Middle School Assistant Principal Fellow

North Side Community School is seeking a visionary, growth-minded Middle School Assistant Principal Fellow to join our middle school leadership team. Designed as a one-year leadership development role, this fellowship provides intensive, hands-on administrative experience in culture systems, scholar support, multi-tiered behavioral frameworks, and extended-day management. Upon successful completion and strong performance during the fellowship year, this role transitions into the full Assistant Principal position for the following school year.

The Assistant Principal Fellow will serve as an essential leader of campus climate, discipline, and student culture. Driven by a positive, forward-thinking mindset, this leader will actively cultivate a joyful, structured, and restorative environment where middle school scholars build character and achieve academic excellence. Additionally, the Fellow will hold administrative ownership over Middle School Extended Day programming, serving as the primary administrator on duty during extended hours.

• Multi-Tiered Behavior Systems: Lead the implementation and management of Tier 2 and Tier 3 student discipline and intervention frameworks across the middle school campus.
• PBIS & Class Dojo
  
  Incentives:
  
  Drive Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), including management of the Class Dojo store, scholar reward systems, and positive reinforcement initiatives.
• Restorative Interventions: Facilitate restorative circles, mediation, conflict resolution, and structured re-entry meetings following behavior incidents to emphasize repair, reflection, and growth.
• Support Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner closely with leadership, counselors, social workers, and instructional staff through the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework to design and track individualized scholar support plans.

• Culture Leadership: Build and sustain a joyful, safe, and high-expectation middle school culture that reinforces positive scholar identity, mutual respect, and accountability.
• Common Area Management: Provide an active, visible leadership presence during key daily transitions, including arrival, hallway passing periods, lunch/recess, and dismissal.
• Staff Culture
  
  Coaching:
  
  Model, train, and coach teachers and staff on trauma-informed behavior responses, PBIS strategies, and restorative practices.

• Extended Day Leadership: Serve as the designated Administrator on Duty for Middle School Extended Day programming, ensuring school-day expectations, safety protocols, and routines carry over seamlessly.
• Operational Oversight: Supervise extended-day staff, manage daily student attendance, ensure clear escalation pathways for incidents, and maintain safe dismissal operations.
• Program Enrichment: Collaborate with extended-day partners and staff to deliver structured enrichment, academic support, and extracurricular activities that engage middle school scholars.

• Behavior & Attendance Tracking: Conduct rigorous weekly data monitoring on student behavior referrals, repeat incidents, discipline, and campus attendance goals.
• Data-Driven Action Steps: Translate data trends into actionable intervention strategies, staff adjustments, and targeted scholar support plans.
• Leadership Reporting: Present regular data updates and culture insights to the Principal and campus leadership team to guide continuous improvement.

• Proactive Communication: Serve as a key point of contact for families regarding student behavior, PBIS celebrations, attendance goals, and Extended Day updates.
• Restorative Family Conferences: Conduct timely,…