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Assistant Principal, Florida Job at Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc. in San

Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc., San Francisco County, CA, United States


Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We are growing fast in New York and expanding to Florida, and we would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching his or her potential. About SA We are the fourth-largest public school system in New York State, serving nearly 22,000 predominantly Black and Hispanic students from low-income backgrounds. We lead the state in math and reading performance, and 100% of our graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges, including the most selective colleges in the country. Every day, our students prove that children from all backgrounds can achieve at the highest level when educators believe in their potential and hold them to sky-high standards. Now, we are entering a historic new chapter. In 2027, Success Academy will expand beyond New York City for the first time, opening schools in Florida, beginning in Miami-Dade County. As a founding Assistant Principal, you will join a select cohort of Success Academy leaders and play a key role in launching our first schools in Florida. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be on the ground floor of an exciting new chapter for education reform — taking your career to the next level while delivering a life-changing education for underserved children in Miami. About the Role The Assistant Principal role at Success Academy is a high-impact leadership position for educators who want to develop adults, strengthen teaching and learning, and drive outstanding student outcomes across an entire school. The role is fundamentally about people management to achieve high-quality learning for every student. The Assistant Principal takes full ownership of schooling and instructional excellence across multiple grade levels and content areas, developing and holding teachers accountable to meet and exceed Success Academy’s school quality standards. As a key member of the leadership team, the Assistant Principal has a deep understanding of the SA standard for excellence, communicates expectations with clarity, and acts quickly to improve adult practice through feedback and coaching. In close partnership with the Principal, the Assistant Principal helps lead school-wide systems, professional development, and family engagement, ensuring excellence throughout the building. This position is intentionally designed as a pathway to the principalship. Assistant Principals master people management, instructional leadership, and school culture stewardship, with the expectation of readiness for the principal role within three years. Core Responsibilities Drive and monitor progress toward organizational priorities and outcomes. Uphold, communicate, and build investment in Success Academy standards for professionalism, instructional quality, and scholar work. Develop and change the way adults approach the work, providing clear expectations, precise feedback, and accountability for meeting SA standards. Observe and monitor grade team and schoolwide culture, actively shaping a positive, results-driven environment grounded in professionalism, ownership, and excellence. Set and maintain a high pace of change and improvement across teams. Minimize academic failure and promote high-quality learning across classrooms through accurate diagnosis of gaps in instructional practice and mindsets, and direct, actionable coaching to drive fast change. Founding Assistant Principal Year-Long Leadership Training Program Success Academy makes a significant investment in your development, beginning with a year-long leadership training and development program in New York City during the 2026-27 school year. This immersive program prepares you for the Assistant Principal role at your Florida school with intensive, hands-on training focused on managing and developing adults, driving instructional quality, and executing organizational priorities. This best-in-class SA leadership program has a proven track record of developing exemplary principals who build and sustain top-ranked public schools. You will emerge prepared to manage high-performing teams, drive schoolwide learning quality, and advance rapidly into senior school leadership — while helping shape the future of Success Academy in Florida. What The Assistant Principal Training Experience Includes: A year-long leadership training and development program in New York City with one-on-one coaching and regular leadership and professional learning opportunities tailored to the founding Florida AP cohort. Continued development once you assume the Assistant Principal role at your Florida school in the summer, 2027. Preparation for future principalship within a high-performing school network. We encourage you to apply or reach out to jobapp.support@successacademies.org if you have questions or would be unable to relocate to New York for a year. Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s Degree Skills eager to receive and implement feedback immediately. Excellent judgment and problem-solving skills. Enjoys holding kids and adults accountable to high expectations and achieving excellence. Ambitious and competitive in the service of results; energized by clear benchmarks and the opportunity to learn from what’s working. Highly organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Strong sense of ownership for self and team development, performance, and outcomes. Thinks strategically about people — how to motivate, develop, and influence to change mindsets and behavior. Benefits At Success Academy, we invest boldly in our teachers, through exceptional pay growth, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, and career pathways that enable you to advance into leadership within an average of three years! Health

In Summary: In 2027, Success Academy will expand beyond New York City for the first time, opening schools in Florida, beginning in Miami-Dade County . The Assistant Principal role at Success Academy is a high-impact leadership position for educators who want to develop adults, strengthen teaching and learning, and drive outstanding student outcomes across an entire school .

