Assistant Principal - High School

Assistant Principal - High School
Description
Assistant Principal Salary Schedule
ABOUT ASPIRE
Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998—in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through—Aspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.
Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy.
JOB SUMMARY
Assist the Site Principal in managing all the functions of an individual school site for academic and extended school year, including education program, school culture, office operations, budget, community relations, personnel and facilities in accordance with Aspire standards.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions
Provide Instructional Leadership for the school site, including
Maintain 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 process for analyzing data to increase student achievement, including students with special needs and related compliance and collaboration with SPED and Student Services colleagues
Design and lead high quality professional development to increase instructional capacity of staff
Support and coaching of new and veteran teachers toward growth including supporting new Teachers through Induction
Assist in managing human resources, including
Attract and select top performers
Coach, evaluate and provide professional development opportunities
Develop collaborative team culture
Adhere to company policy and state/federal employment laws
Consult with Human Resources as appropriate including for all performance management related concerns
Assist in managing all resources at school site and/or manage specified grant or categorical funds,
including
Set and maintain a balanced budget
Adhere to restrictions and reporting requirements of funds
Plan for future needs
Adhere to company policy and protocols for sound fiscal management
Represent the school site in building an effective school community, including
Design and lead high quality professional development that develops and supports healthy school culture including SEL learning
Communicate with parents to better serve students
Garner support from community groups and leaders
Develop positive relationships with sponsoring district and neighborhood schools
Lead and collaborate with Behavior Response and Wellness teams from a trauma-informed and Restorative Justice lens in alignment with compliance protocol and in partnership with Student Services including: 504 plan compliance; Student Support, Discipline, Deescalation, supervision of students as needed, and management of any outside partnerships as applicable
Assist in managing daily operations, facilities, safety, and administrative processes
Address issues and problems that arise in a principle-centered, creative, thoughtful and constructive way
Serve as administrative lead when Principal attends off-site meetings providing supervision for staff
Provide leadership and support for extracurricular and partnership programs as applicable, especially at the Secondary level
Collaborate with Principal to support Master Scheduling
Lead projects as discussed with principal, including
Long-term strategic planning, process improvement, cycle of inquiry-driven instructional improvements, operational improvement, charter renewal and oversight, accreditation, or any other projects required at the school site
Work in collaboration with School Site Leadership and Home Office to achieve site and organizational goals
Additional:
Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, the Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements including antiracism, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior
Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Competencies:
Demonstrated commitment to students and learning
Experience with instructional leadership, including demonstrated knowledge of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and developing teachers
Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to write clearly and persuasively and interact effectively with different audiences
Excellent organization, time management and follow-up skills; high sense of urgency; demonstrated ability to successfully handle multiple projects concurrently; ability to work as a team
Entrepreneurial passion
Minimum educational level:
Bachelor’s Degree required;
Masters or Ph.D. in Education preferred
Certifications and/or Licensure:
Administrative Credential preferred
NCLB Highly Qualified preferred
Experience required:
3+ years working with urban students as a full-time teacher preferred
7+ years teaching and administrative experience
Physical requirements:
Stand, walk or bend over, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, grasp, push, and pull. Move, lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds to shoulder height
Repetitive use of hands (i.e. fine manipulation, simple grasping, and power grasping)
Demonstrate normal depth perception
Sitting, walking or standing for extended periods of time
Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, operate standard office equipment, and use a telephone
See and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aids
Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone with or without auditory aides
Work authorization requirements:
Clear the Department of Justice background screening
Authorized to work in the United States
Provide health (TB) clearance (most update every four years)
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics are representative of those in a normal office, classroom/school setting which one might encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work indoors in a standard office environment, computer lab, and/or classroom environment
Work is performed in indoor and outdoor environments
Exposure to dust, oils, and cleaning chemicals
Some exposure to childhood and other diseases in a school environment
May be required to work outside of typical work days and office hours to meet operational deadlines
EEO STATEMENT
Aspire Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
This position description intends to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include all duties and responsibilities. The order in which duties and responsibilities are listed is not significant.
Disclaimer
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.