Assistant Principal

Aspire Public Schools • Oakland, CA

2d

About The Position

The Assistant Principal assists the Site Principal in managing the functions of an individual school site during 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 curriculum and assessment, leads professional development, coaches teachers, and helps analyze data to improve student achievement. It also assists with human resources, school-site resources and budgets, community relationships, student support and behavior response, daily operations, facilities, safety, and administrative processes. The Assistant Principal serves as the administrative lead when the Principal is attending off-site meetings and collaborates with the Principal, school-site leadership, and Home Office on school and organizational goals.

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of college-preparatory charter schools serving TK–12 students across California. Its purpose is to prepare scholars for success in college, career, and life, guided by values of 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.
• Commitment to students and learning.
• Experience with instructional leadership and 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; and the ability to handle multiple projects concurrently and work as part of a team.
• Entrepreneurial passion.
• Clear the Department of Justice background screening.
• Be authorized to work in the United States.
• Provide health (TB) clearance; the posting notes it is most updated every four years.
• Meet the listed physical requirements, including standing, walking, bending, kneeling, crouching, reaching, grasping, pushing, pulling, moving, lifting or carrying up to 30 pounds to shoulder height, repetitive hand use, extended sitting, walking or standing, operating a computer keyboard and standard office equipment, using a telephone, seeing and reading screens and printed material, and hearing and understanding speech.

Nice To Haves

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

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 processes to improve student achievement, including for students with special needs, and collaborate on related compliance with SPED and Student Services colleagues.
• Design and lead high-quality professional development to increase staff instructional capacity.
• Support and coach new and veteran teachers; support new teachers through Induction.
• Assist with human resources by attracting and selecting strong performers, coaching and evaluating staff, providing professional development, developing collaborative team culture, following company policy and employment laws, and consulting Human Resources as appropriate.
• Assist in managing school-site resources and specified grant or categorical funds; maintain a balanced budget, plan for future needs, and follow fund restrictions, reporting requirements, and fiscal-management protocols.
• Represent the school site in building an effective school community; develop and support healthy school culture, including SEL learning; communicate with parents; engage community groups and leaders; and build relationships with sponsoring districts and neighborhood schools.
• Lead and collaborate with Behavior Response and Wellness teams using trauma-informed and Restorative Justice approaches, following compliance protocols and partnering 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 way.
• 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 by the Principal, which may include strategic planning, process improvement, instructional-improvement cycles, operational improvement, charter renewal and oversight, and accreditation.
• Work with School Site Leadership and Home Office to achieve site and organizational goals.
• Support Aspire Public Schools’ mission, vision, values, policies, procedures, confidentiality standards, and code of ethical behavior; perform other related duties as 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