En Español: Gracias por su interés en Success Academy! Dirigir una red grande, de rápido crecimiento y alto rendimiento de escuelas públicas charter requiere un pueblo - familias, niños, maestros, personal y profesores, defensores y partidarios por igual. Estamos creciendo rápidamente en Nueva York y expandiéndonos a Florida, y nos encantaría darles la bienvenida a nuestra comunidad! Trabajamos incansablemente todos los días para garantizar que los niños tengan acceso a una educación divertida, rigurosa y completa sin importar el código postal o el estado económico. Cuando se une a SA, usted juega un papel en darle a cada estudiante que pase a través de nuestras puertas una oportunidad justa de alcanzar su potencial. Sobre SA Somos el cuarto sistema escolar público más grande del Estado de Florida, sirviendo a casi 22,000 estudiantes predominantemente negros e hispanos de orígenes de bajos ingresos. Este es una oportunidad única para estar en la planta baja de un emocionante nuevo capítulo para la reforma educativa llevar su carrera al siguiente nivel mientras ofrece una educación que cambia la vida a los niños desatendidos en Miami. Sobre el papel El rol del Principal Asistente en Success Academy es una posición de liderazgo de alto impacto para educadores que quieren desarrollar adultos, fortalecer la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, e impulsar resultados sobresalientes de estudiantes en toda una escuela. Los directores asistentes dominan la gestión de personas, el liderazgo instructivo y la administración de la cultura escolar, con la expectativa de estar listos para el papel principal dentro de tres años. Las responsabilidades básicas impulsan y monitorean el progreso hacia las prioridades y resultados organizacionales. Apoyan, comunican y construyen inversiones en los estándares de Success Academy para profesionalidad, calidad de enseñanza y trabajo académico. Desarrollan y cambien la forma en que los adultos se acercan al trabajo, proporcionando claras expectativas, retroalimentación precisa y responsabilidad por cumplir con las normas SA. Observa y monitorea la cultura del equipo de grado y de conducción de toda la escuela, dando forma activa a un entorno positivo basado en los resultados fundamentados en profesionalismo, propiedad y excelencia académica. Establece y mantenga un ritmo de cambio y mejora entre equipos. Minimiza y promueve una alta calidad educativa a través de clases rápidas mediante el diagnóstico de brechas en las prácticas educativas e instructuales, así como el desarrollo directo de entrenamiento intensivo de los estudiantes durante el año 2026 y el desarrollo de su programa de capacitación permanente en Nueva York. Este mejor programa de liderazgo SA tiene una trayectoria comprobada en el desarrollo de directores ejemplares que construyen y sostienen escuelas públicas top-ranking. Usted emergerá preparado para gestionar equipos de alto rendimiento, impulsar la calidad del aprendizaje en toda la escuela y avanzar rápidamente hacia el liderazge escolar superior mientras ayuda a dar forma al futuro de Success Academy en Florida. Qué incluye The Assistant Principal Training Experience: Un programa de capacitación y desarrollo de líderes durante un año en Nueva York City con entrenamiento individual y liderazgo regular y oportunidades de aprendizaje profesional adaptadas a la cohorte fundadora de Florida AP. Desarrollo continuado una vez asuma el papel de Director Asistente en su escuela de Florida en el verano de 2027. Preparación para el futuro director dentro de una escuela de alto desempeño. Le animamos a aplicar o llegar a los resultados. Un fuerte sentido de propiedad por el desarrollo personal y del equipo, el rendimiento y los resultados. Piensa estratégicamente sobre las personas cómo motivar, desarrollar e influir para cambiar la mentalidad y el comportamiento. Beneficios En Success Academy, invertimos audazmente en nuestros maestros, a través de un crecimiento salarial excepcional, beneficios integrales de salud y bienestar y caminos profesionales que le permitan avanzar hacia el liderazgo en un promedio de tres años! Salud.