Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal

The Assistant Principal supports the Principal in providing instructional leadership, ensuring safe and effective school operations, and fostering a positive learning environment across two Alternative Education Program sites. This position plays a critical role in promoting student success by overseeing daily operations, supervising staff, implementing behavioral and academic interventions, and collaborating with families, sending school districts, and community agencies. The Assistant Principal works closely with students who have been assigned to the program due to disciplinary infractions and is committed to supporting successful behavioral, academic, and social-emotional growth while preparing students for a successful transition back to their home schools.

Since the program operates at two locations, the Assistant Principal must be able to travel regularly between both sites to provide consistent leadership, oversight, and support.

Qualification requirements include a Master's degree in Educational Leadership or successful completion of a leadership program, State of Delaware Certification as a School Principal/Assistant Principal, at least four (4) years of successful teaching or educator experience, at least two (2) years of demonstrated and effective leadership experience in an educational environment, strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills, and the ability to handle complex issues, multiple tasks, responsibilities and make decisions quickly and effectively.

Essential duties and responsibilities include assisting the Principal in providing instructional, operational, and administrative leadership across two Alternative Education Program sites, traveling regularly between both program locations to ensure consistent leadership, program implementation, and staff support, supervising student arrival, dismissal, and transportation procedures, coordinating school safety procedures, emergency protocols, and required safety drills, conducting observations and evaluations for teachers, specialists, and support staff, providing coaching and professional learning on tiered academic, behavioral, attendance, and mental health supports, overseeing student discipline, including investigations, documentation, parent communication, and follow-up interventions, building and maintaining positive relationships with students, families, sending school districts, staff, and community partners, collaborating with counselors, transition specialists, and behavioral support staff to coordinate student services, coordinating student referrals and ensuring all intake documentation meets Delaware Department of Education requirements, leading intake meetings with new students and families, assisting with recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and mentoring staff, participating in all required district and CDAP professional learning, meetings, and trainings, managing and reporting program data required for Delaware Department of Education evaluations, applications, and funding, assisting with quarterly CDAP meetings and state assessment administration, overseeing processes to ensure students receive daily meals in coordination with Child Nutrition staff, serving as a liaison with outside agencies, including probation, counseling, and the Division of Family Services, as appropriate, supporting student transition planning and successful reintegration into home schools or other educational settings, and performing other duties as assigned.