Assistant Principal of Instruction - IDEA Edgecliff College Prep (Immediate Opening)
About The Position
The Assistant Principal of Instruction (API) is an instructional leader who manages, coaches, and develops teachers to achieve ambitious results with students. The API monitors student progress to ensure all students are on track for college and leads instructional staff toward measurable academic and schoolwide outcomes. The role supervises implementation of IDEA curricula and assessments, supports a consistent behavior-management system, and helps foster a productive learning environment. The API serves as an instructional coach and manager to several teachers and/or co-teachers, conducting individual meetings with direct reports to monitor progress toward student goals and provide coaching. The position includes at least 40 hours at school per week, along with participation in regular meetings, school duties, and professional learning. Additional after-school tutoring or Saturday school may be assigned based on scholars’ needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 3 years of full-time teaching experience.
- Teacher leadership or administrative experience.
- Proven track record of success in a K–12 setting.
- Knowledge of the assigned core academic subject and ability to pass an IDEA content assessment.
- Strong ability to coach teachers on curriculum and instruction.
- Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior.
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment.
- Ability to de-escalate student behavior.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
- Experience managing or coaching others.
Responsibilities
- Focus on IDEA’s core purpose of getting all students into college.
- Hold high expectations for self and others to achieve and surpass intended goals.
- Lead instructional staff to achieve measurable and ambitious results.
- Improve teachers’ practice through daily observations, on-the-spot coaching, data conversations, and effective evaluations.
- Supervise implementation of TEKS-based IDEA curricula and assessments.
- Review teachers’ weekly lesson plans and provide feedback.
- Synthesize, analyze, and prioritize data and opportunities to develop strategies for quantifiable goals.
- Identify opportunities to improve and reflect on past actions to guide future decisions.
- Communicate students’ progress with students and families.
- Build and maintain cooperative relationships with students and families based on trust, understanding, and respect for their communities.
- Use and facilitate technology as a communication and educational tool to improve teacher development, student achievement, and work-related tasks.
- Support the creation and implementation of a clear, consistent behavior-management system while developing students’ character and sense of community.
- Help shape and develop a schoolwide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment.
- Oversee campus-based tutoring sessions.
- Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before- and after-school duties, and schoolwide meetings and functions.
- Engage in summer, year-long district, school, and personal learning and development.
- Conduct one-to-one meetings with direct reports to monitor progress toward student goals and provide coaching.
- Work at school a minimum of 40+ hours per week; additional after-school tutoring or Saturday school may be required based on scholars’ needs.
Benefits
- Performance bonus based on team performance and goal attainment.
- Medical plan with the majority of the employee premium covered and the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children subsidized.
- Paid family leave of up to 8 weeks for eligible staff after the birth or adoption of a child, based on tenure and caregiver designation.
- Tuition reimbursement of up to 50% of tuition for a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 per year, subject to manager discretion and budget availability.
- Employer-paid mental and behavioral health services, including five face-to-face counseling sessions per year, unlimited 24/7 telephone counseling, and other work-life services.
- Dental and vision plans.
- Disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Parenting benefits.
- Flexible spending account options.
- Generous vacation time.
- Referral bonuses.
- Professional development.
- 403(b) plan.
- Relocation allowance may be offered, if applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
