Assistant Principal of Instruction; English Language Arts - Campus

Important Notice Before You Apply:
This role requires prior K-12 classroom teaching experience. Candidates who have not taught in a K-12 setting will not be considered, regardless of other qualifications. Please do not apply if you do not meet this requirement.

Intrinsic Schools is a Chicago-based charter network reimagining public education for middle and high school students. Our model is built on collaboration, belonging, and personalized learning — systematically developing students' ability to think, solve, communicate, and reflect alongside our EPIC Core Values:
Empathy, Perseverance, Identity, and Curiosity. Through flexible scheduling, mastery-forward grading, Advisory classes, and individualized postsecondary planning, we ensure every student graduates with a plan tailored to their own goals, interests, and future — with roughly 90% of seniors matriculating directly into college.

The Assistant Principal of Instruction is a dynamic instructional leader and culture builder who inspires trust, drives student achievement, and brings the school's vision to life every day. They champion ambitious, data-driven instruction, invest deeply in teacher growth through meaningful coaching and professional learning, and analyze data through a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens — ensuring every student has what they need to succeed on their path to postsecondary success.

Above all, this leader believes a great school is built on great relationships — with students, staff, and families alike — and models that belief in every interaction.

Communication and Inspiration

• Supports a culture of transparency and trust with all stakeholders
• Responds to the needs of students, staff and families in an open manner
• Models a commitment to excellence in all aspects of the school
• Supports development of the administrative team’s school-wide vision & takes an active role in investing and mobilizing teachers to achieve the collective goals of the school
• Owns the implementation of select school priorities in support of the school-wide vision
• Collaborates with administrative team on hiring diverse, highly-effective teachers and school staff

Instructional Leadership

• Drives implementation of the school’s mission and vision to prepare students for postsecondary success
• Models & supports ambitious instruction by ensuring classes are challenging and engaging
• Develops systems & processes to constantly gauge level of teaching and learning across the school
• Designs professional learning that is rooted in research and based on current needs
• Communicates areas of strengths & improvements related to instruction clearly and consistently supports the success of the Intrinsic POD model

Student Achievement & Growth

• Transparently utilizes data to track school progress toward annual goalsh5>
• Analyzes student academic and survey data via a diversity, equity, & inclusion lens
• Monitors GPA, attendance and promotion data and develops school-wide plans for improvement as needed to ensure student success
• Utilizes ACT / IAR and benchmark data to develop instructional insights to utilize student data in student-centered, challenging instruction & aligned curricula
• Leads data-driven instruction by supporting teachers and coaches to:
  • Determine how data aligns to end-of-year goals (what is being assessed and how it maps to standards & competencies)
  • Disaggregate data to analyze how different student groups are performing
  • Determine what data is saying about areas of student mastery and growth

Coaching, Feedback, & Professional Learning

• Provides high-quality instructional coaching with frequent, scheduled teacher observations, actionable & bite-sized feedback, and accountability for adjustment in practice
• Oversees systems to review & provide feedback on instructional plans and lesson plans
• Understands the implications of standards & competencies on what a student should know and be able to do
• Connects teachers with relevant resources to improve their content and pedagogical knowledge
• Collaborates with the administrative team to plan and facilitate professional development

Student Experience

• Supports a culture of joy and…