Assistant Principal
at Catalyst Public Schools
2024-25 School Year
Salary: $95,000 to $125,000* See notes on salary in the Compensation section.
An invitation to all equity-driven elementary and middle school leaders or aspiring leaders who believe in the
potential of all students and who want to build a school founded upon belonging, resilience, achievement,
vulnerability, enthusiasm and leadership.
WHO ARE YOU?
You are passionate about teaching and learning- your teachers’, your scholars’, your colleagues’ and yours. You have a track record leading scholars to academic excellence and of supporting teachers to do the same. You not only believe that every young person deserves an incredible academic experience, but ensuring that scholars’ diverse needs are met socially and emotionally also compels you. You are willing to challenge yourself, your teachers, your colleagues, and your scholars to realize a school where every person is known, loved, and challenged each day.
WHO ARE WE?
Being a part of the Catalyst: Bremerton team is a unique opportunity. We are deeply committed to achieving our mission of supporting our diverse scholars to live full lives and to succeed in college, career, and life and of finding their purpose and passion so that they can cultivate the critical hope, optimism and leadership essential to be catalysts in their community and world. Our schools are tightly-knit families where every child is known, loved, and challenged. Our strong community is rooted in high expectations, joy and exudes our core values:
● Belonging. We are stronger together.
● Resiliency. What we do today is what matters most.
● Achievement. When you succeed, we all succeed.
● Vulnerability. I speak my truth and I listen to yours.
● Enthusiasm. We show our spark and bring our hearts.
Since our founding in 2020, Catalyst: Bremerton has proven to be an important part of the educational landscape in Kitsap
County. Our scholars have consistently outperformed their peers in our region in both English Language Arts and
Mathematics and has been recognized for achieving significant academic growth with a variety of student populations, including scholars with diagnosed learning needs. Catalyst: Bremerton currently serves scholars in grades K-8 and will expand to offer high school programming in the fall of 2024.
Our Mission
We support our diverse scholars to live full lives and to succeed in college, career, and life. Scholars will find their purpose and passion so that they can cultivate the critical hope, optimism and leadership essential to be catalysts in their community and world.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
The elementary and middle school assistant principals serve as instructional leaders, administrators, and coaches. The
Assistant Principals are responsible for ensuring that all students reach high levels of academic success and supervise teaching staff. The assistant principal reports to the Principal and works closely with the school leadership team serving as an integral part of the school leadership team to provide consistent, effective school leadership.
Teaching and Learning
● Support individual teachers in improving instructional practice and setting and achieving professional growth goals through:
- Daily to bi-weekly observation and feedback meetings, providing bite-sized, actionable feedback.
- Coach teachers on both management and rigor, model instruction, and support with school culture building
- Bi-weekly data meetings reviewing student work and progress towards standards mastery.
- Fostering a deep understanding of elementary school standards.
● Review and provide feedback on curriculum plans, assessments, and daily learning materials and student work.
● Support teachers in administering assessments and collecting and analyzing data.
● Co-plan professional development and provide teachers with analysis of data.
● Coordinate testing.
● Diagnose and monitor instruction and the curriculum by utilizing data to maximize achievement in all student subgroups.
● Communicate with parents about the curriculum/instructional program at E.L. Haynes. Demonstrate content knowledge and can speak intelligently to strategies that effectively work across contents.
● Instructional leadership experience with demonstrated high student achievement and/or impressive academic gains.
School Culture
● Communicate the vision for school culture and build teams to support the mission, vision, and values.
● Embrace the belief that all students can learn at high levels and accept responsibility for meeting student achievement goals.
● Create, co-create, and implement plans for student culture, discipline systems, data tracking, and instruction
● Foster student leadership, efficacy, and stewardship.
● Communicate frequently and be accessible to students and parents; engage all families in the life of the school.
● Create and consistently reinforce high expectations and aspirational culture of achievement and behavior in their classroom with consistency. Create a culture where it is the prevailing assumption among all students that each can learn and achieve at high levels.
Aligned Staff
● Recruit, select, and evaluate high-quality staff.
● Co-plan and lead summer training and orientation for new staff.
● Co-facilitate the setting of school-wide and class level student achievement goals. Lead the Professional
Growth Plan Cycle for teachers.
● Meet with teachers about individual professional development goals.
