Position Type:
Administration/Assistant Principal

Date Posted:
7/9/2026

Location:
Westchester Intermediate School

Date Available:
2026-27 Sc Yr

Closing Date:
when filled
SUMMARY OF POSITION:

Responsible for assisting the building principal in organizing and fostering a positive, safe environment that is conducive to best meeting the needs of all students, staff, and parents. This includes such responsibilities as: leading, directing counseling, and supervising a variety of personnel and programs; creating effective parent, teacher, and child communications; supporting, encouraging, mentoring, and evaluating staff; fostering teamwork between teachers and among staff and parents; and managing budget items.

Starting Salary: $84,000 annually/ 195 days

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any of the following or any combination of the following qualifications are accepted:

• Licensed teacher
• Master's degree in Education and/or Counseling
• Administrative license or enrolled in administration coursework is preferred
• Minimum of five years of classroom teaching and/or school counseling experience

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates an understanding of the DSC mission and strategic plan and supports district initiatives via a clear vision for rigorous and impactful teaching & learning.
• Partners with the school community to promote student learning: Understands the greater community and works to establish a genuine partnership model between home and school.
• Consistently demonstrates high moral, ethical, and professional standards of performance and personal integrity, which includes addressing problems and issues in an open, honest, and timely manner.
• Assists in creating a school culture that promotes the ongoing improvement of learning and teaching for students and staff by way of the Professional Learning Communities process.
• Assists in leading the development, implementation and evaluation of a data-driven plan for increasing student achievement, including the use of multiple student data elements.
• Assists instructional staff with alignment of a guaranteed and viable curriculum and common assessments in conjunction with state and local district prioritized learning goals.
• Assists in the development, implementation, and evaluation of intervention programs that address the needs of at-risk students.
• Leads the Academic RtI Team to oversee the data collection to identify students for placement and ensure appropriate levels of support are provided.
• Assists with establishing and implementing school rules, expectations, and procedures to provide an environment conducive to learning.
• Assists in providing a safe and secure learning environment utilizing the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support process.
• Performs a variety of administrative duties, including assistance with the managing of both staff and fiscal resources to support student achievement and legal responsibilities.
• Supervises extracurricular activities before & after school, as well as on the weekends.
• Monitors, assists, and evaluates effective and equitable instruction and assessment practices, ensuring alignment with the School Improvement Plan.
• Serves as a mentor for new teachers.
• Collaborates with the principal for the evaluation of classified staff.
• Leads the High Ability/Honors Team to oversee the data collection to identify students for high ability course placement.
• Provides coaching to a variety of faculty, staff, and student programs and services.
• Participates in formal and informal classroom visitations and observations.
• Participates in the development of transition plans for students.
• Participates as needed in Individual Educational Plan meetings.
• Serves as School Testing Coordinator (STC).
• Actively leads and/or participates in district meetings/committees, workshops, school academic, athletic, and extracurricular activities.
• Chairs meetings (e.g., curriculum, safety, site advisory, special district committees, etc.) for the purpose of coordinating activities and ensuring that outcomes achieve school, district, and/or state objectives.
• Circulates and is highly visible in the school's common spaces during school hours, overseeing students.
• Professionally engages and confers with parents and colleagues, creating healthy relationships with students and faculty to address student academic and behavioral needs and create a quality learning environment.
• Follows the board policies and stays abreast of updates/changes.
• Follows all expectations established in the DSC Evaluation Plan, DSC's Teacher Agreement, and employee handbook.
• Adheres to SBOA regulations and DSC and board policies, procedures, and accounting practices. Ability to practice consistent communication with CHS ECA Treasurer and DSC business office staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the responsibilities, duties and skills required. The incumbent may be expected to perform other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

1. Demonstrate interpersonal skills necessary to deal tactfully and effectively with persons at all levels in order to develop and maintain productive relationships.
2. Ability to learn new skills quickly and assimilate into daily work.
3. Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality both inside and outside the corporation.
4. Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
5. Ability to multitask with attention to detail.
6. Proficient operation of office equipment including computer and job-related software such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, sharing, and others.
7. Practical knowledge and use of multimedia authoring programs, learning management systems, and emerging technologies.
8. Practical knowledge of differentiated instruction, reading strategies, instructional design theories, and learning style theories.
9. Perform time management and scheduling functions, meet deadlines, and set project priorities.
10. Perform all other duties as assigned by immediate supervisors and district administrators.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (includes equipment, hours, physical demands)
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee is protected from outside weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes. There are no environmental hazards indicated for this position.

Equipment: This position is required to maintain a working knowledge of all office equipment. A basic knowledge of operations for computers, printers, telephone systems, fax machines, and copiers is required.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. By signing below, I signify that I have read and reviewed this job description.

All applicants must have a current application through our electronic application center at www.duneland.k12.in.us

Applicants selected for interviews will be contacted individually.