Middle School Leader; Principal

Mission Statement

The Growing Up Green Charter School (GUGCS) supports children to be conscious, contributing members of their community through a rigorous, anti-racist, anti-bias, curriculum and an engaging green culture. Graduates of GUGCS will be prepared to attend high-performing schools where their interdisciplinary academic foundation, knowledge of sustainability, and strong sense of self sets them apart as leaders and social justice advocates of the future.

GUGCS teaches students our school culture through our core values:
Social Justice, Collaboration, Courage, and Kindness. Students are taught the core values through assemblies, class meetings, and various lessons.

The School Leader is responsible for creating an inclusive and diverse school community — for adults and students alike — that powerfully centers students in authentic, relevant, and rigorous learning experiences grounded in inquiry. This leader ensures equity across race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, gender, and ability is reflected not only in culture, but in systems and outcomes.

The School Leader partners with faculty and staff to cultivate students who are innately curious learners, open-minded thinkers, compassionate critics, productive problem-solvers, and passionate challengers of the status quo who embrace differences and take action to promote a more environmentally sustainable future. Through effective leadership of people, systems, and instruction, the School Leader develops educators, strengthens instructional coherence, and drives year-over-year gains in student achievement while advancing Growing Up Green’s mission.

The School Leader reports directly to the Chief Academic Officer.

• Guide, communicate and support the Growing Up Green school community in fulfilling its mission, values, and charter goals
• Collaborate with the school leadership team in long term strategic planning and goal setting
• Establish and maintain ongoing positive relationships and constructive interactions with students, families, colleagues, and administration across all Growing Up Green schools
• Demonstrate commitment to working with diverse populations of families and students and model behavior that depicts respect, empathy, and a feeling of dignity and worth for all stakeholders

• Ensure high-fidelity implementation of network-adopted curricula across all content areas, resulting in consistent grade-level instruction in every classroom.
• Develop instructional leaders and teachers so that unit internalization, lesson preparation, and task delivery consistently reflect grade-level standards and cognitive demand.
• Supervise and coach members of the leadership team to ensure coaching cycles produce observable improvements in instructional practice within 2–4 weeks.
• Establish clear expectations for lesson quality, intellectual preparation, and classroom execution, resulting in reduced instructional variability across classrooms.
• Ensure classrooms reflect developmentally responsive practices that support both strong academic outcomes and positive student culture.
• Monitor instructional quality through walkthroughs, data reviews, and coaching artifacts to ensure alignment between planned curriculum and enacted instruction.

• Implement network-aligned assessment systems and ensure data cycles result in timely reteach plans and measurable gains in student mastery.
• Set and reinforce ambitious goals for achievement, behavior, and attendance, resulting in year-over-year improvement across key performance indicators.
• Drive student performance outcomes towards State Test results that meet or exceed district, city, and state averages each year.
• Maintain the school’s “good standing” status through proactive monitoring of compliance, academic performance, and operational metrics.
• Ensure teachers consistently use interim data to adjust instruction, group students strategically, and provide targeted support.
• Oversee report cards and progress reports to ensure grades accurately reflect standards mastery and are aligned to network…