Position: Assistant Principal, Orton Academy - Charter School

Orton Academy is a tuition free public charter school for 2nd-8th grade located in central Colorado Springs, within the D11 boundary. 

Orton Academy cultivates an inclusive environment where learning is accessible to students with a dyslexia profile and reading and written language difficulties. The school grounds itself in the vision that every child in Colorado Springs can reach their fullest potential. By removing reading barriers and providing dyslexia appropriate core instruction and dyslexia therapy firmly rooted in the Science of Reading, Orton Academy allows students to not only increase their access to reading, but to also increase their access to a more fulfilling life experience.

The Assistant Principal will…

• Innovate and promote opportunities and solutions so that time and resources drive student growth academically, socially, and personally to fulfill OA’s mission.
• Foster clear expectations for student learning, engagement, attendance, and behavior and collaborate with school staff to ensure expectations are consistently met. 
• Ensure compliance with all relevant district, state and federal regulations.
• Inspire and coach faculty and staff in order to maintain high levels of instructional excellence and professionalism.
• Oversee and coordinate 504 meetings, plans, and programming with staff, students, and families, as necessary, supporting students who are linguistically diverse or have a specialized learning plan.
• Coordinate and serve on the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) team, ensuring that every student is supported to learn and grow.
• Collaborate effectively with key school partners.
• Coordinate instructional programming, systems, and structures of the school, in collaboration with the Principal.
• Oversee and coordinate staff/faculty professional development that is relevant based on current student performance data and is aligned to the school’s improvement plan.
• Improve parental involvement through the School Accountability Committee and add new ways to engage more parents.

Culture: 

• Create and sustain a thriving school culture that supports every member of the school, including students, teachers, staff, and families.
• Lead by example, exhibiting strong ethics and moral leadership, with a relentless focus on academic, social-emotional, and leadership excellence/growth. 
• Inspire an unwavering belief that all children can be successful at OA.
• Involve students’ families and community members in supporting and enhancing the school; communicate consistently and effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Create, foster, maintain, and protect a culture of student voice and choice, where heads, hearts, and hands are engaged.
• Protect the school’s culture of collaboration amongst staff, students, and families.
• Nurture a culture marked by data-based decision making and continuous improvement. 

Program & Instruction: 

• Exemplify, promote, and operationalize the Orton Academy Mission, Vision, Guiding Values and Principles. 
• Motivate all staff to perform with excellence and foster a supportive culture of accountability for student success.
• Support a rigorous and highly engaging standards-based instructional program.
• Design and lead professional development that aligns to school and classroom level data and the school strategic plan.
• Collaborate on student discipline in partnership with students, staff, parents, and advisors.
• Identify areas of concern and need of support to faculty, staff, parents and the Board of Directors. 
• Support creation of a professional learning community in which faculty collaboratively and continuously refine curriculum and instruction to support every student’s success.
• Promote data-driven instructional processes (Data Teams), including regular student assessments, and the use of data to inform curriculum, instruction and professional development.
• Ensure fidelity to instructional systems that support student social-emotional and behavioral success.
• Conduct annual evaluations of staff with observation, goal setting, feedback, and coaching.
• Oversee student growth and accountability to meet the intent of the quality standards. 
• Monitor and analyze student data for efficacy of curriculum, instruction, and growth. 
• Engage in the collaborative team to craft the Unified Improvement Plan and ensure commitment and compliance to the plan. 
• Support the management of all internal operations to include academic programs. 
• Support the Principal to ensure the school remains in compliance with the authorizer.
• Oversee and organize satisfaction surveys, interviews, volunteers, and community events.
• Support the Principal to ensure the safety of the school. Implement an emergency management plan in collaboration with local law enforcement and in compliance with (C.R.S. 22-32-109.1(2) and (4)(d)(I)): .
• Oversee, advise, or serve as chairperson for faculty meetings, academic committees, school improvement, and administrative committees. 

General: 

• Advance the school’s commitment to reflect charter school priorities, OA goals, and objectives.
• Ensure resources are available to effectively implement the Orton Academy model. 
• Ensure compliance with all applicable district, state, and federal laws.
• Responsibly manage all external operations to include partnership development, external fundraising, and creating private and public partnerships.
• Building partnerships with local organizations to support student internships, school resources, and post-secondary opportunities for students. 
• Liaise with the OA authorizer and school board as required. 

What skills does the Orton Academy Assistant Principal need to have? 

• Skilled in creating positive and meaningful relationships with students, parents, faculty, staff, investors, community partners, the OA Board, and other stakeholders
• Skilled in collaborating with all stakeholders to grow and develop a positive and effective school, faculty, and staff. 
• Demonstrated ability to be coachable and incorporate constructive feedback into their work.
• Ability to grow a faculty and staff into school leadership positions. 
• Ability to demonstrate to staff effective teaching and behavioral management practices. 
• Skilled in growing a school program; someone who can construct, implement, and successfully reach a desired outcome. 
• Comfortable with rapid growth and evolution (personal and of the school) of school programs.
• Sound understanding of charter school best practices and committed to consistent follow through for all stakeholders. 
• Sound understanding of the Science of Reading.

What qualifications does the Orton Academy Assistant Principal need to have? 

• Master’s degree or higher in education or a related field 
• Candidate shall have 2-3 years of classroom teaching experience and at least 1-2 years of leadership experience.
• Experience implementing and developing school programs
• Colorado Administrative/Principal License or ability to demonstrate enrollment in a post graduate program that will result in CO Administrative/Principal licensure. 

Salary, Benefits, and Terms 

• Salary range from $62,000-$66,000
• Benefits include paid time off, insurance, enrollment priority for employee's dependents, retirement
• Reports directly to the Principal
• Must pass background check

At Minga Education Group, we proudly operate as an Equal Opportunity Employer, purposely building an inclusive workforce representative of various cultures, perspectives, and experiences. We believe in respect for all and do not discriminate based on hair, race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law is not allowed.

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