Assistant Principal

Rocketship; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

403(b) retirement plan

Flexible spending account (FSA)

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Rocketship Public Schools in San Francisco seeks an Assistant Principal to partner with the Principal, lead an instructional vision, and drive a college‑preparatory culture across several grade levels. You will supervise teachers and support staff, analyze data, and plan units to boost student achievement.

With 3+ years in urban classrooms and a California teaching credential, you will coach teams, model best practices, and participate in professional development.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience teaching in an urban city classroom with demonstrated gains.
• Deep knowledge of elementary instruction and planning skills.
• Strong leadership skills and personal drive.
• Relentless pursuit of high expectations.
• Data‑driven and outcome oriented.
• Ability to inspire, motivate, and develop others; adaptable in a fast-paced environment.
• Engage and empower parents and families.
• Experience in building and maintaining outstanding school culture.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Strategic planning and project management experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• BA from an accredited university.
• Valid teaching credential in California or ability to transfer credentialing to California.

Responsibilities

• Lead instructional vision with the Principal and oversee multiple grade levels.
• Coach teams to build subject area expertise and improve practice.
• Drive data‑driven cycles for planning and instruction to raise achievement.
• Manage teachers, enrichment staff, and support personnel.
• Collaborate on professional development and school culture initiatives.
• Teach temporarily to model the school model and curriculum.

Skills

Leadership

Data‑driven

Curriculum planning

Parent engagement

Time management

Communication

Adaptability

Education

BA degree

California teaching credential

Job description

Position Description

Assistant Principals (APs) at Rocketship are charged with driving academic achievement for students and building a rigorous college preparatory school culture. Every AP works closely with the Principal to lead and implement the instructional vision with a group of educators. Assistant Principals typically support several grade levels directly, manage teachers and instructional support staff, and lead their grade levels by driving data‑analysis cycles, observing classrooms, providing continuous feedback, and co‑planning units of study and lesson plans aimed at increasing educator effectiveness and leadership.

APs share responsibility across the school leadership team for professional development, culture and behavior in common spaces, and special events. Together, they lead a team of teachers, tutors, enrichment coordinators, and support staff who deliver gap‑closing, personalized instruction to students from pre‑K to fifth grade. APs also receive ongoing professional development in conducting rigorous observations, providing meaningful feedback, and executing useful planning and analysis. The role offers career paths both within schools and on the Network Support Team.

Reports to the Principal and direct reports may include teachers, enrichment center coordinators and tutors.

Essential Functions

• Developing Effective Educators: Foster a rigorous and college‑preparatory culture of excellence in every classroom that ensures high levels of student achievement.
• Coach teams to build subject area expertise.
• Engage in cycles of data‑driven instruction and assessments to inform planning and personalize instruction to student needs.
• Ensure at least 1.5 years of progress for all students annually through management and planning.
• Collaborate with the Special Education team to ensure teachers are receiving the necessary support and training to maximize the delivery of instruction in a full‑inclusion model.
• Teaching: Occasionally step in to model for teachers, provide assistance to teachers or the school community, or to internalize the school model. New APs are expected to teach for three or more weeks to learn the curriculum and model.
• Other duties as assigned.

Student and Parent Partnership

• Build trusting relationships through frequent communication and by embracing the knowledge parents bring as their child's first teacher.
• Create a school community that fully involves parents in student achievement through home visits, regular community meetings, and parent/family meetings.

Rocketship Professional Culture

• Demonstrate high level of honest and humble self‑reflection, owning good and bad outcomes; effectively respond to and implement constructive feedback.
• Create a healthy, high‑achieving, urgent environment where staff and students feel challenged and fully supported and valued.
• Promote and participate in collaborative opportunities across schools to share best practices, problem solve, and gather feedback.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience teaching in an urban city classroom and realizing significant gains.
• Deep knowledge of elementary instruction and planning skills.
• Strong leadership skills and personal drive.
• Relentless pursuit of high expectations.
• Result‑oriented and data‑driven.
• Ability to inspire, motivate, and develop others; adaptable and able to thrive in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to engage and empower parents and families.
• Experience in building and maintaining outstanding school culture.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Strategic planning and project management experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• BA from an accredited university.
• Valid teaching credential in California or ability to transfer credentialing to California.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children, use hands or fingers, handle objects, stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.

Compensation

Compensation is commensurate with qualifications and experience and includes excellent health and wellness benefits, a 403(b) retirement plan, a flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Rocketship Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Harassment Policy

Rocketship Public Schools expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Rocketship Public Schools employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. Click here for our Sexual Harassment Policy. For questions, concerns, or complaints, please contact Human Resources.