Principal, Education Administration

Envision Education seeks an experienced and effective Principal starting late June 2026 to lead a culturally sustaining and rigorous academic community at City Arts and Leadership Academy. CAL Academy is a small, personalized, and diverse public college‑prep charter high school located in San Francisco.

APPLICATIONS DUE: MARCH 29, 2026

Our mission is to transform the lives of students—especially those who will be the first in their family to attend college—by preparing them for success in college, career, and life. Envision Education currently operates four small schools in San Francisco, Oakland, and Hayward, as well as a national educational consulting firm called Envision Learning Partners. Envision Education has made an explicit commitment to becoming an exemplar network of schools with an instructional and cultural vision rooted in an anti‑racist and pro‑Black framework.

The following represents Envision Schools’ vision for 21st‑century skills, character traits, and cognitive and social‑emotional skills that learners need for success in college, career, and life.

• Knowledge and Love of Self and Land
• Collectivism
• Critical Thinking
• Self Determination
• Criticality
• Leadership

• You are equity‑focused. You are unapologetic about your deeply held belief that all children can achieve. You believe that anti‑racist and pro‑Black practices and frameworks are essential to change the status quo for all students.
• You are collaborative. You make decisions in partnership with others, focused on what is best for the students.
• You are invested in our core values. You hold high expectations for the entire school community. You examine your own biases in your pursuit of equity for all.

• Ensure the highest expectations for student learning and achievement in every classroom, every day.
• Develop and implement a rigorous teacher coaching, observation, and support cycle focused on classroom instruction.
• Implement effective internal and external assessment systems and use data to inform decisions. Ensure strong consistency within the school program and curricular alignment with state and other rigorous standards.
• Select, share, and model culturally responsive and pro‑Black curricular and instructional practices internally and with other schools.
• Develop and implement structures that ensure a rigorous, joyful, anti‑racist, pro‑Black, and inclusive school culture.
• Lead faculty to ensure that all staff are providing well‑managed and rigorous daily lessons, and reasonable and effective daily homework.
• Work with staff to foster consistency in enforcing the Student and Family Handbook and other school‑wide discipline and student culture policies.
• Work with the Special Education Team to ensure 504 accommodations, IEP modifications, and counseling needs are met.
• Maintain communication and relations with the families of the school, ensuring they are able to be partners in their children's academic and behavioral success.
• Communicate regularly with families regarding student performance and academic achievement.
• Work with staff to correspond regularly with families regarding school policies, trips, events, and milestones.
• Work with staff to plan, coordinate, and support family meetings and special events.
• Respond to family concerns promptly and effectively.

• Attract, hire, supervise, and develop all school staff members to create a high‑functioning, anti‑racist, and pro‑Black team focused on student success.
• Build and maintain a positive and supportive staff culture based on trust, risk‑taking, respect, reflective learning, and collaboration.
• Build a pro‑Black and anti‑racist staff culture by facilitating and leading critical conversations to support staff reflection, listening, growth and action planning.
• Lead the site Leadership Team, consisting of Vice Principals and Lead Teachers, to effectively guide the school towards targeted goals.
• Design, implement and lead a high quality staff professional development cycle focused on ensuring professional learning in service of high quality outcomes across student demographics.
• Clearly articulate the school's and…