Assistant Principal​/Associate School Director

Position: Assistant Principal/Associate School Director (2026-2027 School Year)
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* LOCATION:

**** Hiring at multiple locations.  We encourage you to apply even if your preferred location is not currently listed. SALARY: $85,000-$105,000 based on up to 10 years of aligned experience. We also offer a  for anyone joining us from 75 miles or more from Denver!
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** Full time regular year round, benefits eligible, exempt, in-person position (Denver, CO)
* Cultivate school culture centered on core values that deeply care for each student and staff member and hold each student and staff member to the highest level of accountability.
* Coordinate with the school leadership team to ensure Morning Meetings are robust and supportive of our values-based culture.
* Collaborate with school staff to maximize the ability of the school to support students’ academic and socio-emotional development.
* Provide leadership to establish a positive, structured, achievement-oriented, and fun school culture for all staff and students.
* Provide instructional leadership informed by a nuanced understanding of DSST best practices
* Use centralized coaching tool to track all coaching meetings, observations, and action steps.
* Provide teachers with specific, actionable, qualitative (i.e., narrative) and quantitative (i.e., rubric) feedback on their performance in all areas.
* Manage a data-driven instructional process that includes rigorous interim assessments that are effectively aligned with year-end assessments and college readiness.  Able to align all other school leadership components to the data driven instructional process (professional development, curriculum development, teacher observation/supervision, etc.
* Work with teachers to create and refine DSST curriculum documents (assessments, plans, data tracking), which correspond to college readiness standards, core instructional practices, and the benchmark assessment program
* Create, maintain, and update whole school, grade level, and teacher level student academic and assessment records and reports.
* Oversee required standardized testing
* Identify and arrange for staff development opportunities which relate to core instructional practices, standards based assessments, and content areas.
* Co-manage department chairs to ensure effective outcomes within departments.
* Recruit and hire school staff
* Serve as a recruiter for new students; actively engage prospective families in an effort to draw more students to choose your school; be willing to take on additional tasks to support recruitment, as needed.
* Work with DSST Home Office to create network-wide standards, curriculum, and assessment documents
* Work with DSST Home Office to create network-wide new teacher professional development; create school-specific new and returning teacher professional development
* Participate in network wide Instructional Leadership Development and Culture Leadership Development
* If applicable, teach select course(s) within the school
* If applicable, act as a student advisor for a group of students
* Bachelor’s Degree
* At least 5 years working in schools and classrooms
* At least 2 years of experience in 6-12 grade school-based leadership
* Demonstrated ability to coach, manage, and lead adults to achieve student success and professional growth
* An unwavering belief that all students can succeed in high school, reach their most ambitious post-secondary goals, and lead exemplary lives
* Desire to personally professionally grow in their practice of becoming an anti-racist educator
* Self-awareness, a regular practice of reflection, and a desire to continuously improve
** Comprehensive Compensation & Benefits:
** Competitive pay and a Total Rewards package that includes fertility and adoption support, educator-focused mental-health care, and everyday perks like Safeway grocery discounts.
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