Assistant Principal

Position Type:
Administration/Assistant Principal

Date Posted:
4/14/2025

Location:
Castle Rock High School

Closing Date:
Until FilledCastle Rock School District #401 would like to announce the opening of one High School Assistant Principal position for 2025-26 school year. Candidates must hold valid Washington State administrative certificate and also posses a valid teaching certificate.

The primary purpose of this position is to assist the building principal in providing instructional leadership by establishing, promoting and leading efforts aligned with the goal of "Learning for All." The assistant principal will foster an environment characterized by high expectations, data-driven decision making, continuous improvement and capacity building. It is expected the successful candidate will spend the majority of his/her time, energy and talents focused on the quality of education offered at our school while assisting the principal to run an efficient and organized operation. They will also monitor and manage our virtual high school and credit recovery courses.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ability to provide energetic, positive, visible and creative leadership.
• Promote high expectations, performance and achievement from students, staff and self.
• Monitors and evaluates instruction and assessment practices using the 5D's Instructional Framework to describe. Analyze, and critique teacher performance.
• Establish a school climate which promotes equal opportunities for students, good conduct and positive attitudes and values.
• Skills in collaboration, problem-solving and consensus building with individuals and groups.
• Frequently required to attend evening meetings and activities.
• Provides for adequate supervision and safety of students at all times.
• Partner with families and the school community to promote student learning, facilitating parent communication with the school.
• Expresses ideas clearly for different audiences in oral presentations and written communications.
• Ability to utilize a variety of technologies related to public schools.
• Maintains a high standard of ethics in all professional relationships, actions and decisions.
• Participate in special projects as assigned and perform related duties and key responsibilities consistent with the scope and intent of the position.
• Required to follow Board Policies; stay abreast of updates/changes.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid Washington State Principal's credential and valid teaching certificate
• Master's Degree in Educational Administration or related field
• In-depth training in the elements of effective learning and teaching and the supervision of educational staff
• Five years of demonstrated successful teaching experience, preferred
• Three years of successful administrative experience, preferred
• Training and/or experience working with students with a variety of educational abilities, skills and cultures

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Full-time administrative position.
Contract year is July 1 through June 30
Starting Salary: $127,378-$132,523 High School Assistant Principal (Based on 24-25 admin salary schedule)
Bargaining Unit: Principals

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSITION:

• The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of 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.
• The employee must lift and/or move 25-50 pounds, and may assist, move, or restrain students with greater weight when required to intervene in student safety issues.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, life, carry, move about, hear and speak. Employee may be required to perform extensive work at a computer display terminal.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals. It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials during the course of their duties. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud on occasion.

District administration has the exclusive right to alter the job description at any time without notice. The statements contained herein reflect the general details as necessary to describe the primary functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered to be an all-inclusive listing of the work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned including work in other areas.

Verification of identity and United States work authorization must be completed. Employment is contingent upon fingerprint clearance by Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

If you would like to be considered for this position, please complete all application materials at www.applitrack.com/castlerock/onlineapp.

Castle Rock School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee(s) has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Title IX Coordinator Section 504/ADA Coordinator Compliance Coordinator 28A.640/642 RCW
Bryan Keatley Bryan Keatley Superintendent
615 Front Ave S 615 Front Ave S 600 Huntington Ave S
Castle Rock, WA 98611 Castle Rock, WA 98611 Castle Rock, WA 98611
360-501-29420 360-501-29320 360-501-2940
bkeatley@crschools.org bkeatley@crschools.org cfritsch@crschools.org