SYCommunity Assistant Principal

SY26-27 Community Assistant Principal

Location: Washington, DC
Start Date: July 2026
Role Type: Full‑time, 12‑month
FLSA Status: Exempt

The Community Assistant Principal works as a key member of the campus leadership team in partnership with other leadership team members and teachers to ensure that all students are making academic and social-emotional progress at DC Prep. As a twelve‑month position, the role includes leading the development, refinement, and implementation of all aspects of the school’s academic and culture programs in accordance with the DC Prep Way.

• Instructional Leadership
  • Set vision and lead management of the behavioral support structures, including use of updated code of conduct, vision for community work, advisory and SEL framework across content areas, school‑wide incentives and routines.
  • Lead vision and coordination for culture professional development sessions.
  • Lead teachers and instructional staff in establishing positive classroom climates.
  • Work with coaches to support teachers in establishing effective classroom management systems and developing students’ positive social behaviors.
  • Manage Student Support Coach and Student Support Team.
• Social Emotional Learning & School Culture
  • Provide leadership to all staff and students in establishing a positive, structured, and achievement‑oriented school culture.
  • Coach teachers to improve instructional practices related to social‑emotional learning and school culture.
  • Be highly present and visible during school hours, relentlessly ensuring a positive school environment.
  • Create and sustain programs for students that teach DC Prep’s vision, mission, culture and school expectations.
  • Manage, monitor, and sustain an effective behavior management program.
  • Collaborate with other leaders to create and sustain programs for students and families that recognize and celebrate achievement and continuous progress.
• Wrap‑Around Services
  • Identify, plan, and implement strategies to address barriers to learning, including attendance concerns, behavior issues, and social adjustment.
  • Participate in coordination of annual summer program for all DC Prep students to include remediation and student learning extension.
• School Community
  • Fully embrace DC Prep’s mission, vision, and values and promote them to students, staff, other faculty, parents, and members of the outside community.
  • Communicate regularly with families to develop a supportive home‑school relationship and reinforce school expectations and student discipline. Address parent concerns professionally and timely, and partner with families in ways that support student growth.
  • Actively encourage parents to participate in school activities such as parent meetings, field trips, policy council, and as classroom helpers.
  • Model and support the DC Prep Way of purposeful and rigorous academic instruction combined with instilling and reinforcing behaviors that lead to academic and life success.
  • Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families, and colleagues.
  • Set vision for family partnership and lead programming including facilitation of individual student conferences, coordination of family orientations, direction for Parent Action Team, management of centralized communication, and coordination of other community events.
• Attendance
  • Plan, design, and conduct follow‑through strategies to implement the school attendance and punctuality program.
  • Coordinate school attendance learning support and interventions to improve daily attendance and academic achievement.
• Targeted Intervention Design and Implementation
  • Support teachers in the implementation of ongoing assessment, data collection and analysis to support mastery of standards.
  • Support teachers in developing and implementing targeted interventions.
  • Use coaching tools effectively (classroom observation tools, data sheets, student action plans).
  • Support the Student Support Team process with the Principal, intervention specialist, and other instructional staff.
  • Support teachers in distinguishing instruction through modeling, observing, providing feedback, and supporting reflection.
  • Help teachers develop and implement…