Holliston's Robert Adams Middle School is looking for an Assistant Principal to join the district for the 2023-24 school year.

Qualifications:

• Massachusetts DESE Certification: Principal/Assistant Principal 5-8
• Minimum of a Masters Degree
• Minimum of three years technical experience
• Evidence of leadership ability

Basic Function

To assist the principal in leading, guiding, and directing the members of the administrative instructional and non-instructional team in setting and achieving the highest standards of excellence so that each individual student may be provided with a complete, valuable, meaningful, and personally rewarding education. Further, to oversee and administer the use of school facilities, property, and funds with a maximum of efficiency, a minimum of waste, and an ever-present, overriding awareness of and concern for their impact upon each students education.

Organizational Relationship

Reports directly to the principal, and directly or indirectly supervises employees of the Robert Adams Middle School as directed by the principal.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Assumes responsibility for instructional planning and decision making within the school.
• Supervises and evaluates the instructional staff.
• Assists in the recruitment, hiring, and development of professional and paraprofessional personnel.
• Cooperatively defines appropriate curricula for the middle school and assures its articulation both horizontally and vertically within the school system.
• Differentiates instructional roles necessary for high quality instruction within the limits of available resources.
• Assists the staff in making judgments about students based on available information and to develop quantified expectations for each student.
• Assists teachers with ongoing assessment of student abilities.
• Assists teachers in effective utilization of space, personnel, and resources for individualizing instruction.
• Assists in the development and execution of a public relations program.
• Represents Holliston at appropriate educational conferences and participates in professional organizations and their activities.
• Periodically assists in the review of policy and, where appropriate, makes recommendations to the School Committee for revisions.
• Assists in the planning and implementation of summer curriculum development programs.
• Cooperatively works with Central Office personnel in a variety of ways.
• Assists in the production and updating of curriculum guides in all subject areas.
• Ensures efficient and effective use of the IMC and learning laboratories in the design of educational programs in the respective areas.
• Aids the administration in the collation of departmental budget requests and assists in the computation as requested.
• Assembles records for Town Report.
• Attends school functions in the evening.
• Acts as the principal when the principal is absent.
• Assists in any and all other duties as directed by the principal.

General Discipline and Supervision

• Responsible for maintaining general discipline in the school and counseling parents and students regarding ongoing problems.
• Assists teachers in obtaining cooperation of students who are remiss in academic achievement.
• Primarily responsible for discipline in the cafeteria on a daily basis, handling problems as they occur.
• Organizes lunch aide schedules and supervises their roles in the cafeteria.
• Reviews absentee list each day, as well as absentee notes, and follows up randomly with phone calls to verify absences.
• During the school day, monitors areas outside classrooms; i.e., corridors, cafeterias, gyms, lavatories, for unauthorized student use.
• After the school day ends, supervising these same areas for unauthorized student and non-student use and uses judgment to determine disciplinary measures as necessary.
• Responsible for buses, along with three teachers, to supervise proper exiting and entering buses morning and afternoon.
• Primarily responsible for afternoon late buses, four days, concerning crowd control, extra buses when needed, timeliness of arrival, etc.
• Communicates with bus drivers concerning discipline of students.

Middle School Facility Use

• Arranges for all use of Middle School facilities, primarily for after school use, but also during school hours as well.
• Updates yearly calendar of organizations using cafeteria, gymnasium, auditorium, classrooms, and other spaces.
• Collects custodial reports following events and in the follow up of problems.
• Coordinates requests for building repair.

If you are interested in applying for this amazing opportunity, please submit a cover letter/letter of interest, resume, transcripts, copy of licensure and three (3) letters of reference.

COVID-19 information: Holliston Public Schools requires a COVID-19 vaccination for all Holliston Public School Staff, which will include any contracted service providers, interns, or essential volunteers who work in-person with HPS Students.

Robert Adams Middle School:We are a grade 6-8 middle school immersed in a three year journey to evaluate and modify everything we do around the mindset of Personal Local Global (PLG).

PLG encompases our greater vision that RAMS is here to develop critical thinkers, effective communicators and collaborative problem solvers, who are self-aware, curious, creative, compassionate, and resilient young adults- poised and prepared to pursue their passions and to contribute to an increasingly complex, interconnected and ever-changing world. Classrooms and schools need to be learner focused environments where students feel empowered to actively construct meaning, apply understandings, develop essential skills and grow individuals and learners in a dynamic, collaborative and interactive manner under the expert guidance of their team of teachers. This would include opportunities for voice and choice, development of complex problem solving and critical thinking skills, time for reflection and self assessment, opportunities to create and innovate, collaboration, relationship building, and targeted instruction and explicit feedback.

Although the pandemic has thrown many obstacles our way, we believe that RAMS is poised to persevere, providing a world class education to all students.