Middle and High School Assistant Principal Student Life

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SALARY RANGE
: $110,000 - $128,500 Annually. Placement is commensurate with qualifications.

JOB SUMMARY

Mid-Pacific Institute seeks a dynamic, experienced school leader to serve as Assistant Principal for Student Life, a central role in shaping the student experience across grades 6–12.

This leader is responsible for cultivating a safe, caring, and joyful school culture where every student feels seen, heard, valued, and challenged to grow to their highest potential. Grounded in Mid-Pacific’s core values of ‘ohana, caring, diversity, innovation, and creativity, the Assistant Principal for Student Life ensures that school culture is not left to chance, but intentionally designed, consistently enacted, and deeply felt by all members of the community.

The Assistant Principal serves as both a cultural anchor and a strategic leader in a highly visible, student-centered leadership role. The Assistant Principal is a “warm demander”—a leader who builds trusting and authentic relationships while holding high expectations for both students and colleagues. As a leader of leaders, this role directly supervises and develops other leaders including our grade‑level deans and directors of student activities.

The Assistant Principal ensures coherence and quality in student support systems advisory programming, discipline protocols, and contributes to faculty supervision and instructional leadership, and performs other duties as assigned by the MS/HS Principal.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Culture, Climate, and Student Experience

• Lead the development of a vibrant, inclusive, and values‑driven student culture across grades 6–12
• Ensure students experience a strong sense of belonging, safety, and connection—so that school feels like a second home
• Serve as a highly visible presence across campus (e.g., start and end of day, lunch, events, chapel, assemblies, athletics, etc.)
• Communicate regularly with students and families, including through assemblies and public speaking engagements
• Partner with students to elevate student voice and engagement in shaping school culture

2. Student Support Systems

• Design, implement, and continuously improve a coherent, school‑wide approach to student behavior
• Ensure clarity, consistency, and fairness in the implementation of school expectations, including key areas such as dress code and cell phone policies
• Lead the shift from reactive discipline toward proactive culture‑building, restorative practices, and positive behavior systems
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to deans on complex or high‑stakes student situations and manage appeals when appropriate
• Ensure systems are aligned, clearly communicated, and sustainable for faculty
• Directly supervise, coach, and develop grade‑level deans as the front line of student support and discipline
• Provide leadership and support to Directors of Student Activities, ensuring alignment between programming, Advisory, and school culture goals
• Build a high‑functioning, collaborative team culture among deans, counselors, activities leaders, and student support staff
• Ensure that all members of the student life team are equipped, supported, and held accountable for their roles

4. Advisory Program Leadership

• Provide vision, structure, and coherence for the 6–12 Advisory program
• Ensure Advisory serves as a meaningful space for relationship‑building, social‑emotional learning, and student development
• Collaborate with Directors of Student Activities and faculty to design engaging and purposeful advisory experiences

5. Faculty Partnership and Support

• Partner with faculty to create a shared understanding of student expectations and behavior systems
• Ensure policies are consistently upheld, reducing ambiguity and alleviating unnecessary burden on teachers
• Support faculty in addressing student needs through clear systems, communication, and follow‑through
• Contribute to a collaborative professional…