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Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We are growing fast in New York and expanding to Florida, and we would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

About SA

We are the fourth-largest public school system in New York State, serving nearly 22,000 predominantly Black and Hispanic students from low-income backgrounds. We lead the state in math and reading performance, and 100% of our graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges, including the most selective colleges in the country.

Every day, our students prove that children from all backgrounds can achieve at the highest level when educators believe in their potential and hold them to sky-high standards. Now, we are entering a historic new chapter. In 2027, Success Academy will expand beyond New York City for the first time, opening schools in Florida, beginning in Miami-Dade County.

As a founding Assistant Principal, you will join a select cohort of Success Academy leaders and play a key role in launching our first schools in Florida. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be on the ground floor of an exciting new chapter for education reform — taking your career to the next level while delivering a life-changing education for underserved children in Miami.

About the Role

The Assistant Principal role at Success Academy is a high-impact leadership position for educators who want to develop adults, strengthen teaching and learning, and drive outstanding student outcomes across an entire school.

The role is fundamentally about people management to achieve high-quality learning for every student. The Assistant Principal takes full ownership of schooling and instructional excellence across multiple grade levels and content areas, developing and holding teachers accountable to meet and exceed Success Academy’s school quality standards. As a key member of the leadership team, the Assistant Principal has a deep understanding of the SA standard for excellence, communicates expectations with clarity, and acts quickly to improve adult practice through feedback and coaching.

In close partnership with the Principal, the Assistant Principal helps lead school-wide systems, professional development, and family engagement, ensuring excellence throughout the building.

This position is intentionally designed as a pathway to the principalship. Assistant Principals master people management, instructional leadership, and school culture stewardship, with the expectation of readiness for the principal role within three years.

Core Responsibilities

• Drive and monitor progress toward organizational priorities and outcomes.
• Uphold, communicate, and build investment in Success Academy standards for professionalism, instructional quality, and scholar work.
• Develop and change the way adults approach the work, providing clear expectations, precise feedback, and accountability for meeting SA standards.
• Observe and monitor grade team and schoolwide culture, actively shaping a positive, results-driven environment grounded in professionalism, ownership, and excellence.
• Set and maintain a high pace of change and improvement across teams.
• Minimize academic failure and promote high-quality learning across classrooms through accurate diagnosis of gaps in instructional practice and mindsets, and direct, actionable coaching to drive fast change.

Founding Assistant Principal Year-Long Leadership Training Program

Success Academy makes a significant investment in your development, beginning with a year-long leadership training and development program in New York City during the 2026-27 school year. This immersive program prepares you for the Assistant Principal role at your Florida school with intensive, hands-on training focused on managing and developing adults, driving instructional quality, and executing organizational priorities.

This best-in-class SA leadership program has a proven track record of developing exemplary principals who build and sustain top-ranked public schools. You will emerge prepared to manage high-performing teams, drive schoolwide learning quality, and advance rapidly into senior school leadership — while helping shape the future of Success Academy in Florida.

What The Assistant Principal Training Experience Includes :

We encourage you to apply or reach out to jobapp.support@successacademies.org if you have questions or would be unable to relocate to New York for a year.

Qualifications

Education :

Skills & Attributes :

Benefits

At Success Academy, we invest boldly in our teachers, through exceptional pay growth, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, and career pathways that enable you to advance into leadership within an average of three years!

Health & Wellbeing that Starts Day One

Time to Recharge

Accelerated Growth & Recognition

Financial Security for Your Future

Compensation :   The total  year-one cash compensation earning potential for this role is up to $115,800, including base salary, relocation support, and performance-based bonus eligibility.

Here’s what to expect if your application is considered :

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Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

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