26-27 School Year: Assistant Principal/Instructional Coach

DeKalb Brilliance Academy • Decatur, GA

3h • Onsite

About The Position

DeKalb Brilliance Academy is a tuition-free, public K–8 charter school committed to building a fundamentally different kind of education. As an Assistant Principal, you will be one of the key instructional leaders responsible for translating our mission into daily practice. You will coach and develop teachers, analyze data, lead professional learning, support strong culture, and help ensure that classrooms are places where scholars are deeply known, intellectually challenged, and loved well. This role is ideal for a leader who believes that excellent teaching changes life trajectories, that adult development is a central responsibility of school leadership, and that strong systems create the conditions for both rigor and care. You should be energized by being in classrooms, giving direct feedback, solving complex school challenges, and helping teachers grow quickly in service of students. At DeKalb Brilliance, you will join a leadership team that is building something ambitious with and for the South DeKalb community: a school where children know and leverage their unique brilliance to critically analyze the world around them and design a better and more equitable future.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree preferred.
• At least 5 years of successful K–12 lead teaching experience with evidence of strong student achievement.
• At least 2 years of experience coaching, managing, or leading teachers with a track record of improving student year-over-year proficiency by at least 10%
• All candidates are required to be able to meet the physical demands of the role (including standing and walking for extended periods of time and lifting heavy objects up to 40lbs)

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop teachers to achieve excellent student outcomes
• Observe every teacher on your caseload of ~9 at least once weekly and provide clear, actionable, high-leverage feedback.
• Lead coaching meetings that help teachers improve planning, instruction, classroom culture, and student outcomes.
• Model strong instruction and support teachers in internalizing what excellent teaching looks and sounds like.
• Support teachers in using student work, exit tickets, interim assessments, and other data to adjust instruction.
• Help teachers build classrooms where scholars are engaged in rigorous thinking, strong discourse, and meaningful practice.
• Support teachers in creating high-impact plans for scholars who need additional academic or behavioral support.
• Lead strong academic systems
• Analyze schoolwide, grade-level, and classroom-level data to identify trends and determine next steps.
• Lead weekly co-planning meetings in reading, math, science, and humanities (career-connected project-based learning), to ensure lesson internalization/intellectual preparation, student work analysis, reteach plans, and progress monitoring.
• Help ensure that instruction is aligned to Georgia Standards of Excellence and reflects the level of rigor scholars need to thrive.
• Support the implementation of strong Tier 1 instruction while helping coordinate responsive interventions when needed.
• Build and protect a strong student culture
• Support consistent schoolwide systems for student joy, supervision, routines, and community expectations.
• Help teachers build warm, structured, joyful classrooms where scholars feel safe, known, and challenged.
• Partner with families and staff to respond to student needs with clarity, care, and urgency.
• Support restorative, developmentally appropriate responses that help students grow as leaders while maintaining a safe learning environment.
• Work closely with school leaders and the scholar support team to ensure that academic, behavioral, and social-emotional supports are aligned.
• Facilitate excellent professional development
• Design and lead professional development aligned to school priorities and teacher needs.
• Facilitate summer professional development, beginning-of-year training, weekly professional learning, and data-driven instruction cycles.
• Build a culture where feedback, practice, reflection, and continuous improvement are normal parts of adult learning.
• Serve as an active member of the school leadership team
• Communicate clearly and proactively with teachers, families, and school leaders.
• Lead with humility, urgency, follow-through, and a deep belief in the brilliance of our scholars and community.
• Take ownership of schoolwide priorities and help ensure strong execution from idea to implementation.
• Fulfill additional responsibilities aligned with the needs of a growing founding school, as assigned

Benefits

• Competitive salary schedule
• Compensation is based on 194-day calendar, 180 instructional days & 14 professional development days
• Paid sick and personal days
• Competitively-priced medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance
• Contributions to the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) in accordance with Georgia state law, as well as an additional, optional 403(b) retirement account

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level