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High School Associate Principal 25' - 26' School Year

Kansas City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Mar 2025

About the role

The Opportunity: PLA Associate Principals are instrumental in supporting PLA’s vision, which includes creating an environment of high standards for our staff and scholars. As an Associate Principal, you will work closely with the principal to manage all our campus functions, including education programs, office operations, scholar enrollment, personnel, and facilities.

As an Associate Principal, you will provide strategic leadership, supporting the success and retention of our scholars and staff. You will assist the principal in planning, coordinating, and directing activities and programs related to the administration of our school. The Associate Principal acts for the Principal in his/her absence as required and/or assigned. PLA leaders strongly believe in every scholar’s ability to succeed, and they work tirelessly to create a school experience that fosters success.

The Details:

Key Deliverables:

10% increase in Math proficiency
10% increase in ELA proficiency
90% Staff Retention
95% Average Daily Attendance
80% or higher stakeholder satisfaction
95% Student Persistence
Meeting annual enrollment goals

Experience and Education Requirements:

Current Administrators License
Proven success as an instructional leader - 3+ years of leadership experience
Experience in high school credit management, credit recovery programs, and graduation planning to support students' assessments and on-time completion.
Experience in turnaround work
Entrepreneurial, positive problem solver with the ability to see opportunity in challenges
Clear judgment, a mature interpersonal style, and the ability to drive collaborative decision-making processes.

The Network: PLA is a transformative education nonprofit changing communities across the country by providing a depth of resources not found in the traditional education model. In addition to serving as one of the country’s best turnaround school operators and successfully launching charter school start-ups, PLA also provides our school communities with a successful, research-based summer learning program (Summer Advantage), a successful Reading and Math Intervention program (Reading and Math Advantage), and a workforce development program (PLA University) that provides expanded opportunities for our high school graduates, along with the family members of our current staff and students. This menu of programs and services is unique to our network, sets us apart from other organizations, and provides expanded opportunities for our staff through career advancement opportunities and expanded income opportunities.

The Campus: