REPORTS TO: Site Principal
Position Summary Education for Change is looking for dynamic and visionary instructional leaders who will engage students, staff, and families to ensure high student achievement. The Assistant Principal of Instruction's central responsibilities are to provide support and accountability to a team of TK-2nd grade teachers. They lead lesson internalization, observation and feedback, data meetings and looking at student work protocols, grade-level team collaborative meetings, and bi-weekly department professional development, all in alignment to the Science of Reading. They collaborate closely with the principal and Director of Early Literacy in communicating and supporting the mission of Education for Change, maintaining focus on high student achievement for all students, creating a collaborative, results-oriented professional learning community, analyzing and responding to data, supporting teachers in their growth, and evaluating and responding to the effectiveness of interventions and instructional practices. They have experience successfully working in an urban elementary school with a high English Learner and low-income population.
Responsibilities: Instructional Leadership - Provide daily coaching to drive instructional improvement; coaching may include intellectual preparation for lessons, analysis of student work, real-time coaching, classroom observations and feedback, demonstration lessons, elbow coaching, etc.
- Design and facilitate professional development for instructional staff, including planning and facilitating site and network summer and school-year PD sessions as needed
- Support teachers in implementing instructional practices aligned to Common Core and the Science of Reading
- Analyze performance and observational data to determine and implement instructional improvement and academic acceleration strategies via professional development and coaching
- Lead network-wide initiatives as part of the EFC Early Literacy Team
- Collaborate with site instructional leadership to involve staff in planning and decision making, including school site planning, committees, etc.
- Collaborate with site and home office instructional leadership to establish and maintain an instruction- and results-oriented professional learning community
Personnel Performance Management: - Motivate staff to excel
- Hold staff accountable for high-quality job performance
- Evaluate personnel in an effective, timely manner
- Create support systems for staff improvement
- Create a culture where the staff works as a dedicated professional team
- Follow all established EFC policies and procedures
Basic Qualifications:- Minimum of 5 years teaching experience
- At least 1 year of instructional coaching experience
- Grounded in an equity-based mindset
- Knowledge of the Common Core standards and the Science of Reading
- Strong data analysis skill
- Must possess a growth mindset and be able to use feedback to refine practice
- Successful experience working in a collaborative environment
- Experience working with diverse communities
Desired Qualifications:- Spanish Bilingual / Multilingual
- Masters Degree
- Knowledge of SIPPs and knowledge-building ELA curricula
- Experience integrating technology as a teaching tool
- Experience working with Emerging Bilingual Students
- Strong community building skills
- Outstanding communication and organization skills
