2026-27 Elementary Vice Principal at Middleton

The Villages Charter School (VCS) opened in August 2000 and is one of the most successful public charter schools in Florida. In fact, VCS has been a "High Performing Charter School", earned a "School of Excellence" and has received 22 straight "A" ratings from the Florida Department of Education! This year, VCS earned the “Cognia School and Systems of Distinction” from the international accreditation group Cognia.

The Villages Charter School spans two campuses. Our Buffalo Ridge campus has three elementary attendance centers and one middle school building. Our newest campus, “Middleton”, opened in August 2023 with a K-8 center and a state-of-the-art high school complex.

VCS currently serves over 4100 students, kindergarten through 12th grades with an overall capacity of 6500 (500 students per grade level) across both campuses.

The Villages Charter School offers a world-class comprehensive K-12 curriculum and state-of-the-art facilities taught by an instructional staff second to none. 

We invite you to look over our school website (www.tvcs.org) to learn more and we welcome you to apply to join our incredible team.

DESCRIPTION:

The Villages Charter School is accepting applications for an Elementary Vice-Principal for the 2026-2027 School year. This position will be located on the Middleton Campus.

Applicants must complete The Villages Charter School online application. For the application to be complete, you must also include copies of all transcripts, a copy of the Florida Professional Certificate or “Statement of Eligibility” from the Florida Department of Education, a copy of your resume, and letters of recommendation.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

To assist the Principal with all administrative and instructional functions to meet the educational needs of the students and carry out the mission and goals of The Villages Charter School and the District.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The Vice-Principal expectations are:

• Responsible for assisting the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the school
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
• Supervises students in attendance at assemblies and athletic events
• Updates and enforces student code of conduct and student handbook.
• Plans and supervises student programs.
• Gives individual and group guidance for personal problems, educational and social activities with all stakeholders.
• Talks with and disciplines students in cases of attendance, academic and behavior problems.
• Walks around school building and property to monitor safety and security directs and coordinates teacher supervision of areas such as halls and cafeteria
• Works with administrators to coordinate and supervise student teacher program.
• Organizes and administers in-service teacher training and addresses recertification and acquisition of MIP points.
• Assists in the scheduling process for students.
• Assist with the standardized testing.
• Assists in the ordering and/or maintaining of textbooks, facilities, school websites and computers.
• Perform other duties that may be assigned by the principal

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Master’s Degree or higher from an accredited educational institute. 
• Eligible for Education Leadership Certificate. 
• Three years successful experience as a classroom teacher. 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to manipulate objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

216 days – Exempt. Benefits shall be paid consistent with the VCS policy. Length of the work year and hours of employment are those established by the Board.

All prospective employees will be required to be fingerprinted through the Clearinghouse, instructions provided when hired. If you have questions regarding the Clearinghouse, please see https://info.flclearinghouse.com/. 

EVALUATION:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of TVCS policy on evaluations of personnel.