Assistant Principal Instruction - West

Position:
Assistant Principal for Instruction – West

• Building:
  Glenbard West
• Term: 12-month, 261 days
• Position Type:
  Licensed Administrative Staff
• License
  
  Required:
  
  Professional Educator License (registered in DuPage County), General Administrator or Principal endorsement
• Start Date:
  
  July 1, 2026
• Salary Range: $140,000 – $146,000

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
• Group term life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Administrator required contribution to TRS/THIS
• 403(b) tax‑sheltered annuity plan
• Paid leave: 15 sick days, 3 personal days, 20 vacation days
• Professional association dues as approved by Superintendent
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• 12‑month Administrator assigned to Glenbard West
• Focus on developing a highly effective school culture based on a guaranteed and viable curriculum, timely interventions, and a comprehensive education

• Prior experience of at least five years in secondary classroom teaching and three years administrative experience
• Dynamic leadership qualities that build strong relationships with students and staff
• Clear communication skills (both written and oral)

• Direct report to Principal

The assistant principal works with the staff and community to build a shared mission, and vision of high expectations that ensure all students are on the path to college and career readiness and hold staff accountable for results.

• Facilitate efforts to establish and implement a shared mission and vision for the school that leads to academic growth for all learners.
• Ensure that the school's identity, vision, and mission drive all school decisions.
• Set priorities in the context of improving student achievement.
• Align the educational programs, plans and actions to the district's vision and goals for student learning.
• Create symbols, ceremonies, and activities that support the vision and mission of the district.
• Develop communication strategies to inform stakeholders of progress towards the vision and mission of the district.
• Conduct difficult but crucial conversations with individuals, teams, and staff based on student performance data in a timely manner for the purpose of enhancing student learning and achieving improved results.

The assistant principal creates and implements systems to ensure a safe, orderly, and productive environment for student and adult learning for the purpose of achieving school and district improvement targets.

• Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of school improvement targets which measure school-wide academic achievement and school climate indicators.
• Establish and maintain a safe, effective learning environment.
• Collaborate with district and school staff to allocate personnel, time, material, and adult learning resources appropriately to achieve school improvement plan targets.
• Support district and school goals by managing fiscal and physical resources of the school responsibly, efficiently and effectively.
• Utilize current technologies to support leadership and management functions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the change process and use leadership and facilitation skills to manage it effectively.

The assistant principal works with the school staff and community to develop a research-based framework for effective teaching and learning that is refined continuously to improve instruction for all students.

• Collaborate with staff to develop and implement a consistent framework for effective teaching and learning that includes a rigorous and relevant standards-based curriculum, research-based instructional practices, and high expectations for student performance.
• Establish a continuous improvement cycle that uses multiple forms of data and student work samples to support individual, team, and school-wide improvement goals, identify and address target areas for improvement, measure outcomes and celebrate successes.
• Ensure that differentiated instructional practices which address identified student needs are implemented…