Assistant Principal

About This Role

The Assistant Principal is a cornerstone of the school community, serving as a leader, collaborator, and champion for students. In this pivotal role, you will be an instructional leader, problem solver, mentor, and partner to the principal, shaping a school culture where joy and rigor go hand-in-hand, families feel connected, and every child has the opportunity to thrive. You will play a vital part in guiding students, staff, and the school community toward continuous growth and success.

Responsibilities

• Set and model high academic expectations, ensuring all students meet or exceed grade-level standards
• Drive progress toward ambitious academic and organizational goals
• Contribute to the creation of a climate of inquiry that challenges the school community to continually re-purpose itself by building on its core values and beliefs about its future and develop the necessary pathways to achieve it
• Ensure the Amber Way is evident and well established; maintain a safe environment for teaching and learning
• Ensure that the school’s policies, procedures and protocols for holding all students to high behavioral expectations as stated in the Code of Conduct are understood, promoted and reinforced, equitably and consistently, by all students and staff members
• Supervise arrival, dismissal, transitions, lunch and/or recess as needed, ensuring the safety of the students
• In collaboration with the Special Education Coordinator, support the school’s Child Study Team (attend weekly meetings, manage referrals, monitor recommended plans, and help determine students who are in need of an evaluation for special education services)
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date student conduct data and records regarding interventions, including merits and demerits earned by students, conferences held, awards and acknowledgements, suspensions, and communication with families
• Maintain monthly records to assist teachers in the classroom with promoting positive behaviors and mitigating problem behaviors
• Closely track and prepare data and information regarding student behavior, consequences, supports and interventions to inform school-wide, subgroup and individual student strategies and decisions as a member of the school leadership team and school culture committee
• Closely monitor and problem-solve student attendance challenges, in partnership with families and colleagues
• Support student social-emotional development, learning of the AMBER Way core values and the recognition of growth and progress
• Engage, communicate and partner with parents/guardians to ensure students are successful learners and community members
• Contribute to the cultivation of ACS as an authentically...

About the Company

Amber Charter Schools understands specific groups are subject to marginalization and believes these powerful groups should be centered in its community.