Assistant Principal of Operations - IDEA Rundberg (Immediate Opening)

IDEA Public Schools • Austin, TX

11d • $94,771 - $111,356 • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Principal of Operations (APO) manages campus operations for each IDEA site (two schools) and is responsible for achieving operational excellence across non-instructional areas, including front office management, student information systems, child nutrition, transportation, health services, business office, facility maintenance, new construction management, technology coordination, student recruitment and enrollment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Required
• Experience managing and developing others to achieve ambitious results
• Over 8 Direct Reports, including but not limited to: Receptionist, SIS Coordinator, Registrar, Cafeteria Manager, Transportation Manager, Health Aide, Business Clerk, Facilities Manager

Nice To Haves

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students

Responsibilities

• Ensuring top performers occupy every seat across all operations roles
• Instituting operating mechanisms that facilitate the ongoing coaching and support of team members (check-ins, tactical meetings, regular observation and feedback sessions, high-quality talent review process and staff development cycle)
• Leveraging the APO Priorities Calendar; routinely assessing team members based on progress toward goals as well as principal and HQ feedback; prioritizing support accordingly
• Developing and executing student recruitment efforts that target families with school-aged children immediately surrounding each school
• Leading team to recruit new families with specific applicant goals per grade level--3:1 ratio (open grade levels) while ensuring applications are high quality and ultimately lead to enrollment
• Ensuring all new families are effectively onboarded and persist through their first year
• Complying with all federal, state, and organizational student registration requirements throughout the enrollment process (i.e. transfers, testing, etc.)
• Ensuring new and existing families know and understand attendance expectations, with a particular emphasis on PreK and Kinder families
• Managing team on the implementation of standardized accountability frameworks to ensure adherence to the outlined ADA policy at each school (i.e. escalation matrix, official attendance taking time, etc.)
• Tracking data on a daily and cumulative basis and making it visible to key stake-holders; identifying trends and course-correcting in a targeted way week-over-week
• Implementing best practices and leveraging tracking mechanisms to positively impact ADA progress toward goals (PTGs)
• Working with school lead teams to invest, motivate and implement ADA plans to achieve maximum impact
• Complying with all federal and state ADA guidelines by performing regular and ongoing audits, staying abreast of changes in ADA policy and procedures, and effectively monitoring team members
• Co-leading efforts with Academic Counselors to create an environment where students learn, thrive and have fun (school culture, praise and recognition, in and out of school events calendar, etc.)
• Implementing an ongoing monitoring system that reviews and addresses parent and student feedback, particularly as it relates to non-instructional services and support
• Managing new family onboarding from the time a parent applies to IDEA through their first year in our schools
• Ensuring all Auxiliary support services provide best-in-class customer service while achieving operational efficiency and financial targets
• Indirectly managing and providing day-to-day tactical oversight and support in the areas of Transportation, and Child Nutrition (CNP)
• Directly managing and is responsible for coaching and mentoring of Certified Nurse’s Assistants (CNAs) and Facilities Managers
• Managing all Beginning of Year (BOY) efforts with a specific focus on: 100% of positions filled, staff onboarded and in attendance at summer training; 3.5 average score on both the parent and staff BOY surveys; ≥90 score on BOY quality scorecard

Benefits

• Majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan covered
• Majority of costs subsidized for a spouse/domestic partner and children
• Up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child
• Up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year
• 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year
• Unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling
• Other work-life services available at no cost
• Dental and vision plans
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Parenting benefits
• Generous vacation time
• Referral bonuses
• Professional development
• Relocation allowance

What This Job Offers

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