Assistant Principal High School

About the Role

At Wayside Schools, we seek staff with diverse backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, talents, and ideas to meet the needs of our growing body of scholars and dynamic programming. The high school assistant principal will be responsible, with the support of the principal, for ensuring that every scholar achieves the academic skills, intellectual habits, and character traits necessary to be successful in a four-year university and beyond. This will be accomplished by promoting a collaborative campus culture, setting and maintaining high expectations, supporting the development of instructional staff, and building relationships with various stakeholders.

About Wayside Schools

Wayside Schools is an open-enrollment, tuition-free Pre-K3-12th grade public charter school network serving over 1,900 scholars across five South Austin schools. Since 2012, Wayside Schools has strived to empower historically underserved scholars by providing them with the instructional experiences, academic skills, intellectual habits, and social-emotional competencies needed to graduate from four-year colleges and universities. This empowers scholars to narrate their own futures and positively impact their families and communities.

Qualifications

• Education/Certification:
  • Bachelor's Degree (required)
  • Master's Degree in an education-related field (preferred)
  • Administrative Certification (preferred)
  • Bilingual (preferred)
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 3 years of teaching experience in a low-income school
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in a campus leadership role (e.g., coach, mentor teacher, team leader, curriculum support)
  • Understanding of public charter schools, with Texas-specific knowledge a plus
  • Proven track record of managing school leaders to achieve ambitious goals
  • Outstanding leadership and management skills, including team-building, collaboration, conflict management, goal setting, and accountability
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with demonstrated success in building programs, departments, or organizations
  • Flexibility to manage diverse responsibilities and priorities
  • Strong written, speaking, and organizational skills, including backwards planning and progress monitoring
  • Ability to engage with a broad range of stakeholders
  • Deep commitment to improving the lives of scholars from low-income communities
  • Passion for Wayside Schools' mission, vision, and values
  • High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Google Suite

Pay

Salary: $75,000

Contract Days: 220 Days | Reports to: Campus Principal | Enrollment: Approx. 350 scholars | Company Website: www.waysideschools.org