Assistant Principal

About the role

The mission of Independence Mission Schools is to provide a transformative Catholic education that develops students intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually and that provides children of all faiths across the City of Philadelphia with the opportunity to learn in an academically rigorous environment and to grow in a culture of love, setting them on the path to a promising future.

Responsibilities

• Catholic Identity, School Mission and Vision
• Committed to ensuring opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to encounter God and the beauty of our Catholic Faith.
• Supports a schoolwide compelling vision of academic excellence and equity through strategic planning, change leadership and school improvement, and innovative practices and balancing time-tested, researched strategies.
• Cultivates and upholds the mission, vision, and values of the school. Ensures this lives in all actions, communications, and plans.
• Safeguards the pursuit of academic excellence by students.
• Collects and assesses data to make decisions and determine the most pressing needs of their schools.
• Drives results using strategic action plans that center on achieving school goals.
• Supports the Principal in developing a culture of continuous learning that maximizes staff and student morale and performance.
• Serves as an ambassador and advocate of the school's mission, goals and achievements.
• Supports school development and community relations, including public relations and fundraising activities for the school as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching and/or coaching teaching staff to use Common Core Standards-aligned curriculum materials.
• Demonstrated success as a teacher/school leader, backed by data-driven instruction, recommendations, and outcomes.
• Possessed of deep capability to effectively build, develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external constituents including staff, teachers, parents, students, board members, and community stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and staff development skills including an encouraging, motivating presence exhibited in team building, staff engagement and successful conflict resolution.
• Able to self-direct and prioritize among competing goals, exhibit flexibility and good judgment, and drive results in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Capable of representing the organization and its goals effectively in both oral and written communications to diverse audiences.