Assistant Principal of Grades 3-5

Responsibilities

Supporting and Coaching Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Teachers

• Provide curriculum support and training for all teachers and continuous staff development;
• Observe classrooms, live coach teachers, and lead individual coaching meetings to support teachers with implementing their weekly action step;
• Model and coach instructional methods in a variety of settings (whole group and small group);
• Model and live coach Amplify skills, Amplify knowledge, Eureka math, and EL Education (for 5th grade) lessons.
• Conduct classroom walkthroughs and provides feedback to teachers and leaders;
• Ensure teacher mastery of foundational reading, writing and math skills

Curriculum and Instruction

• Serve as the main point of knowledge and support for our third, fourth, and fifth grade curriculum;
• Participate in shared planning and internalization protocols with teachers and the department to help teachers adjust curriculum to best meet students’ needs;
• Facilitate vertical and horizontal collaborative instructional planning;
• Facilitate trainings for teachers around curricular and instructional best practices;
• Support teachers with putting the cognitive load on students;
• Provide lesson plan and lesson internalization feedback;
• Assist with the planning and delivery of parent workshops and informational sessions involving the K-2 curriculum, instruction, and intervention;
• Participate in parent conferences and provide instructional suggestions;
• Ensure academic excellence and data is displayed visually (word walls, data walls, bulletin boards with student work, etc.)

Data Analysis and Action Planning

• Assess students using a variety of measures to determine appropriate placement and specific instructional needs;
• Disaggregate and analyze student data to inform instruction, “just in time” interventions, and teacher practice;

• Collaborate with SpED, ESL, and EB teachers to ensure all students are successful including providing flexible grouping interventions based on data analysis;

• Work with teachers to analyze data and make adjustments to curriculum and instruction;
• Present data findings and action steps to the leadership team;
• Work with intervention coordinator and UH tutors to create clear timelines for intervention and ensuring students more than 1.5 grade levels behind get immediate, high-touch intervention in the first three months of school;
• Support all teachers in ensuring 95% of students leave kindergarten and first grade on grade level

Schoolwide Support

• Complete all necessary school wide duties for the successful and orderly functioning of the school (e.g., hallway/bathroom supervision, arrival/departure transitions, participation in field trips, etc.);
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior to ensure that students observe the School’s core values, high expectations, and code of conduct;
• Share responsibility for grade-level and school-wide activities;
• Effective use of technology as a communication and educational tool to improve student achievement and manage work related tasks;
• Implement our school wide behavior system, routines and procedures and utilize our tracking system;
• Participate in weekly manager check-ins, grade-level meetings, before and after-school duties, and school wide meetings and functions;
• Engage in summer and year-long district, school and personal learning and development;
• Participate in other duties as assigned

We look for team members that embody our REACH values. This includes the characteristics below.

• Open to sharing and implementing feedback with reverence and professionalism for the work (Respect).
• Authentic care for student results and effective teaching (Excellence).
• Setting a higher bar for yourself and others each day (Ambition).
• Honest contribution to and collaboration with the community (Community).
• Do what is needed to achieve results (Hard Work).
• Believes in education as a profession and holds oneself to a high level of conduct and professionalism

Qualifications

• A minimum of two years teaching in high-performing urban schools with exemplary student results.
• A demonstrable commitment to pursuing equity.
• A strong track record of experience and results as an educator.
• Ability to multi-task and work within an ambiguous, fast-moving, start-up environment, while driving toward clarity and solutions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Bilingual (Spanish and English) preferred.

Étoile Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact HR at 713.265.8657.