Assistant Principal Home & School Partnerships

Assistant Principal - Home & School Partnerships

Status Full-Time Contract Days 11 Months

Classification Exempt Start Date August 1st

Reports to Principal End Date June 30th

ABOUT BROOKSIDE CHARTER SCHOOL

Brookside Charter School is a tuition-free public charter school serving Pre-K through 8th-grade students in Kansas City Public School (KCPS) boundaries. We focus on rigorous academics leadership skills and the whole child to prepare students for success beyond our doors. Our caring community of well-trained and supported staff members engaged families and supportive community partners empowers students to be leaders of their tomorrow. We are committed to diversity culturally relevant teaching and learning family and community engagement restorative practices and social and emotional learning.

POSITION SUMMARY & PURPOSE

The Assistant Principal supports the principal by overseeing daily school operations supervising staff and students enforcing policies and helping ensure a safe effective learning environment. The Assistant Principal is responsible for the organization operation and management of the Summer School program.

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities described herein are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time as necessitated by business demands.

School Culture

• Embrace and advance the mission and vision of Brookside Charter School to maximize students opportunities to learn grow and succeed.
• Embody and demonstrate maturity integrity professionalism self-improvement motivation and excellence.
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to provide a safe environment for students.
• Exhibit professionalism in all situations and ensure that classroom practices align to district policies and school procedures (8.3)
• Engage in cooperative partnerships in support of student learning (9.3)

School Leadership & Operations

• Support the implementation of school-wide systems and routines that promote a safe orderly and welcoming learning environment.
• Collaborate with the Principal and leadership team to develop and implement strategic goals aligned with the schools mission and values.
• Assist with staff coaching professional development and support around classroom management and student engagement.
• Serve as a visible and engaged leader throughout the school day including arrival dismissal lunch and transition periods.
• Serves as an administrator overseeing the planning and implementation of summer school

Family Services

• Serves as a liaison between families schools courts community agencies and other organizations to assist families facing poverty or homelessness
• Refers clients to community resources for needed services
• Develops connections with community businesses and organizations
• Maintains case history records and prepares reports
• Designs and oversees opportunities for involving parents guardians and volunteers in the life of the school and establish a forum for publicizing ways that parents/volunteers can be involved in the school
• Facilitates Parent Teacher Action Team (PTAC)
• Supervises the social workers

Attendance

• Monitors school-wide attendance and assists with initiating programs that will decrease absenteeism and tardiness
• Leads the school attendance team
• Attends Truancy court
• Consults with parents teachers and other school personnel to determine causes of problems such as truancy and to implement solutions

Homelessness and McKinney Vento Coordinator

• Acts as a liaison authorized to affirm whether children and youth meet the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) definition of homelessness to qualify them for HUD homeless assistance programs.
• Interprets laws relating to homeless students; and ensures the delivery of mandated services.
• Assesses students identified as homeless and makes visits to living areas/shelters to assess the family environment.
• Collaborates with school staff to develop interventions for students identified as homeless and develops individualized service plans.
• Serves as a liaison between schools and such agencies/facilities as homeless shelters social services court services and the police department to coordinate assistance for homeless students.
• Acts as a resource to administrators guidance counselors teachers and health services personnel regarding homeless students interpretation of homeless/school attendance policies and laws and record-keeping requirements.
• Conducts training to school staff on school laws as it relates to the homeless student population; and recommends strategies for supporting the needs of these students.
• Maintains necessary records ensuring confidentiality of students and their families and prepares related reports.
• Refers homeless families and students to housing services in addition to other services.

Legal

• Ensures that Brookside Charter complies with and meets all deadlines associated with state federal and sponsor reporting and statutory requirements.
• Develops and maintains a productive and positive relationship with Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education staff.
• Ensures the lawful use of all Brookside Charter funds.

LEGAL & COMPLIANCE

As a condition of your employment you agree that you will not during or after your employment directly or indirectly disclose use copy or permit the use of any Brookside Confidential Information except as necessary to perform your job duties for the benefit of Brookside. Brookside Confidential Information includes all non-public information relating to Brookside its affiliates and their respective personnel students vendors and partners including without limitation: personnel lists compensation practices and other personnel information; student names academic records and information; vendor and partner information (including contracts with any of the foregoing); financial data; communications to/from and filings made with any governmental agency; business plans and strategies; proprietary methods; technical data; marketing information; and any other information that a reasonable person would understand to be confidential or proprietary. You further agree to protect such information using reasonable care and to return (or permanently delete as applicable) all Brookside Confidential Information upon termination of your employment. The foregoing will not be deemed to limit disclosures where required or protected by applicable law. You acknowledge that student information in particular is also protected under federal law specifically the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). As an employee you will be required to comply with FERPA. For more information on complying with FERPA refer to your Brookside Employee Handbook.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

*All requirements listed below are required unless otherwise designated as preferred.

Education and Certifications

• Requires a masters degree in Secondary Education Educational Administration or a closely-related field.
• Missouri Administrative certification is preferred.

Experience

• Experience teaching in an urban school environment preferred.
• Experience teaching historically underserved populations (or historically marginalized populations) with a record of positive academic improvement is preferred.

Skills and Traits

• Proficiency in Google Workspace Microsoft Office and/or equivalent software.
• The Assistant Principal will demonstrate an understanding of how school operations and administration support instruction.
• The Assistant Principal will make sure school procedures are clearly understood and implemented serve a single purpose to support pursuit of student academic outcomes.
• The candidate must be self-reflective as well as fair and respectful of others. While the Assistant Principal will be adept at giving affirming and adjusting feedback fairly and respectfully s/he will also be self-reflective and accept feedback from the Board Superintendent Principal teachers school staff and others in the same spirit of cooperation and shared responsibility for future outcomes.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• This position may require sitting standing and walking for intermittent periods as well as moderate dexterity in operating standard office equipment (e.g. computer printer copier).
• This position requires normal visual acuity and field of vision hearing and speaking.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Were committed to providing best-in-class benefits to our teachers and staff. Elements of Brookside Charter Schools benefits package include competitive pay subsidized health insurance dental vision life and disability insurance and paid time off.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

Brookside Charter School 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. Brookside Charter School will fully comply with all employment-related and other laws. All employment decisions will be made solely on the basis of the individuals qualifications as related to the requirement of the position being filled.

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