E.L. Haynes Public Charter School

Assistant Principal in Residence Job Description

2024-2025 School Year

About

E.L. Haynes Public Charter School was founded in 2004 and has an award-winning program based on effective practices for advancing student achievement. E.L. Haynes is among the top-performing charter schools in Washington D.C. and is recognized locally and nationally as a model and for our exceptional student achievement gains. E.L. Haynes currently serves 1,200 students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Our Mission

Every E.L. Haynes student of every race, socioeconomic status, ability level, and home language will reach high levels of academic achievement and be prepared to succeed at the college of his or her choice. Every E.L. Haynes student will be adept at mathematical reasoning, will use scientific methods effectively to frame and solve problems, and will develop the lifelong skills needed to be successful individuals, active community members, and responsible citizens.

Role Overview

An Assistant Principal in Residence (APR) is an aspiring school leader who is interested in learning more about school leadership through an intensive one year experience. The APR is committed to actively contributing to the success of E.L. Haynes and will align their support to the vision and responsibilities of the school leadership team. 

The APR’s role mirrors that of an Assistant Principal: namely, leading both instruction and school culture as the leader of a subsets of teachers and students in either specific grade levels or departments. 

APRs will participate in high quality professional development including coaching and cohort based learning experiences with other Assistant Principals across campuses. 

The AP in Residence will primarily support the middle school and high school campuses and reports to the Chief Academic Officer. This is a one-year position ending on June 30, 2025. 

Starting Salary: $102,000 - $132,500

Responsibilities

The APR serves as an instructional leader, administrator, and coach. The Assistant Principal in Residence is responsible for ensuring that all students reach high levels of academic success and supervising teaching staff. The APR reports to the Chief Academic Officer and works closely with the school leadership team serving as an integral part of the elementary school leadership team to provide consistent, effective school leadership.

The Assistant Principal in Residence will work in the following areas and will be expected to:

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.
• 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 long term plans, end of year assessments, unit plans, summative and formative assessments, daily lesson plans, and student-facing materials.
• Co-manage the day-to-day operations of the campus.
• 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 speak intelligently to strategies that effectively work across contents.
• Instructional leadership experience with demonstrated high student achievement and/or impressive academic gains.

Lead School Culture

• Communicate the vision 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.
• Foster student leadership, efficacy, and stewardship.
• Communicate frequently and be accessible to students and parents.
• Engage all families in the life of the school.
• Maintain a student culture vision and approach that aligns with ELH (e.g., restorative practices,) and demonstrates the ability to effectively impact/improve our current behavior system/culture.
• Create and consistently reinforce high expectations and aspirational culture of achievement and behavior in their classroom with consistency. Creates 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-facilitate the setting of school-wide and class level student achievement SMART 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.
• Build effective relationships. 
• Demonstrate 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.
• Demonstrate long-term strategic and systems-oriented thinking and planning skills to meet goals.
• 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

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 maintain a relentless focus to achieve school goals.
• Take personal responsibility for student achievement and success.
• Be flexible in their thinking and approach, understand stakeholders that need to be engaged to resolve an issue, and understand the impact of decisions on those involved.

We are looking for candidates who embody the following values and characteristics:

• A belief that all children, from every background, must receive an excellent, college-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.
• A track record of success as the teacher/leader of a high-performing school.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, lead, and collaborate with adults from a diverse range of perspectives and backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to build and keep strong relationships with diverse students and families.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Self-motivation, and ability to effectively prioritize when juggling competing priorities.
• Ability to think strategically, translate thoughts to action, and follow-through with all details.
• Humility, a sense of humor, and flexibility in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred.

Salary & Benefits

We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.Please see our Assistant Principal salary scale to learn more about compensation for this role.

Our benefits package includes:

• Limited free parking spaces are available through a lottery system. If you do not receive a parking space, you are eligible to enroll in SmarTrip Metro Benefits
• 403(b) retirement account with 3% employer contribution vested after 2 years
• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Personal, sick and parental leave

E.L. Haynes is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, and promote for all jobs on the basis of merit, qualifications, skills, and competence. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, marital status, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected status.  E.L. Haynes will fully comply with all employment-related and other laws. All employment decisions will be made solely on the basis of the individual's qualifications as related to the requirement of the position being filled.

Our hiring process consists of an online application, a one-way virtual interview, and a final panel interview with a lesson plan demonstration. Please see more here.

Location: Washington, DC