SY26-27 Community Assistant Principal

DC Prep • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Community Assistant Principal works as a key member of the campus leadership team in partnership with other leadership team members and teachers to ensure that all students are making academic and social emotional progress at DC Prep. Community Assistant Principals share general administration responsibilities and also have an instructional coaching portfolio. Campus leadership team roles are twelve-month positions and lead development, refinement, and implementation of all aspects of the school’s academic and culture programs in accordance with the DC Prep Way.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3-5 years teaching and leadership experience in an urban school community
• Familiarity with urban primary school students, ideally having worked directly with students in preschool-8th grade
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Desire and willingness to support student achievement in traditionally under-served communities
• Passion for connecting with students and families in support of student success
• Extraordinary oral skills to effectively communicate with varied audiences
• Comfort with and ability to write efficiently and effectively as part of a culture where curriculum writing, email communication, and documentation are critical
• Superior analytical skills and sound judgment to make critical decisions autonomously
• Capable of thriving in circumstances involving ambiguity and nuance
• Meticulous organizational ability in order to set priorities, organize workload, handle multiple responsibilities and meet deadlines
• Emotional constancy and extraordinary interpersonal skills to ensure purposeful and professional colleague relationships
• Positive attitude, maturity, and personal stability sufficient for a demanding position
• Deep belief in DC Prep’s mission, values and commitment to diversity

Responsibilities

• Instructional Leadership
• Set vision and lead the management of the behavioral support structures including use of updated code of conduct, updates to vision for community work including advisory and SEL framework applied across content areas, school-wide incentives and school-wide routines
• Lead vision and coordination for culture professional development session
• Lead teachers and instructional staff in establishing positive classroom climates
• Work with coaches in support of teachers to establish effective classroom management systems and develop students’ positive social behaviors
• Manage Student Support Coach and Student Support Team
• Social Emotional Learning & School Culture
• Provide leadership to all staff and students in establishing a positive, structured, and achievement-oriented school culture
• Coach teachers to improve their instructional practices especially as it relates to issues of social emotional learning and school culture
• Be highly present and visible during school hours, relentlessly ensuring a positive school environment
• Create and sustain programs for students that teach DC Prep’s vision, mission, culture and school expectations
• Manage, monitor, and sustain an effective behavior management program
• Collaborate with other members of the school’s leadership team to create and sustain programs for students and families that recognize and celebrate achievement and continuous progress
• Wrap-Around Services
• Identify, plan, and implement strategies to address barriers to learning including, attendance concerns, behavior issues, and social adjustment
• Participate in coordination of annual summer program for all DC Prep students to include remediation and student learning extension
• School Community
• Fully embrace DC Prep’s mission, vision, and values and promote them to students, staff, other faculty, parents, and members of the outside community
• Communicate regularly with families to develop a supportive home-school relationship and to reinforce school expectations and student discipline. Address parent concerns in a professional and timely manner, and partner with families in ways that support student growth
• Actively encourage parents to participate in school activities such as parent meetings, field trips, policy council and as classroom helpers
• Model and support the DC Prep Way of purposeful and rigorous academic instruction combined with instilling and reinforcing behaviors that lead to academic and life success
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families, and colleagues
• Set vision for family partnership and lead programming including but not limited to facilitating individual student conferences to support student and family transitions to school, coordinating family orientations, setting vision and direction for Parent Action Team, managing centralized communication including weekly prep pack systems, coordinating other community events
• Attendance
• Plan, design, and conduct follow-through strategies to implement the school attendance and punctuality program
• Coordinate school attendance learning support and interventions which assist students’ daily attendance in order to improve their academic achievement
• Targeted Intervention Design and Implementation
• Support teachers in the implementation of ongoing assessment, data collection and data analysis to support mastery of standards across the content areas
• Support teachers in developing and implementing targeted interventions
• Use coaching tools effectively (classroom observation tools, data sheets, student action plans, etc.)
• Support the Student Support Team (SST) process with the Principal, intervention specialist, and other members of the instructional staff
• Support teachers to develop in differentiating instruction through modeling, observing, providing feedback, and supporting teacher reflection
• Help teachers develop and implement classroom-based, developmentally appropriate interventions for individual children and groups of children to enhance their acquisition of social/emotional and cognitive skills
• Member of the Campus Leadership Team
• Plan and deliver professional development sessions to teachers at Wednesday PD, during Data Days, during teacher orientation, etc.
• Participate in grade level meetings and ensure fidelity to grade level lead protocols
• Meet weekly with leadership team members and share in the duties of running the campus effectively
• Be willing to take on additional responsibilities as necessary to fulfill DC Prep’s mission for our students
• Administrative Duties
• Support the professional development plans of colleagues, including sharing expertise
• Participate in working groups of staff and teachers to plan, problem solve, and support one another on an ongoing basis
• Participate in and deliver professional development and training on issues related to student support services
• Attend and participate in staff and other school activities and meetings as appropriate
• Liaise with Home Office staff in carrying out organizational goals as necessary
• Other appropriate tasks as needed

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability insurance; maternity, paternity, and adoption leave; and a 403b retirement plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees