Assistant Principal

Nexus Family Healing is hiring an Assistant Principal for the Safe Harbor School at our Manteno, IL location! Assist the Principal in managing the education program and staff in order to achieve and maintain a high-quality, therapeutic learning and treatment environment. Our teachers enjoy small class sizes, full-time Teaching Assistants in every classroom, and support from Behavior and Residential Staff throughout the school day.

Join a team that values collaboration, care, and student success. Apply today!

Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit network of mental health agencies with over 45 years of restoring hope for thousands of children and families through outpatient/community mental health services, foster care and adoption, and residential treatment.

Safe Harbor School (SHS) is our very own private school that serves youth receiving treatment at Nexus-Indian Oak in Manteno, IL. SHS serves grades 6-12, and students participate in a curriculum tailored to their unique needs and current grade level. The school provides a special education curriculum accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement and approved by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Credits transfer to any school upon the client's discharge.

At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

• Schedule: Full Time. SHS follows a year-round academic calendar, including scheduled break weeks and holidays off.
• Salary: $80, annually based on credentials and years of teaching experience.

• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment.
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No-cost life insurance
• Short/long-term disability insurance
• 401k match
• NEW – Talk space Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• And much more!

Assist the Principal in managing the education program and staff in order to achieve and maintain a high-quality, therapeutic learning and treatment environment.

• In collaboration with School Principal, ensures the development and implementation of school curriculum that is current, outcomes- based, content and quality oriented, with a process for continual improvement.
• Ensures all local and state accreditation requirements are maintained within established guidelines.
• Assists with monitoring the Individual Educational Plans (IEPs) process and serves as the administrative representative at IEP meetings in the Principal’s absence.
• Communicates with resident’s home school districts regarding the client’s placement and related issues.

• Participates in the interview and selection process for faculty and education staff and conduct thorough reference checks to satisfy Nexus’ requirements of staff positions that will be direct reports (teaching assistants, behavior specialist, etc.).
• Provides leadership and direction to all teaching assistants and behavior specialists; leads, coaches and develops employees, while setting clearly defined performance expectations and meaningful performance feedback.
• Builds strong teams through the use of effective leadership and team-building components including communicating a clear mission to the team, outlining common goals and promoting shared accountability.
• Actively monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of staff performance, as well as behavior management of students in the classroom setting.
• Provides performance management for assigned staff on an ongoing basis and conduct formal performance evaluations that are timely, constructive, and effective; with the Human Resources Department regarding performance evaluations and disciplinary needs.
• Conducts and facilitates faculty meetings in the absence of the Principal.