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Description Join Our Talent Pool for Elementary and High School Assistant Principals!  This is an open pool job posting, which means you can apply anytime, and we'll keep your application on file for current and future opportunities. If you're passionate, driven, and ready to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and let's see where this journey takes us! 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 the 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)   Compensation: Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammate's well-being! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools, we offer employees exceptional benefits, including paid time off, 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans, life insurance/long-term disability, participation in a CA state retirement plan, tuition reimbursement plan, and adoption assistance program. Our salary schedule based on years of experience for this position type is reflected here:   Aspire Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Aspire promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.   #LinkedInEducators    

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