Middle School Principal (25/26 School Year)

About Equitas Academy Charter Schools  The mission of Equitas Academy Charter Schools is to prepare students for college, careers, and life pursuits, and inspire them to be champions of equity.  We currently serve over 2,000 students and operate four elementary schools and two middle schools in the Pico-Union neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Role Summary: We’re looking for a committed and accomplished school leader to work with our dedicated and capable staff to continue our work of preparing our scholars to graduate from college.  The ideal candidate should be committed to developing as an antiracist educator and leader, prioritize family, student and staff voice, model our core values, and build strong relationships while also achieving results.
Essential Responsibilities: 

Leadership, Strategic Planning, and Systems Implementation (25%)

• Inspires adults and scholars in the school community to work towards the school’s vision while embodying Equitas core beliefs and values
• Builds the capacity of staff to support academic achievement through effective implementation of adopted curricula and appropriate interventions
• Leads the implementation of a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), ensuring that all scholars experience inclusive academic instruction, behavioral support, social-emotional instruction, and mental health support
• Implements systems to ensure equitable access for all subgroups, while prioritizing scholars encountering unique challenges, including scholars with disabilities and emergent bilingual scholars
• Builds an effective leadership team with a relentless focus on student learning; creates conditions for all leadership team members to collaboratively lead the school; builds individual and collective capacity to oversee complex projects that achieve planned outcomes
• Facilitates change management processes, including empowering stakeholders to provide meaningful input, generating broad buy-in and motivation, and building sustainable systems
• Provides leadership and oversight of a wide range of school programs, including those that involve external partnerships, such as the school’s extended learning programs (including summer programming)
• Serves as a key leader in strategic planning and external compliance processes, including LAUSD oversight, Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), and the School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

Coaching, Professional Development, and Performance Management (25%)

• Ensures that faculty and staff are frequently observed (both formally and informally) in the performance of their duties and provided with feedback aligned to agreed-upon goals, job expectations, and rubrics
• Develops and implements a system of high quality professional learning opportunities and skillful coaching; tailors support to individualized needs, informed by data and observations
• Evaluates and/or oversees the evaluation of faculty and staff; conducts other performance management functions, as appropriate
• Hires and retains effective faculty and staff; provides professional growth and/or leadership opportunities aligned with interest, aptitude, and school need

School Culture and Stakeholder Engagement (15%)

• Builds the school’s collective capacity to embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism, and incorporates those practices and mindsets into all aspects of the school culture, instruction, and operations
• Embraces a restorative approach to relationships, including scholars, families, community members, and faculty/staff; leads the implementation of restorative practices to build community and repair harm; uses restorative justice as a key component of the school’s positive behavior support plan; takes other disciplinary action as appropriate, in accordance with local policies and California Education Code
• Collaboratively creates and maintains a safe and supportive school environment for all stakeholders
• Builds the capacity of staff to create a school-wide culture in which all families and community members are welcomed into authentic partnership, in ways that are aligned to the Equitas Academy Mission, Vision, and Values
• Empowers stakeholders through advisory and decision-making bodies, including School Site Council (SSC) and English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)
• Develops authentic, collaborative, empowering relationships with scholars, families, school staff, and network staff

Assessment and Data Analysis (15%)

• Oversees the implementation of a broad range of formative and summative assessments aligned to school and network goals; develops a culture of shared ownership and accountability for outcomes
• Supports faculty and staff in effectively and consistently using multiple sources of qualitative