High School Assistant Principal of Instruction SY

High School Assistant Principal of Instruction

Location:
Nashville, Tennessee

Employment Type:

Full-time, in-person 12-month position Starting Salary: $75,000 (Final salary is based on experience)

Why Choose STEM Preparatory Academy?

At STEM Prep, we are more than a school — we are a community committed to excellence, equity, and empowerment. As a public charter school serving middle and high school students from diverse backgrounds, our mission is to create an inclusive environment where every student is encouraged to learn, lead, and thrive.

We invest deeply in our educators because we know great educators change lives. When you join our team, you join a mission-driven community that values growth, collaboration, and innovation!

• Three years of teaching experience
• A desire to become a school principal within the next 1 to 3 years
• Two years of school leadership experience or equivalent experience
• Commitment to the development of adult learners through skill, knowledge, and mindset coaching conversations
• Ability to hold adults accountable while building and maintaining relationships
• Eagerness to resolve conflicts, not avoid them.
• Demonstrated commitment to Anti Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
• Feels confident, compelled, and proactive in creating, monitoring, and evaluating action plans
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and a student-first mindset
• Bachelor’s degree in education or related field

• Outstanding performance as a lead teacher, supporting student outcomes that exceed district and state performance
• Proven track record of family and community collaborations that drive strong student outcomes and results
• Demonstrated results in coaching adult learners and practitioners to meet individual and collective performance targets, resulting in student outcomes that exceed district and state performance
• Experience designing, facilitating, and evaluating adult learning and professional development that drives school improvement and cultivates a culture of learning, growth, and joy
• Evidence of designing and executing a strong vision for a department.
• A valid teaching license

• Shares leadership and manages the Academic Deans
• Serves as the instructional leader of the building alongside the principal
• Responsible for all student and teacher outcomes for the caseload (academic outcomes, classroom culture & climate, attendance) alongside the principal
• In concert with the principal, provides equity-driven and inclusive coaching of adult learners in alignment with the institutional mission, vision, and values
• In collaboration with the principal, the assistant principal is responsible for the supervision, safety, and well-being of students and staff
• Performs evaluations for staff members designated by the principal
• Staff culture:
  Support the staff culture and work environment in which highly effective staff members are actively engaged and feel unwaveringly connected to the organization and its mission. Strengthen the school to a place where staff and students are all committed to excellence and believe that hard work is the key to achieving it.
• Staff retention:
  Strive to successfully retain top performers. Creates an environment where staff is committed to a long tenure and would recommend working at the school to others.
• Designs, facilitates, and evaluates the outcomes of staff professional development
• Professional Development:
  Develop, maintain, and regularly review and revise systems and practices that improve staff ability to increase student achievement.

• Serves as leader of the instructional leadership team to ensure that all teachers and leaders regularly use assessment data to meet individual student needs and make daily instructional decisions.
• Develops data-driven instructional plans following ongoing and real-time data analyses to include both quantitative formative and summative assessment data and qualitative student work analyses
• Submits weekly performance reports and analyses to the Principal and appropriate others
• Proactively contributes analyses and strategic, continuous improvement plans to the Principal
• Cons…