Receive telephone and personal callers, and screen those which, in his/her judgment, can be handled by other offices, and tactfully refers them as appropriate;  

Acts as intermediary for superior in contacts with school and central office personnel, parents, the public, private and other government agencies; 

Explains and interprets administrative decisions and policies to others; answers varied inquiries or complaints and resolves problems requiring adaptation of rules, regulations and precedents; transmits and explains orders and instructions; 

Maintains superior's calendar and schedule certain appointments and conferences without prior clearance; 

Makes necessary arrangements for conferences, including space, time, people, and assembles background material for such;

Receives and reads incoming correspondence, reports and other written materials; screens out items that he/she can handle and forwards the rest to the superior or their subordinates with necessary background materials; 

Prepares memoranda and correspondence for review and signature of superior on a variety of assigned subjects; 

Maintains control records on incoming correspondence and action documents; 

Follows up on work in process to insure timely reply or action; 

Reads correspondence, notices, bulletins, reports and other materials to maintain current knowledge about pertinent policy, administrative and procedural matters; 

Reads outgoing correspondence for procedural and grammatical accuracy, and consults with superiors on matters relating to conformance with policy, factual correctness and adequacy of treatment;

Assigns, supervises and coordinates the work of subordinate employees; develops office forms and procedures; and

Perform all other duties as assigned.