# Assistant Principal

**Company**: Rocketship Public Schools
**Location**: Bay Area, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full-time
**Salary**: USD 105,000-123,000 per-year-salary

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## Description

At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve.

Position Description Assistant Principals (APs) at Rocketship are charged with driving academic achievement for students and building a rigorous college preparatory school culture. Every AP at Rocketship works closely with their Principal to lead and implement the instructional vision with a group of educators. Assistant Principals typically support several grade levels directly, which includes direct management of the teachers on that grade level as well as instructional support staff.

Responsibilities:

- Develop effective educators

- Foster a rigorous and college preparatory culture of excellence in every classroom that ensures high levels of student achievement

- Coach teams to build subject area expertise

- Engage in cycles of data driven instruction and assessments to inform planning and personalize instruction to student needs

- Ensure at least 1.5 years of progress for all Rocketeers annually through management and planning

- Collaborate with the Special Education team to ensure teachers are receiving the necessary support and training to maximize the delivery of instruction in our full inclusion model

- Teach and model for teachers, provide assistance to teachers or the school community, or to more deeply internalize the school model

Student and Parent Partnership:

- Create a school community that fully involves parents in student achievement through multiple outlets including home visits, regular community meetings, and parent/family meetings

Rocketship Professional Culture:

- Exhibit a high level of honest and humble self-reflection owning good and bad outcomes; effectively respond to and implement constructive feedback

- Create a healthy, high-achieving, urgent environment where staff and students feel challenged and also fully supported and valued

- Promote and participate in collaborative opportunities across schools to share best practices, problem solve, and gather feedback

Requirements:

- 3+ years of experience teaching in an urban city classroom and realizing significant gains

- Deep knowledge of elementary instruction and planning skills

- Strong leadership skills and personal drive

- Relentless pursuit of high expectations

- Result-oriented and data-driven

- Ability to inspire, motivate and develop others

- Adaptable and able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

- Ability to engage and empower parents and families

- Experience in building and maintaining outstanding school culture

- Excellent time management and organizational skills

- Strategic planning and project management experience

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

## Skills

### Required
- elementary instruction
- planning skills
- leadership skills
- data analysis
- communication skills

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