Assistant Principal - High School (School Climate/Culture)

Aspire Public Schools•Huntington Park, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Aspire Public Schools is hiring an Assistant Principal with a school climate and culture background for a 6–12 school in Huntington Park, California. The Assistant Principal assists the Site Principal in managing the school’s functions during the academic year and extended school year, including 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 performance, helps manage school resources and operations, and represents the school in building relationships with families, community groups, district partners, and neighborhood schools. It also leads and collaborates with Behavior Response and Wellness teams using trauma-informed and Restorative Justice approaches, supports student services and compliance, and serves as the administrative lead when the Principal is off-site. The Assistant Principal collaborates with the Principal, school-site leadership, and Home Office on scheduling, strategic planning, improvement projects, charter oversight, and organizational goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Seven or more years of teaching and administrative experience.
Demonstrated commitment to students and learning.
Experience with instructional leadership and demonstrated knowledge of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and teacher development.
Strong 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 ability to work as part of a team.
Authorized to work in the United States.
Clear the Department of Justice background screening.
Provide health (TB) clearance, updated most recently within four years.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, grasp, push, and pull; move, lift, or carry up to 30 pounds to shoulder height; and perform repetitive hand movements.
Ability to demonstrate normal depth perception and sit, walk, or stand for extended periods.
Dexterity to operate a computer keyboard, standard office equipment, and a telephone; ability to see and read screens and printed materials, and hear and understand speech, with or without aids.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Maintain a school-wide focus on high standards of student achievement.
Maintain curriculum standards and work with content leads to design and implement curriculum.
Model Aspire instructional guidelines.
Manage data analysis to increase student achievement, including for students with special needs, and collaborate on related compliance with SPED and Student Services colleagues.
Design and lead professional development to increase instructional capacity and support healthy school culture, including social-emotional learning.
Coach and support new and veteran teachers, including supporting new teachers through Induction.
Help attract and select strong staff; coach, evaluate, and provide professional development opportunities; and develop a collaborative team culture.
Follow company policy and state and federal employment laws, and consult Human Resources on performance-management concerns.
Help manage 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.
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 partnership with Student Services and in accordance with compliance protocols.
Support 504 plan compliance, student support, discipline, de-escalation, student supervision as needed, and management of outside partnerships as applicable.
Help manage daily operations, facilities, safety, and administrative processes.
Address issues constructively and in a manner consistent with Aspire’s principles.
Serve as the administrative lead and supervise staff when the Principal attends off-site meetings.
Support extracurricular and partnership programs as applicable, especially at the secondary level.
Collaborate with the Principal on master scheduling.
Lead assigned projects, which may include strategic planning, process improvement, instructional and operational improvements, charter renewal and oversight, and accreditation.
Collaborate with School Site Leadership and Home Office to achieve site and organizational goals.
Support Aspire’s mission, vision, values, antiracism commitments, policies, procedures, confidentiality standards, and code of ethical behavior.
Perform other related duties as required and assigned.