Assistant Principal of Instruction: El Paso

Assistant Principal of Instruction: El Paso

IDEA Assistant Principals of Instruction (APIs) are instructional leaders who coach and develop the teachers at their school to achieve ambitious goals with students. They monitor the progress of special population students to ensure all students are on-track for college. They are also responsible for both reactive and proactive discipline and strategy to help students persist at IDEA year after year.

Responsibilities:

• Focus on IDEA's core purpose to get all students into college
  
• Hold high expectations for self and others to achieve and surpass intended goals
  
• Lead instructional staff to achieve measurable and ambitious results
  
• Lead instructional staff to improve their teaching quickly and measurably through observations, coaching, data conversations, and effective evaluations
  
• Synthesize,analyze, and prioritize data and opportunities to develop strategies that achieve quantifiable goals
  
• Coach and develop instructional staff through formal and informal methods; make professional development a top priority
  
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve and consistently reflect on past actions to guide future decisions
  

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It::

• Ensure exemplary student achievement on internal and external assessments
  
• Ensure exemplary student achievement from all groups of special populations
  
• Ensure students remain enrolled at IDEA until graduation
  
• Coach, manage and develop staff members so they continue to work at IDEA year after year and are satisfied with IDEA as an employer
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
  
• Proven track record of personally achieving success and of leading others
  
• At least three years of full-time teaching experience
  
• Teacher leadership or administrative experience
  

A Few Good Reasons to Join Our Team:

• Comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, plus Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $1000 a year
  
• Retirement programs, including the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and optional 403 (b) plan
  
• Up to 8 weeks paid family leave
  
• Supportive career environment with an extensive onboarding plan for new to IDEA leaders, planned professional development days, and once a week coaching
  
• All staff receive IDEA cell phones to conduct communication with IDEA students and families
  
• Perkspot- a program offering exclusive discounts at national and local merchants
  

Selection Process: After submitting your online application, IDEA will review your materials. Candidates with a track record of success who pass the initial application screening will be invited to a phone or video interview. Candidates who are successful with this second interview will move into final consideration by the hiring manager.

Application Instructions: Please select "Apply Now" in the upper-left hand corner of this page. You will then be taking to the application portal entrance. After you create a new profile, you will be able to apply directly for this role. If you have already created a profile, you may simply login to begin your application.