Assistant Principal

Overview

Pay Range: $90k to $105k

Schedule: M-F 7:30am to 3:30pm

Join a Team That Changes Lives

For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission‑driven nonprofit, we’re here to create real change—helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Now, we’re looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives—including your own. You’ll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters.

At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages
• Earned Wage Access/On‑Demand Pay
• Paid On‑the‑Job Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth
• Flexible Schedules
• Retirement Savings Plan

Join us and be a part of something bigger. Apply today.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Assistant Principal oversees school day operations for their assigned program(s) and provides management, guidance, direction, and support for academic activities for students enrolled in the Davidson Approved Private School (APS) Program. The Assistant Principal is a key member of the Education leadership team and works collaboratively with other school leaders to set and enforce school norms, rules, routines, programming, and lesson planning.

Additionally, the Assistant Principal ensures that the educational and developmental needs of every child in their program is met by ensuring teacher compliance with attendance and reporting requirements, high quality curriculum‑based instruction, lesson planning, and progress monitoring analysis, as required for students. The Assistant Principal is a champion for children in their respective program; they lead by example, foster a positive school climate, and work to advance school activities through the development of daily school schedules, staff assignments for bus duty, school committees and chairs, involvement in training and technical assistance, modeling positive behaviors, fostering a culture of high parent engagement, and guiding staff in accordance with Elwyn’s CORE Values.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides supervision of assigned staff in the areas including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, leadership, coaching, training, performance management, promotion, discipline, and termination
• Under the direction of the principal, leads assigned committees and work groups by facilitating committee meetings, creating agendas, ensuring follow up tasks are assigned and completed to ensure effective planning and creation of school policies, procedures, and events.
• Provides guidance to staff regarding special education best practices and legal requirements, including but not limited to assessments, classroom management, organization, lesson planning, writing appropriate individualized education plans (IEPs), and other assigned areas to ensure student growth and development△>...
• Manages IEP caseloads when there is a teacher vacancy or leave by collaborating with the Special Education Compliance and Assessment Coordinators to complete student IEPs and ensure that all required compliance timelines are met
• Oversees the health and well‑being of all staff and students by ensuring the integrity of routine emergency and safety planning, leading safety drills in assigned areas, reporting hazardous or dangerous conditions, and training designated staff on safety/drill procedures to support a maximally safe process for emergency response
• Conducts staff needs assessments, identifies staff developmental and professional needs by working with the professional development staff, and ensures time is allocated for development activities to provide overall staff development in alignment with Elwyn policy and core values
• Supportsיעים … (continued list items remain unchanged)

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in Education or other related field of study
• Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Certification in Special Education; PDE Principal…