Assistant Principal

Aspire Public Schools • Oakland, CA

3d

About The Position

The Assistant Principal assists the Site Principal in managing all functions of an individual school site for the academic year and extended school year. Areas of responsibility include the education program, school culture, office operations, budget, community relations, personnel, and facilities, in accordance with Aspire standards. The role provides instructional leadership, supports staff development and evaluation, helps manage school resources and operations, and represents the school in building an effective community. The Assistant Principal also serves as the administrative lead when the Principal is off-site and leads projects in collaboration with the Principal, School Site Leadership, and Home Office.

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of college-preparatory charter schools serving TK–12 scholars in California. Its purpose is to prepare scholars for success in college, career, and life, with a community grounded in well-being, belonging, community partnership, agency and self-determination, and joy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Seven or more years of teaching and administrative experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to students and learning.
• Experience with instructional leadership, including knowledge of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and teacher development.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to write clearly and persuasively and interact effectively with different audiences.
• Strong organization, time-management, and follow-up skills; a high sense of urgency; ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and work as part of a team.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, grasp, push, and pull, and to move, lift, or carry up to 30 pounds to shoulder height.
• Ability to perform repetitive hand use, including fine manipulation and simple or power grasping; demonstrate normal depth perception; and sit, walk, or stand for extended periods.
• Manual dexterity to operate a computer keyboard, standard office equipment, and a telephone.
• Ability to see and read computer screens and printed materials, and hear and understand speech in person and on the telephone, with or without applicable aids.
• Clear the Department of Justice background screening.
• Be authorized to work in the United States.
• Provide health (TB) clearance, most recently updated within four years.

Nice To Haves

• Three or more years working with urban students as a full-time teacher.
• Master’s or Ph.D. in Education.
• Administrative Credential.
• NCLB Highly Qualified status.

Responsibilities

• Provide instructional leadership and maintain a school-wide focus on high standards of student achievement.
• Maintain curriculum standards and liaise with content leads to design and implement curriculum.
• Model Aspire instructional guidelines.
• Manage data-analysis processes to increase student achievement, including for students with special needs, and collaborate with SPED and Student Services colleagues on related compliance.
• Design and lead high-quality professional development to increase staff instructional capacity and support a healthy school culture, including social-emotional learning.
• Support and coach new and veteran teachers, including supporting new teachers through induction.
• Assist with human resource activities, including attracting and selecting strong performers, coaching and evaluating staff, providing professional development opportunities, developing collaborative team culture, and complying with company policy and employment laws.
• Consult with Human Resources as appropriate, including on performance-management concerns.
• Assist in managing school-site resources and specified grant or categorical funds; maintain a balanced budget, comply with fund restrictions and reporting requirements, plan for future needs, and follow fiscal-management protocols.
• Represent the school site in building an effective school community; communicate with parents, garner support from community groups and leaders, and develop positive relationships with the sponsoring district and neighborhood schools.
• Lead and collaborate with Behavior Response and Wellness teams using trauma-informed and Restorative Justice approaches, in alignment with compliance protocols and in partnership with Student Services. This includes 504 plan compliance, student support, discipline, de-escalation, student supervision as needed, and management of outside partnerships as applicable.
• Assist in managing daily operations, facilities, safety, and administrative processes.
• Address issues and problems in a principle-centered, creative, thoughtful, and constructive manner.
• Serve as administrative lead and supervise staff when the Principal attends off-site meetings.
• Provide leadership and support for extracurricular and partnership programs as applicable, especially at the secondary level.
• Collaborate with the Principal to support master scheduling.
• Lead projects assigned with the Principal, which may include long-term strategic planning, process improvement, inquiry-driven instructional improvements, operational improvement, charter renewal and oversight, and accreditation.
• Collaborate with School Site Leadership and Home Office to achieve site and organizational goals.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and support Aspire's mission, vision, values (including antiracism), policies, procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and ethical code.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary benchmarked against local districts and charter schools.
• Paid time off.
• 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans.
• Life insurance and long-term disability.
• Participation in a California state retirement plan.
• Tuition reimbursement plan.
• Adoption assistance program.

What This Job Offers

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