Assistant Principal

Description

We are accepting applications for the 2026-27 school year pool for Aspire Central Valley Regional (Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto) Elementary and Secondary Schools.

About Aspire :

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998—in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through—Aspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.

Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy.

Job Summary

Assist the Site Principal in managing all the functions of an individual school site for academic and extended school year, including education program, school culture, office operations, budget, community relations, personnel and facilities in accordance with Aspire standards.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Provide Instructional Leadership for the school site, including

Maintain school-wide focus on high standards of student achievement

Maintain curriculum standards and liaise with content leads to design and implement curriculum

Model Aspire instructional guidelines

Manage process for analyzing data to increase student achievement, including students with special needs and related compliance and collaboration with SPED and Student Services colleagues

Design and lead high quality professional development to increase instructional capacity of staff

Support and coaching of new and veteran teachers toward growth including supporting new Teachers through Induction

Assist in managing human resources, including

Attract and select top performers

Coach, evaluate and provide professional development opportunities

Develop collaborative team culture

Adhere to company policy and state / federal employment laws

Consult with Human Resources as appropriate including for all performance management related concerns

Assist in managing all resources at school site and / or manage specified grant or categorical funds, including

Set and maintain a balanced budget

Adhere to restrictions and reporting requirements of funds

Plan for future needs

Adhere to company policy and protocols for sound fiscal management

Represent the school site in building an effective school community, including

Design and lead high quality professional development that develops and supports healthy school culture including SEL learning

Communicate with parents to better serve students

Garner support from community groups and leaders

Develop positive relationships with sponsoring district and neighborhood schools

Lead and collaborate with Behavior Response and Wellness teams from a trauma-informed and Restorative Justice lens in alignment with compliance protocol and in partnership with Student Services including : 504 plan compliance; Student Support, Discipline, Deescalation, supervision of students as needed, and management of any outside partnerships as applicable

Assist in managing daily operations, facilities, safety, and administrative processes

Address issues and problems that arise in a principle-centered, creative, thoughtful and constructive way

Serve as administrative lead when Principal attends off-site meetings providing supervision for staff

Provide leadership and support for extracurricular and partnership programs as applicable, especially at the Secondary level

Collaborate with Principal to support Master Scheduling

Lead projects as discussed with principal, including

Long-term strategic planning, process improvement, cycle of inquiry-driven instructional improvements, operational improvement, charter renewal and oversight, accreditation, or any other projects required at the school site

Work in collaboration with School Site Leadership and Home Office to achieve site and organizational goals

Additional :

Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, the Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements including antiracism, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior

Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

Qualifications

Competencies :

Demonstrated commitment to students and learning

Experience with instructional leadership, including demonstrated knowledge of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and developing teachers

Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to write clearly and persuasively and interact effectively with different audiences

Excellent organization, time management and follow-up skills; high sense of urgency; demonstrated ability to successfully handle multiple projects concurrently; ability to work as a team

Entrepreneurial passion

Minimum educational level :

Bachelor’s Degree required;

Masters or . in Education preferred

Certifications and / or Licensure :

Administrative Credential preferred

NCLB Highly Qualified preferred

1. Experience required :

3+ years working with urban students as a full-time teacher preferred

7+ years teaching and administrative experience

2. Physical requirements :

Stand, walk or bend over, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, grasp, push, and pull. Move, lift and / or carry up to 30 pounds to shoulder height

Repetitive use of hands (. fine manipulation, simple grasping, and power grasping)

Demonstrate normal depth perception

Sitting, walking or standing for extended periods of time

Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, operate standard office equipment, and use a telephone

See and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aids

Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone with or without auditory aides

3. Work authorization requirements :

Clear the Department of Justice background screening

Authorized to work in the United States

Provide health (TB) clearance (most update every four years)

Compensation :

Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammate's well-being! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools, we offer employees exceptional benefits, including paid time off, 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans, life insurance / long-term disability, participation in a CA state retirement plan, tuition reimbursement plan, and adoption assistance program.