Middle School Assistant Principal of Instruction


Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Employment Type: Full-time, in-person 12-month position
Starting Salary: $75,000

At STEM Prep, we are more than a school — we are a community committed to excellence, equity, and empowerment. As a public charter school serving middle and high school students from diverse backgrounds, our mission is to create an inclusive environment where every student is encouraged to learn, lead, and thrive.

We invest deeply in our educators because we know great educators change lives. When you join our team, you join a mission-driven community that values growth, collaboration, and innovation!

Required Qualifications:

• Three years of teaching experience
• A desire to become a school principal within the next 1 to 3 years
• Two years of school leadership experience or equivalent experience
• Commitment to the development of adult learners through skill, knowledge, and mindset coaching conversations
• Ability to hold adults accountable while building and maintaining relationships
• Eagerness to resolve conflicts, not avoid them.
• Demonstrated commitment to Anti Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
• Feels confident, compelled, and proactive in creating, monitoring, and evaluating action plans 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and a student-first mindset
• Bachelor’s degree in education or related field

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Outstanding performance as a lead teacher, supporting student outcomes that exceed district and state performance
• Proven track record of family and community collaborations that drive strong student outcomes and results
• Demonstrated results in coaching adult learners and practitioners to meet individual and collective performance targets, resulting in student outcomes that exceed district and state performance
• Experience designing, facilitating, and evaluating adult learning and professional development that drives school improvement and cultivates a culture of learning, growth, and joy
• Evidence of designing and executing a strong vision for a department. 
• A valid teaching license 

Development and Management of People

• Shares leadership and manages the Academic Deans
• Serves as the instructional leader of the building alongside the principal
• Responsible for all student and teacher outcomes for the caseload (academic outcomes, classroom culture & climate, attendance) alongside the principal
• In concert with the principal, provides equity-driven and inclusive coaching of adult learners in alignment with the institutional mission, vision, and values
• In collaboration with the principal, the assistant principal is responsible for the supervision, safety, and well-being of students and staff
• Performs evaluations for staff members designated by the principal
• Staff culture: Support the staff culture and work environment in which highly effective staff members are actively engaged and feel unwaveringly connected to the organization and its mission. Strengthen the school to a place where staff and students are all committed to excellence and believe that hard work is the key to achieving it.
• Staff retention: Strive to successfully retain top performers. Creates an environment where staff is committed to a long tenure and would recommend working at the school to others. 
• Designs, facilitates, and evaluates the outcomes of staff professional development
• Professional Development: Develop, maintain, and regularly review and revise systems and practices that improve staff ability to increase student achievement.

Data Analysis

• Serves as leader of the instructional leadership team to ensure that all teachers and leaders regularly use assessment data to meet individual student needs and make daily instructional decisions.
• Develops data-driven instructional plans following ongoing and real-time data analyses to include both quantitative formative and summative assessment data and qualitative student work analyses
• Submits weekly performance reports and analyses to the Principal and appropriate others
• Proactively contributes analyses and strategic, continuous improvement plans to the Principal
• Consistently evaluate and proactively improve people, processes, programs, and services for greater effectiveness, efficiency, and value. 
• Create, maintain, and regularly revise systems and processes to drive student achievement.
• Meet or exceed agreed-upon goals set for increasing student performance in formative assessments (MAP, benchmark testing, etc.) as well as achievement data (TNReady, ACCESS testing).
• Ensure the school’s diverse student populations are making progress equal to those students in its regular education program.
• As the leader of a data-driven organization, root all decisions - academic, cultural, etc. - in data.

Community Relations

• Facilitates and supports family and parent communications to include quarterly academic parent academy workshops
• Serves as the Principal’s proxy or liaison as directed
• Build and maintain family satisfaction. Provide an indication of a high level of parent satisfaction with the organization as evidenced by feedback and low student attrition rates. Listen and respond respectfully to the range of concerns expressed by various constituents.
• Uphold our open door policy, ensuring that all families and stakeholders, regardless of home language or country of origin, feel welcome and comfortable at our school.

Admin Responsibilities

• Partner with the High School leadership teams, Network team, and support staff.
• Ensure an effective flow of critical information between and among leaders, staff, teachers, and students.
• Work closely with leaders to keep all parties fully informed on all important aspects of the status and development of the academic program to ensure transparent and effective oversight of the organization as a whole.
• Collaborate with members of senior staff to bolster quality of programming and ensure continuous improvement of the academic program and organization as a whole.  
• Create and maintain a culture that promotes student achievement and college preparation for all students.
• Demonstrate a commitment to competent communication and conflict resolution.
• Ensure the school meets and is in compliance with all federal, state, and local rules and regulations.
• Other duties as assigned