At Acero Schools, we are what we believe.
Achievement - We set goals and do what it takes to achieve them.
Community - We contribute to, respect and serve in our communities.
Excellence - We expect our best and strive to make our best even better.
Resilience - We learn and grow through adversity and challenges.
Optimism - We believe in our ability to create the future we envision.
Title: Assistant Principal Salary: Competitive Salary and Benefits
Location: Chicago, IL
Reports To: Principal
How to Apply: https://platform.teachermatch.org/jobsboard.do?districtId=569404168
Position Overview
The Assistant Principal is the school’s ancillary leader whose primary responsibility is to support, via a leadership role, the school’s instructional strategy and to ensure its successful execution. Through this means, the Assistant Principal accepts responsibility for the achievement of the school’s academic goals. In addition, manage the day-to-day school operations.
The Assistant Principal is also the school’s ancillary visible leader and is responsible for supporting the Principal in engaging key constituents – students, staff, parents/caregivers, and community – to assist in the creation of a school environment that empowers students to achieve ambitious goals, thus preparing them for the finest area high schools, colleges, and lifelong learning.
The Assistant Principal assists the Principal, as directed, in the academic, administrative, and counseling activities of the school.
Core Responsibilities
Student Achievement and Success
- Meet targets for overall school achievement and academic progress for all individual students.
- Monitor and track trends in student performance across all academic areas, including specialized instruction and English Language Learning, to ensure school performance toward meeting Acero Schools' vision and mission.
- Provide social-emotional resources to meet students’ needs.
- May teach courses, as needed.
School Leadership
- Be a visible leader of the school by supporting the Principal in providing communication to parents/caregivers, students, staff, community members, and, when necessary and appropriate, at school events.
- Provide oversight of the standards, policy, and protocols set forth in the Acero Schools Student Handbook to ensure that they are maintained by students, families, and teachers and, when necessary and appropriate, support the Principal in overseeing this implementation.
- Provide oversight of the standards, policy, and protocols set forth in the Acero Schools Employee Manual to ensure that they are maintained by staff, and when necessary and appropriate, support the Principal in overseeing this implementation.
- Oversee the work of the Instructional Coach(es) to ensure consistency with the defined characteristics of the Instructional Coach role and teacher performance.
- Offer ancillary presence and communication with the Acero Schools support staff as necessary and appropriate.
- Drive instruction and support teacher improvement towards meeting performance goal metrics.
- Assist in the creation of the school’s instructional strategic plan and ensure its execution.
- Support Principal’s plan to sustain a culture of excellence among school staff to carry through key areas of Acero Schools culture, student discipline, classroom management, assessment, data analysis, instructional planning, instructional delivery, and use of the curriculum to improve teachers’ skill levels.
- May assist Principal in the monitoring of local school budget and facilities, as directed.
Personnel Management and Development
- Drive all work in personnel management and development with the mindset of supporting staff with student success and performance in mind.
- Support the Principal with the supervision of school personnel in all aspects of work and evaluation.
- Oversee the implementation of the supports and interventions used in the Performance Improvement Plans.
- Review and compile evidence regularly from teacher performance evaluations provided by an Instructional Coach; conduct observations, as well as individual and group meetings, supporting the Principal, who holds final responsibility for the evaluation of each teacher.
- Support the Principal with the management, supervision, and support of school staff, including, but not limited to, the selection, retention and dismissal (non-renewal) of teachers.
- May develop and lead in-service professional development training.
Day-to-Day Operations Responsibilities
Communication
- Communicate with all departments to schedule school and community events/field trips.
Compliance
- Free and Reduced Lunch Program (FRM): Oversee the collection process of the Federal Free & Reduced Lunch program applications into the Online Data Acquisition (ODA) program located in the CPS IMPACT system.
- Student Records: Oversee that student academic/health records are in compliance with CPS and Acero Schools regulations. Both manual and electronic.
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PowerSchool & CPS IMPACT:
Oversee that student academic/health records are in compliance with CPS and Acero Schools regulations. Both manual and electronic.
Student Attendance
- Verify accurate attendance records for all students in dual systems (PowerSchool & CPS IMPACT) by consistently conducting audits to ensure accuracy.
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