Mission
Peace Preparatory Academy is seeking staff members committed to our mission of being a place that educates the whole child, supports the whole family, and provides growth and change opportunities for the whole community in a Christ-centered learning environment.
Job Summary
The Assistant Principal supports the school in driving academic and character outcomes for students as a key member of the school’s leadership team. Assistant Principals lead instruction, school culture and develop leadership in the school’s emerging leaders.
Key Traits
- A strong desire to be a part of a school in its foundational years.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively informally and formally with individuals and families of diverse make-ups, cultures, and communities.
- Commitment to Christian character, spiritual growth, and maturity.
- Alignment with Peace Preparatory Academy’s programmatic pillars: developmentally appropriate, trauma informed, culturally relevant, spiritually formative
Responsibilities
- Supports development of Executive Director and Principal’s school-wide vision and takes an active role in investing and mobilizing teachers to achieve the collective goals of the school.
- Owns the implementation of select school priorities in support of the school-wide vision
Content (standards, curriculum, and assessment):
- Develops deep mastery over the academic standards in the subjects/grades for which he/she coaches, and strong understanding of academic standards for all subjects/grades.
- Studies curriculum and assessment content and further develops understanding of how assessments map to content mastery, and what is required of students and teachers to accomplish mastery on the assessments.
Research-based Instructional Practices:
- Develops own and teacher’s knowledge of best practices in instructional methods and teaches teachers how to match particular strategies to gaps in student mastery.
- Develop teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction and support the Principal in planning and implementing school enabling systems.
Lead Academics: Planning and Assessment:
- Determines how data aligns to end-of-year goals (what is being assessed and how it maps to standards); break-out data to analyze how different student groups are performing; determine what data is saying about areas of student mastery and growth; and identify specific instructional actions and adjustments to fill students’ knowledge and skill gaps and a timeline to do so
Lead Academics: Instructional Leadership
- Provides high-quality, helpful instructional coaching with frequent and scheduled teacher observations, actionable and bite-sized feedback, and accountability for adjustment in practice
- Recommends to the Principal what school-wide professional development will be the highest leverage in improving student results; lead engaging, actionable, adult-learning workshops; and hold staff accountable for implementation of the workshop practices
Build Culture
- Models strong staff and student culture and manage school-wide social emotional development and behavior management systems
- Supports teachers in understanding process and roles in student support and intervention and develops systems and structures to ensure that limited time is spent on reactive student discipline
- Manages parts of the daily school operations (e.g. arrival/dismissal, lunch/recess, school trips)
- Collaborates with Principal on student intervention and parent engagement hierarchy; determines next steps for issues that rise above the teacher/grade level
Develop Talent:
- Collaborates with Principal on hiring, developing and retaining diverse, highly-effective teachers and school based staff
- Supports new teacher onboarding processes
Support Operations:
- Contributes to school-wide planning and prioritizes time to accomplish goals
- Provides input into the school-based strategic planning and identifies what the school’s strategic plan means for his/her own leadership and people that he/she manages
Develops Self:
- Cultivates own growth, sustainability, and success through active participation in professional development and by seeking out high-impact growth opportunities
- Maintain prompt and regular attendance in accordance with paid time off (PTO) policy.
- Performs other duties as assigned by an appropriate administrator or their representative.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in education or a related field
- Master’s degree in education, educational administration or related field.
- 3 years of experience as a teacher, counselor, instructional coach or similar role in a K-12 educational setting required
- GA (or out -of-state) teacher certification required
- GA (or out-of state) Educational Leadership certification required
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Medical Insurance for employees (employer paid).
- Mental health (Therapy) reimbursement up to $240/ month
- 403(B) Teacher Retirement Plan
- 10 Paid Time Off days in addition to school and holiday breaks
Working Hours
- Monday - Friday 7:30 am -3:30 pm (Subject to change)
- Includes modified summer schedule.
- Occasional weekends and evenings depending on school events and meetings.
Salary Range
- $74,798 - $92,000
- Depending on years of leadership experience and level of education.
This job description is intended to accurately reflect the duties, responsibilities, and requirements of the position. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. Management and administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary.
Peace Preparatory Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or gender in its employment practices, student programs and dealings with the public.
