behavior in classes, on buses and at school events. Ensures that students are adequately supervised during transitions and other non-instructional periods. Confers with teachers and parents to resolve student academic, behavior and/or attendance issues that disrupt the learning process. Serves as an administrative designee for IEP meetings as assigned by the assistant principal. Assist in the coordination and administration of all state and division assessments at the school level. Supervises daily operations in the absence of the principal and assistant principal. Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence. Assesses student learning on an ongoing basis and alters instruction to meet group/individual needs. Uses the curriculum of the district to plan daily instructional activities. Supports the building principal in other areas as deemed necessary.
Budgetary Responsibility:
N/A Report Preparation:
Organizes data and prepares requested reports. Ability to work with various testing management systems
Equipment Operation:
Utilizes a personal computer and general office equipment.
Contacts:
Works daily with school faculty and staff to provide leadership and assistance. Communicates regularly with parents as appropriate. Works frequently with central office personnel and outside agencies to develop and implement discipline, attendance and/or instructional programs.
Work Direction:
Provides work direction to instructional staff and appropriate clerical and support staff.
Supervision:
Assists the principal in supervision of other school personnel as appropriate including the supervision of students before, during school and after school hours.
Decision Making:
High level of independent decision-making under the supervision of the principal.
Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:
N/A Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to lift, support, handle or feel objects, tools, equipment and/or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. This is a moderately physically active position which includes extended periods of walking and standing. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance and stoop or kneel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
Works in an elementary school setting, the noise level is quiet to moderate.
Qualifications:
Considerable knowledge of effective teaching strategies including best practices in instruction, classroom management, and positive behavior support and procedures. Has knowledge of the developmental needs of elementary age students. Working knowledge of school law, policies and regulations. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in speech and writing. Demonstrated ability in decision making, problem analysis, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, program management and research and planning. Demonstrated ability to analyze data to make program decisions and improvements.
Additional Job Requirements:
Minimum of 3 years of successful classroom teaching experience. Bachelor's degree and current Virginia teaching license required. Currently hold or working towards an endorsement in Administration and Supervision. Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation State Police Criminal History Investigation Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation Tuberculosis Screening/Test Compensation $55,046.62 - $83,594.34 Hours Per Day 8 Days Per Year 200 Benefits Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees. Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status. Chesterfield County Public Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for employees as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks. This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position and does not imply an employment contract. As one of the largest and most innovative school divisions in the nation, Chesterfield County Public Schools is committed to creating a better tomorrow through authentic and captivating learning experiences. With work guided by the values of equity, integrity, teamwork and ingenuity, we believe that a better tomorrow is created one student at a time. Through our strategic plan, Imagine Tomorrow, our focus is to create an infinite learner mindset while encouraging students and staff to exemplify personal responsibility and supportive relationships. We think our schools are pretty amazing, but we aren't the only ones. Our award-winning school division - which includes six National Blue Ribbon Schools, seven National Title I Distinguished Schools and six Middle Schools to Watch - is often cited as the reason people choose to live and work here. Educators from outside of our school division routinely visit our nationally-recognized schools to learn more about what we are doing, how we are doing it and why we are doing it. Our outstanding teachers, support staff members and leaders are top-notch educators whom others seek to emulate, and quite simply - we would like for you to consider joining us. You have a choice to make, and we would like for you to choose Chesterfield.
