Assistant Principal

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with an emphasis in educational administration/leadership.
• Minimum of five (5) years in teaching experience.
• Administrative residency in an urban school setting, preferred.
• Must have had experience in a teacher leadership position which provided the opportunities to engage in the following: lead collaborative data analysis, action planning, lesson study, and peer observation.

• Rhode Island Department of Education Certification Building Administration PK-12.

• Strong knowledge of curriculum, instruction, school operations, and student services.
• Led and/or supported school improvement planning.
• Coordinated school engagement activities.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confidence to lead a community of diverse learners.
• Focus on action and results in order to create a positive learning culture.
• Ability to build and lead adult teams to promote the mission and vision of PPSD.
• Must have the knowledge and skills to build positive relationships with people from diverse populations.
• Commitment to the mission and vision of PPSD and the relevance of job functions to that mission and vision.
• You must complete the new hire compliance training prior to your first day of employment.
• Selected candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment criminal history background check. Selected candidates cannot begin work until passing their background check.
• Bilingual preferred.

• Must be confidential.
• Must possess and consistently model excellent interpersonal and customer service skills and the ability to maintain composure in a fast-paced and demanding environment.

• Promote a widely shared institutional belief that every child deserves and can have expert instruction and that all team members must be advocates for students.
• Set high-performance goals for themselves and others despite instability and obstacles to success.
• Create a sense of urgency and takes immediate action to ensure early successes.
• Establish and monitor high standards for excellence with students, teachers, staff and other stakeholders.
• Align school resources and prioritizes activities to achieve maximum results based on vision and goals.
• Relentlessly focus school activities on student achievement.
• Effectively plan and take action to achieve goals and objectives without direction.
• Consistently identify potential issues and obstacles and proactively take action to create and implement solutions.
• Formulate and execute on action plans despite ambiguity, obstacles or resistance.
• Establish a culture of learning and achievement.
• Act consistently to influence others’ thinking and behavior to achieve results.
• Communicate a clear vision of success and benefits to engage others.
• Identify and engage stakeholders (e.g. parents, community) to drive consensus, build trust and facilitate change.
• Influence others to take action and demands change.
• Effectively build and organize adult teams to mirror vision and produce maximum results.
• Understand team strengths and gaps.
• Select assignments to build team capacity.
• Effectively delegate to others and engage team in decision-making.
• Encourage learning and consistently provides instruction, expectations, feedback and other developmental activities to encourage leadership and build capacity.
• Consistently inspire excellence and promote high morale.
• Quickly recognize patterns and trends related to school performance.
• Analyze complex information to formulate strategic vision and develop action plans.
• Identify appropriate metrics and uses qualitative and quantitative data to assess performance and drive goals and decision-making.
• Recognize cause and effect between instructional activities and results.
• Develop right balance of strategic and tactical plans to achieve immediate success while maintaining long-term vision.
• Develop effective processes to achieve desired results.
• Consistently take on challenging situations and believes in ability to effect change.
• Demonstrate strong commitment to others and present ideas with confidence.
• Take risks to achieve vision and goals, even if they deviate from the norm.
• Take personal responsibility for mistakes and learns from them, while consistently following up with analysis and corrective action.

The Providence Public School District (PPSD) serves approximately 22,000 students attending our 37 schools. PPSD employs more than 3,200 professionals who work in and provide support to our schools, which include 21 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 9 high schools and 2 public district charter schools. Of our employees, approximately 2,000 are educators, and more than 600 others directly support students and families in our schools. Approximately 55% of students come from homes where English is not the primary language spoken. Combined, our students and families speak 55 different languages and hail from 91 countries of origin. In PPSD, the teachers and leaders set high expectations for academic achievement, provide equal access to differentiated instruction, and endeavor to close the achievement and opportunity gap among historically marginalized subgroups within the schools. PPSD is a great place for those who desire an environment that supports their creativity and ingenuity, and respects their credentials and abilities as a teacher.