Assistant Principal

Success Academy Charter Schools•Miami, FL

About The Position

The Assistant Principal role at Success Academy is a high-impact leadership position for educators who want to develop adults, strengthen teaching and learning, and drive outstanding student outcomes across an entire school. The role is fundamentally about people management to achieve high-quality learning for every student. The Assistant Principal takes full ownership of schooling and instructional excellence across multiple grade levels and content areas, developing and holding teachers accountable to meet and exceed Success Academy’s school quality standards. As a key member of the leadership team, the Assistant Principal has a deep understanding of the SA standard for excellence, communicates expectations with clarity, and acts quickly to improve adult practice through feedback and coaching. In close partnership with the Principal, the Assistant Principal helps lead school-wide systems, professional development, and family engagement, ensuring excellence throughout the building. This position is intentionally designed as a pathway to the principalship. Assistant Principals master people management, instructional leadership, and school culture stewardship, with the expectation of readiness for the principal role within three years.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
A minimum of one year of teaching or educational leadership experience
Prior experience working in a high-intensity, excellent, rigorous, fast-paced environment
Approaches work with consummate professionalism, integrity, and responsibility.
Strong leadership potential with a clear desire to grow into senior school leadership.
Grit, resilience, adaptability, and a growth mindset.
Embraces rapid change as a leadership advantage; eager to receive and implement feedback immediately.
Excellent judgment and problem-solving skills.
Enjoys holding kids and adults accountable to high expectations and achieving excellence.
Ambitious and competitive in the service of results; energized by clear benchmarks and the opportunity to learn from what’s working.
Highly organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Strong sense of ownership for self and team development, performance, and outcomes.
Thinks strategically about people — how to motivate, develop, and influence to change mindsets and behavior.

Responsibilities

Drive and monitor progress toward organizational priorities and outcomes.
Uphold, communicate, and build investment in Success Academy standards for professionalism, instructional quality, and scholar work.
Develop and change the way adults approach the work, providing clear expectations, precise feedback, and accountability for meeting SA standards.
Observe and monitor grade team and schoolwide culture, actively shaping a positive, results-driven environment grounded in professionalism, ownership, and excellence.
Set and maintain a high pace of change and improvement across teams.
Minimize academic failure and promote high-quality learning across classrooms through accurate diagnosis of gaps in instructional practice and mindsets, and direct, actionable coaching to drive fast change.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage through Cigna and VSP — effective on your first day. SA covers 82% of our most popular medical insurance plan, or about $9,000 annually towards your medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Employees receive a $50 cellphone stipend every month! ($600 annually)
Pre-tax savings accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuter expenses.
Free and confidential counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and Talkspace.
Backup care for children and adults, fitness and travel discounts.
Enjoy paid time off during summer break, school vacation weeks and holidays
Generous paid parental leave for new parents.
Intensive training, ongoing coaching, and leadership pathways - most teachers are promoted to leadership positions on average within three years.
Salary growth that provides significant yearly % increases with opportunities to increase earning potential through performance based incentives
An employee recognition program that offers opportunities for awards and acknowledgment.
403(b) retirement plan with a 3% employer match.
Quarterly employer contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) - up to $2,400/year!
Income protection through employer-paid short- and long-term disability, and group life insurance coverage.
Voluntary supplemental life insurance, accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and legal plans.