About the Role
Family Life Academy Charter School (FLACS) is seeking dynamic administrators who value collaboration, believe in education as activism, and want to work in an environment where academic excellence is the norm. The Assistant Principal supports the Principal in promoting the success and safety of all staff and students, articulating the FLACS mission, and ensuring the successful implementation of rigorous curricula.
Responsibilities
- Supports the principal in leading staff, students, and parents in shaping a clear and strategic vision for academic success.
- Facilitates the planning, development, organization, coordination, and supervision of the instructional program.
- Coaches, mentors, models, develops, and evaluates teachers.
- Coaches teachers and teacher leaders on data analysis and use.
- Contributes to a shared culture focused on excellence.
- Ensures the school is safe and orderly.
- Ensures teachers have high expectations for students and that students are provided with the overall skills, knowledge, and experience to succeed academically and socially.
- Builds strong family and community ties.
- Supervises the delivery of a rigorous student curriculum.
- Establishes and maintains trusting relationships.
- Oversees programming, testing schedule, test administration, and training.
- Identifies, creates, and designs school programs aligned with State guidance.
- Participates in teacher/staff recruitment efforts and liaisons with the network office of human resources.
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in Education required.
- New York State Certification as a School Building Leader and/or School Administrator and Supervisor (SAS) certificate and/or School District Leader (SDL) certificate and/or School District Administrator (SDA) certificate.
- Experience as an effective assistant principal or other leadership position, preferred.
- At least five years of successful teaching.
- Clearance for fingerprint and criminal background check.
Skills
- Leadership
- Organizational capabilities
- Collaboration
- Mentoring
- Coaching
- Data analysis
Location
- South Bronx
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experience as an effective assistant principal or other leadership position, preferred
- At least five years of successful teaching
Education Level
- Master’s Degree in Education
- New York State Certification as a School Building Leader
- New York State Certification as School Administrator and Supervisor (SAS)
- School District Leader (SDL) certificate
- School District Administrator (SDA) certificate
Salary/Compensations
- $115,000 to $140,000
About the Company
- Family Life Academy Charter School (FLACS) is a nonprofit network of high-performing charter schools in the South Bronx.
- FLACS, together with the Latino Pastoral Action Center and parents, create the conditions for self-empowerment for all its K-12 students to excel academically, take responsibility for their own learning, and affirm human values, today, in college, and beyond.
- We are guided by this mission and through it, we have revolutionized education for students from K-12.
Equal Opportunity
- It is the policy of FLACS to provide educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage and citizenship status, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender (sex) or prior record of arrest or convictions (except as provided bylaw), and to maintain an environment free of discriminatory harassment, including sexual harassment, or retaliation, as required by civil rights law.
