Assistant Principal of Middle School

Job Title:

Assistant Principal of Middle School

Work Year: 12 months

Employment Type:

Exempt, Full-Time

Salary Range: $97,500-$127,180

Supervisor:
School Principal

Invictus Academy of Richmond prepares 100% of students in grades 7-12 to thrive in the colleges of their choice, solve relevant problems, and communicate with confidence.

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Invictus Academy is a high performing independent public charter school located in El Cerrito, and we are seeking leadership team members who want to join our team and create an exceptional school.

Invictus creates joyful, rigorous classroom cultures where students understand the importance of the content they are learning, and how it connects to their everyday lives and ambitions. We work to ensure that in every lesson, the heavy lifting is done by our students.

We build trusting, authentic relationships with students, families, and colleagues. With these relationships as our foundation, we work closely with each other to support students in meeting the highest academic and behavior expectations. At Invictus, we are eager to learn about and implement restorative approaches to support students to be their best selves.

Invictus Academy of Richmond embodies humility and constantly strives to strengthen our knowledge, skills, and practice. We crave feedback and welcome opportunities to grow through observations, coaching meetings, and professional development.

We are fiercely solutions-oriented. We never shy away from a problem that we must solve to achieve our mission, but always bring potential solutions to the table.

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The Assistant Principal of Middle School is a key member of the Invictus Leadership Team, responsible for driving both strong instructional outcomes and a positive, structured school culture for grades 7-8. In close partnership with the Principal, the Assistant Principal owns the vision for effective middle school teaching and learning while also serving as the primary steward of school culture, discipline, and student character development for the middle grades.

This dual-focus role requires an exceptional leader who can move seamlessly between coaching teachers to deliver rigorous, joyful instruction and holding high behavioral expectations for students through consistent, restorative, and relationship-driven practice. The quality of our school is defined by the quality of our team. In that spirit, we are seeking exceptional individuals to execute the following “essential job duties” and responsibilities:

• Coach, observe, and provide high-leverage, actionable feedback to middle school teachers to continuously improve instructional practice
• Build trust with teachers in service of supporting their development, using strong interpersonal skills and diverse coaching strategies
• Support teachers in using data to inform instruction and close student learning gaps
• Define academic rigor for middle school content areas and support teachers in achieving a high level of consistency across classrooms
• Develop and support all aspects of new teacher onboarding for middle school staff
• Develop and lead professional development and teacher collaboration focused on instruction, intellectual preparation, classroom management, and culturally responsive pedagogy
• Organize and facilitate Grade Level meetings for middle school teachers
• Support the coordination of benchmark, finals, and standardized testing, including data analysis protocols and re‑teaching plans
• Evaluate and oversee implementation of grading policies and systems in the middle grades
• Collaborate with Directors of Curriculum and Instruction to ensure alignment between middle and high school academic programming
• Support the Academic Counselor with the grading system and report card compilation for middle school students
• Collaborate with Leadership Team members to design and execute academic events, such as Semester Awards Night
• Serve as the primary Dean of Students for grades 7-8, managing all aspects of school culture, behavioral expectations, and discipline for the middle school
• Set and hold high expectations…