Associate Principal of STEM

Associate Principal of STEM

Job : 5652862

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Apr 17, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Jul 1, 2026

Salary: $110,000 to $125,000 Per Year

Position Type: Full-time

Job Category: Administration >
Assistant Principal/Dean/Head

New Heights Charter School is Massachusetts’ only public school that involves all grades (6‑12) in the Early College approach. Nearly all our 11th and 12th graders are full‑time students on a college campus with younger students earning college credits at the school. You will join a committed, creative team of educators who provide academic and social‑emotional support to young people coming from high‑need backgrounds, ensuring they are college and career ready.

We support our staff with a wide array of professional development opportunities and coaching.

As a member of the Academic Leadership Team, you will take a lead role in the development and fine‑tuning of our curriculum, instructional protocols and procedures, observations and evaluations, school policies, and enrichment activities. You will support the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) and Principal in the overall administration of the educational programs, overseeing the implementation of a high‑level, standards‑based instructional program and learning environment from early high school to early college.

You will promote close working relationships with parents, students, and staff, and keep the CAO and Principal informed about emerging issues.

• Demonstrates alignment and commitment to NHCSB’s Early College mission, core beliefs, and educational philosophy, adaptable, flexible, and solutions‑oriented
• Evidence of self‑motivation, taking initiatives, and willingness to be a team leader and a team player
• Experience in schools that rely heavily on intervention, literacy, and content knowledge as a means to dramatically increase student achievement
• Driven to deliver rigorous, high‑quality, standards‑based instruction by emphasizing student engagement with complex texts, critical thinking, and comprehensive literary analysis
• Exhibits a laser focus on analyzing student work and student data, coupled with a deep commitment to data‑driven decision‑making
• Quantifiable track record of outstanding academic results
• Unwavering commitment to feedback, improvement, and practice
• Culturally‑aware, culturally‑sensitive, and culturally‑responsive

We seek to build a high‑performing 6‑12 school and need a leader that fully commits to the mission, inspires, and can address the big and small challenges that will make the largest impact. This leader must be willing to engage in difficult conversations, build the investment and shared school culture of highly effective teams, be joyful, humble, open to feedback, nurturing, confident, and assured of support from the Chief Academic Officer (and School Principal).

• Assist the CAO and Principal in providing exemplary leadership to all school community members to achieve outstanding performance in preparing each student for college
• Assist in developing and communicating strategic school systems, culture, and vision, and building a plan to achieve that vision
• Assist in leading all aspects of Data‑Driven Instruction (DDI), Leading Professional Development (PD), and Observation & Feedback (OF)
• Assist in implementing effective assessment systems and using data to inform decisions; curriculum development and assessment; and ensuring consistency within the school program and alignment with state and other rigorous standards

• Assist the Principal in providing school‑wide leadership and the Executive Director in any directed district‑related responsibilities
• Conduct daily teacher observations and provide real‑time feedback to move the needle on student achievement in conjunction with grade‑level and/or instructional leaders
• Coach instructional leaders in providing effective instructional observations and feedback to teachers
• Assist the CAO in leading faculty to ensure that all staff are providing well‑managed and rigorous daily lessons,…