Job Description

High School Assistant Principal of STEM
Position Available: August 2025

About APR 

Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School (APR) is a tuition-free, public charter school offering a rigorous, college preparatory program in Grades 5-12 to 540 students from Boston. For 25 years, APR has empowered diverse learners (90% students of color; 11% English Learners; 25% on IEPs) of all racial and ethnic backgrounds to achieve their full intellectual and social potential through high-quality academic and enrichment programs to promote college and career exploration, cultural immersion, and community service. Our supportive and inclusive community actively counters patterns of inequity through dynamic learning partnerships between staff, students, and families. This work is grounded in the vision that all students graduate with a focused mind and a big heart, having the critical thinking, mastery of academic and social skills and a deep sense of self and others to joyfully pursue post-secondary education, careers, and civic life based on their passions and interests. Our 570+ alumni have a six-year college graduation rate of 70% - double the national average of their demographic peers. 

About the Position 

Reporting to the HS Principal, the HS Assistant Principal (AP) of STEM is responsible for coaching and managing a team of staff members to result in transformative outcomes for students. Through highly engaged and highly effective adult leadership, the AP will lead, inspire and coach staff members to actualize APR’s vision, mission and goals. As a member of the school-based leadership team, the AP creates the conditions for school-based staff members to cultivate identity-affirming classrooms characterized by intellectually affirming instruction. The AP will empower staff members with the knowledge and skills necessary to accelerate student achievement, growth, and agency.  

Primary Responsibilities: 

• As an integral member of the school leadership team, model high expectations, radical responsibility, and equity centered leadership for all members of the APR community 
  • Serve as an exemplar of APR’s vision, core values and operating principles. Intentionally mobilize and empower staff members to move in unity towards actualizing this vision 
  • Apply an equity informed lens to macro and micro decisions and interactions to foster a culture of joy, inclusivity, diversity and belonging 
  • Leverage data to identify and respond to school wide trends, strengths and focus areas 
  • Provide critical input to the principal's vision and serve as a proxy for the principal in communications and interactions with stakeholders across the community 
  • Takes initiative to identify and act in support of students, staff and family above prescribed duties when necessary

• Serve as an instructional leader for the entire school with specific ownership for the success of teachers and students within defined content areas
  • Coach, manage and evaluate staff members around meeting or exceeding APR’s instructional vision and professional expectations 
  • Ensure alignment and cohesion across classrooms through regular classroom, grade level and department walkthroughs 
  • Model and facilitate the design of high quality instructional tasks 
  • Analyze, set goals and strategize around formative and summative student achievement data including MCAS, iReady, Exit Tickets and Unit Assessments in collaboration with teachers and other school leaders 
  • Plan and execute adult learning experiences, including school wide, content based and grade level PD, that are valued by staff and lead to demonstrably stronger practices 

• Cultivate and uphold a positive, productive adult culture and climate 
  • Build and maintain a highly professional, joyful, student-centered adult culture
  • Analyze, set goals and strategize around measures of healthy adult culture including internal and external survey metrics, year over year retention, daily attendance, etc 
  • Establish authentic and productive relationships with staff members rooted in achieving transformational student outcomes 
  • Model and build a culture of shared accountability, reflection, and collaboration
  • Lead effective performance management cycle for a core group of teachers; including 2x2s, mid year performance reflections and an end of the year performance reflection
  • Recruit, develop, and retain best in class teachers 

• Cultivate and uphold a positive, productive student culture and climate
  • Build and maintain an affirming, high expectations, learning-centered student culture
  • Establish authentic and productive relationships with students and families
  • Serve as the point person for family needs and concerns 
  • Support in ongoing student recruitment, enrollment and retention 

The ideal candidate has: 

• Demonstrated belief that all children can achieve their full intellectual and social potential
• Epitomizes APR’s values in all interactions
• A minimum of 5 years teaching with proven academic and cultural success
• A minimum of 2 years of people management with evidence of equity centered practices and an impactful balance of support and accountability 
• Deep expertise in grade/subject relevant content, curriculum, instruction, and assessment
• Consistently delivers timely and high quality outcomes 
• Leverages data to inform macro and micro decision making 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; models clear, compelling messaging to various audiences 
• Possesses high emotional intelligence to build and sustain productive and affirming relationships, especially across lines of difference

Equal Opportunity Employer 

APR is committed to ensuring that all of its programs and facilities are accessible to all members of the public and free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws.  

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