Assistant Principal, K-3

Job Title: Assistant Principal, K-3
Division/Dept.: Academic
FLSA: Full Time- exempt-non-union
Reports To: CEO/Principal
Travel: Occasional
Location: Philadelphia, PA

About Us
Southwest Leadership Academy Charter School (SLACS) was founded to address the need for community access to exceptional, leadership-based education in the heart of southwest Philadelphia. Southwest Leadership Academy Charter School supports over 600 students in grades K-8 in single-sex classrooms, leveraging research from the world-renowned Gurian Institute around socio-emotional learning and differentiation between the sexes, fueling growth, leadership, and engagement for all students. Kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms are supported by two educators from the SLA team. This translates to more individual student attention and increased opportunities for differentiated instruction.

We understand that a collaborative learning environment between teachers, parents, and school staff is crucial to setting up every child’s educational success.

General Purpose of Position:
The Assistant Principal supervises all school personnel, directly or indirectly. Coordinates with the Principal and
assists in developing and implementing policies, programs, and curriculum activities; promotes the educational
development of each student and the professional development of each staff member.

Primary Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• General Planning: Assists in the development of broad goals for the school and plans accordingly to ensure that procedures and schedules are implemented to carry out the total school program.
• General Coordination: Assist the principal with development and management of school calendar and schedules
• Enhancement of Personnel Skills: Supports and develops activities which facilitate the professional growth of the school staff and enhance the quality of the instructional program.
• School Objective: Coordinates with the Principal to develop annual goals for the school for the instructional, extracurricular, and athletic programs of the school.
• Curriculum Objectives: Ensures that the instructional objectives for a given subject and/or classroom are met. Coordinates with the faculty and others in the development of specific curricular objectives to meet the needs of the school program. The assistant principal provides opportunities for staff participation in the school program.
• Data: Evaluates student progress in the instructional program by means that include maintaining up-to-date student data. Supervises and appraises the performance of staff.
• Facilitates Organizational Efficiency: Creates and maintains duty roster, coordinates class coverages and substitute teachers as needed; Monitors emergency plan.
• New Staff and Students: Coordinates with the members of the Leadership Team to orient and assist new staff and new students.
• Handling Disciplinary Procedures as needed to support the Dean of Students.

Additional Tasks
• After school clubs- coordinate after school clubs. Teacher-led clubs based on teachers' interests.
• Co-Chair the MTSS Committee
• Monitoring grade books and providing feedback
• Duty Roster (Arrival and dismissal for staff without homeroom responsibilities)
• Other duties as assigned by Principal

Education, Skills and Experience Requirements:
• PA Principal’s Certification
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in a leadership role in a K-4 setting.
• Project management, team leader, and/or long-term strategic planning work experience required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational, planning, and implementation skills
• High level of good judgement and ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive business, financial, and personnel information
• Excellent follow-through, ability to meet deadlines, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Successfully work as a team player and pitch in when needed while maintaining a positive, professional,
• and goal-oriented attitude
• Ability to build and maintain positive and professional relationships with a diverse body of students, co-workers, student families, vendors, etc.
• Ability to maintain a calm and professional demeanor in the face of competing demands and external pressures
• Acute attention to detail coupled with accuracy and the ability to think and act strategically
• Openness to feedback
• Working knowledge of the charter school model preferred
• Ability to perform the above responsibilities at a high level.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to
handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch
or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee may must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision,
depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Manual dexterity to use office equipment. Repetitive operation
of computer keyboard.

Work Environment:
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the
employee is not exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.