Assistant Principal Instruction - East

Position: Assistant Principal for Instruction - East

• Position Type:
  Administration/ Assistant Principal
• Date Posted: 12/9/2025
• Location:
  
  Glenbard East
• Date Available:
  
  07/01/2025
• Closing Date: 12/30/2025
• District:
  Glenbard Township High School District 87
• School:
  Glenbard East
• Term: 12-month
• License
  
  Required:
  
  Professional Educator License (registered in DuPage County) and General Administrator or Principal endorsement
• Start Date:
  
  01/07/2026
• Salary Range: $140,000 - $172,800
• Benefits:
  Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance;
  Group term life insurance;
  Long‑term disability insurance;
  Education practitioner 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)

Position Summary

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

Qualifications

• 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).

Reports To

• Direct report to Principal.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities STANDARD #1:
Living a Mission and Vision Focused on Results

• Assist principal in building a shared mission and vision that ensures 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 toward 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.

STANDARD #2:
Leading and Managing Systems Change

• 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.

STANDARD #3:
Improving Teaching and Learning

• 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 with fidelity.
• Select and retain teachers with the expertise to deliver instruction that maximizes student learning.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of instruction and of individual teachers by conducting frequent formal and informal observations and provide timely, specific feedback on instruction as part of the district teacher appraisal system.
• Ensure the development of…