● Seek professional development opportunities for individuals and the entire staff to support goals.
● Arrange school visits, support peer observation, and critique. Builds effective relationships.
● Demonstrates empathy and ability to understand the interests of varied constituents and meet them where they are to drive change.
Systems and Operations
● Assist in developing the schedule for teachers and students.
● Develops inclusion schedule with Senior Director and Assistant Director of Student Support Services.
● Demonstrates long-term strategic and systems-oriented thinking and planning skills to meet goals.
● Ability to diagnose complex problems, identify key issues and root causes, and appropriately prioritize steps to solve the problems.
● Provide oversight to and support the programming of before and after school and evening events.
● Supports the day to day operational leadership of the school, in partnership with the Principal and Director of Operations and Finance.
Personal Leadership
● Model the behaviors of effective leadership: goal-oriented, facilitative, resilient, adaptive, belief-based action, culturally-competent.
● Demonstrate self-awareness and commitment to ongoing learning.
● Use effective interpersonal skills to build trust and ensure accountability.
● Set ambitious targets and maintains a relentless focus to achieve school goals. Take personal responsibility for student achievement and success.
● Flexible in their thinking and approach, understand stakeholders that need to be engaged to resolve an issue, and the impact of decisions on those involved.
Community Role Model
● Serve as an integral part of the instructional and operational leadership of the school
● Support and maintain an environment for adult learning that invites and excites scholar learning
● Live and model Catalyst’s core values with teachers, colleagues, scholars and their families
● Empower scholars to access their voices and leadership
Collaborate and Grow
● Collaborate with your principal and school team to improve instruction, build strong school culture, and continue to grow your leadership skills
● Authentically engage in Catalyst’s culture of adult learning and professional development
● Share in success and progress and own growth areas- both your own and that of our faculty and scholars
● Uphold and model Catalyst’s core values with all stakeholders inside and outside the classroom
SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS
● A belief that all children, from every background, must receive an excellent, college and career preparatory education, and are able to reach high levels of academic achievement.
● A mindset that embraces serving students with English language learning and special needs and belief that all students can and must achieve at high levels.
● Enthusiasm for creating and supporting the operations, systems, and instruction of a growing, K-12 school
● Holistic and restorative approach to student discipline in alignment with the values and culture of the school
● Strong organizational, data tracking and planning skills
● Use of data to drive coaching, instructional moves and intervention paths for scholars
● Willingness to assist in professional development planning and delivery
● Excellent and culturally relevant school, classroom management and system skills
● Commitment to Catalyst:Bremerton’s model including social emotional learning integration
● Belief in the importance of working in a diverse, inclusive, and equity driven workplace
● Deep desire to grow and learn even when it is uncomfortable
● Collaborate with teammates and families to ensure Catalyst makes good on our mission
● Communicate clearly and effectively with teachers, scholars, families, colleagues, and team
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, PASSION AND WORK EXPERIENCE
● Minimum of 3-5 years teaching experience with proven record of student growth
● Proven management and leadership capabilities as well as team capacity building skills
● Proven instructional leadership and coaching capabilities
● Bachelor’s degree and extracurricular leadership, Master’s degree preferred
● Belief in and alignment with Catalyst’s mission, core values and educational model
● Washington State administrator certificate (or on-track plan to obtain one if from out of state or enrolled in an accredited college or university program to obtain one)
● Successful background check
● Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred
WE ARE COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Catalyst Public Schools seeks individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply for this position. We believe that maximizing the diversity of our organization and recruiting a team that reflects the diversity of our scholars is good for our whole community.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Equal employment opportunity and respect in the workplace are the foundation of Catalyst Public Schools. We prohibit and do not tolerate harassment, intimidation, bullying, discriminatory, or retaliatory behavior. All aspects of your employment are based upon your personal capabilities and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion/creed, sex/gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, disability, age, military status, marital status, partnership status, status as a victim of domestic violence, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other protected class as established by federal, state, or local law.
COMPENSATION
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. We provide all teachers a full benefits package and opportunities for professional growth.
Do you see yourself and your passion in what you have read?
To apply please complete a resume and cover lever and submit them to tatiana@catalystpublicschools.org.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $95,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Grade levels:
- Elementary school
- Middle school
Schedule:
School type:
- Charter school
- Public school
Work Location: In person
