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Assistant Principal

Employer
Propel Schools
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Salary
Competitive

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Propel Schools seeks an Assistant Principal to join our team for the 20-21 school year for our Northside School. At Propel we believe Assistant Principals are core to the transformational process of education. Our mission driven Assistant Principals have the intellectual agility and agency to deliver exceptional results. A Propel Assistant Principal produces outcomes that transform student, educator, parent, and community perceptions about the power of education. Assistant Principals at Propel redefine school and defy expectations.

In 2003, Propel started as a dream. The dream was to build an organization with the capacity to transform public education in Southwestern Pennsylvania so that all children have access to high performing public schools. Today, that dream is a reality.

Propel has become one of the largest, fastest-expanding set of charter schools in Pennsylvania with the highest levels of student achievement among Pennsylvania public school districts serving high poverty areas. The first school opened in 2003 with 180 children, occupying a small hospital basement. We serve almost 4,000 K-12 students attendingthirteennewly renovated facilities in Homestead, McKeesport, Montour, Munhall, Turtle Creek, Braddock Hills, Northside, Pitcairn and Hazelwood.

Our Mission is to catalyze the transformation of public education so that all children have access to high performing public schools. Propel owes its success to the hard work and dedication of its people, both in and out of the classroom.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide instructional leadership by coaching, developing, and evaluating teachers through observation, modeling, analyzing data, and co-teaching
  • Support teachers with classroom management and discipline
  • Model Propel’s core values and set the standard for professional behavior
  • Are highly present and visible during school hours to ensure a positive school culture
  • Plan and lead professional development
  • Manage logistics for school-wide assessments
  • Collect and analyze student achievement data and using data to drive recommendations for instruction
  • Assist the Principal in developing and enforcing systems of accountability for staff
  • Assist the Principal and Talent team in teacher recruitment, hiring, and termination
  • Collaborate with Principal on budget preparation and monitoring
  • Collaborate with the Principal to develop, implement, and monitor a school-wide culture plan that includes routines and expectations for students and staff
  • Address parent concerns and communication
  • Build and maintain existing relationships with community stakeholders
  • Act on behalf of the Principal and School on school-wide issues
  • Work closely with the Principal on day-to-day school-wide issues and represent a united school leadership team
  • Report directly to the Principal and Senior Director


Qualifications
  • PA K-12 Principal Certification
  • 3-5 years functioning in a Leadership role within Education.
  • Passionate commitment to Propel Schools’ mission
  • Superior grasp of effective instructional and behavioral methods and strategies for educating urban youth
  • Strong process, people, and project management skills with proven ability to train, supervise and coach professional staff in order to foster a cooperative team environment
  • Intellectual agility, a commitment to maintaining rigorous standards, and a demonstrated ability to think strategically and execute on multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-stressed, dynamic, and rapidly changing environment
  • Ability to leverage computer software programs and other technology that will support the learning environment
  • Understanding of public education and charter schools is desirable
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with senior leadership, Propel’s Board of Directors; school leadership and other staff and stakeholders
  • PA Criminal, Child Abuse and FBI Fingerprint and recent TB test (must be complete prior to start date)


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