Assistant Principal of Operations - IDEA Frontier (Immediate Opening)

ideapublicschools-english; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Family Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Mental Health Support

Dental & Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Parental Benefits

Vacation

Referral Bonuses

Professional Development

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

IDEA Public Schools is seeking an Assistant Principal of Operations (APO) to oversee campus operations across two IDEA sites, including front office, SIS, nutrition, transportation, health services, finance, and facilities. The APO drives operational excellence, staff development, and cross-functional collaboration to support student outcomes.

The role leads multiple operations teams, partners with site leaders, and focuses on enrollment, ADA compliance, and safety.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required
• Experience managing and developing others to achieve ambitious results

Responsibilities

• Retain Ops staff at high levels and coach team members
• Implement coaching and feedback cycles and regular performance reviews
• Utilize the APO Priorities Calendar to monitor progress and adjust support
• Lead recruitment and onboarding of new families to drive enrollment
• Monitor ADA compliance and attendance tracking and report trends

Skills

People Management

Operations Oversight

Education

Bachelor's Degree Required

Job description

What We Offer

Role Mission: The Assistant Principal of Operations (APO) manages campus operations for each IDEA site (two schools) and is responsible for achieving operational excellence across non-instructional areas, including front office management, student information systems, child nutrition, transportation, health services, business office, facility maintenance, new construction management, technology coordination, student recruitment and enrollment.

Compensation:

• Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $84,618 and $99,426, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity. This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on organizational performance and goal attainment.

Other Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children. Some of the special benefits we offer at IDEA include:

• Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on their tenure with the organization and caregiver designation.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Staff members may apply for up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability.
• Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services available at no cost.

Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, generous vacation time, referral bonuses and professional development. IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

What You Bring -- Competencies:

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required
• Experience: Experience managing and developing others to achieve ambitious results

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Over 8 Direct Reports, including but not limited to:
  • Receptionist
  • SIS Coordinator
  • Registrar
  • Cafeteria Manager
  • Transportation Manager
  • Health Aide
  • Business Clerk
  • Facilities Manager

What You’ll Do – Accountabilities:

85% Ops Staff Retention

• Responsible for ensuring top performers occupy every seat across all operations roles
• Institutes operating mechanisms that facilitate the ongoing coaching and support of team members (check-ins, tactical meetings, regular observation and feedback sessions, high-quality talent review process and staff development cycle)
• Leverages the APO Priorities Calendar; routinely assesses team members based on progress toward goals as well as principal and HQ feedback; prioritizes support accordingly

100% Projected Enrollment for Academy and College Prep by the first day of school

• Develops and executes student recruitment efforts that target families with school-aged children immediately surrounding each school
• Leads team to recruit new families with specific applicant goals per grade level--3:1 ratio (open grade levels) while ensuring applications are high quality and ultimately lead to enrollment
• Ensures all new families are effectively onboarded and persist through their first year
• Complies with all federal, state, and organizational student registration requirements throughout the enrollment process (i.e. transfers, testing, etc.)

97.5% Average Daily Attendance (ADA) for Academy and College Prep

• Ensures new and existing families know and understand attendance expectations, with a particular emphasis on PreK and Kinder families
• Manages team on the implementation of standardized accountability frameworks to ensure adherence to the outlined ADA policy at each school (i.e. escalation matrix, official attendance taking time, etc.)
• Tracks data on a daily and cumulative basis and makes it visible to key stake-holders; identifies trends and course-corrects in a targeted way week-over-week
• Implements best practices and leverages tracking mechanisms to positively impact ADA progress toward goals (PTGs)
• Works with school lead teams to invest, motivate and implement ADA plans to achieve maximum impact
• Complies with all federal and state ADA guidelines by performing regular and ongoing audits, staying abreast of changes in ADA policy and procedures, and effectively monitoring team members

90% new student persistence for Academy and College Prep

• Co-leads efforts with Academic Counselors to create an environment where students learn, thrive and have fun (school culture, praise and recognition, in and out of school events calendar, etc.)
• Implements an ongoing monitoring system that reviews and addresses parent and student feedback, particularly as it relates to non-instructional services and support
• Manages new family onboarding from the time a parent applies to IDEA through their first year in our schools

Achieves Operational and Financial Excellence in Auxiliary Services (cost/sqft, cost/rider, CNP fund balance)

• Ensures all Auxiliary support services provide best-in-class customer service while achieving operational efficiency and financial targets
• Indirectly manages and provides day-to-day tactical oversight and support in the areas of Transportation, and Child Nutrition (CNP)
• Directly manages and is responsible for coaching and mentoring of Certified Nurse’s Assistants (CNAs) and Facilities Managers

Campus safe and operational one week before FDOS

• Responsible for managing all Beginning of Year (BOY) efforts with a specific focus on:
• 100% of positions filled, staff onboarded and in attendance at summer training
• 3.5 average score on both the parent and staff BOY surveys
• ≥90 score on BOY quality scorecard

We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students

About IDEA Public Schools

At IDEA Public Schools, we believeeach and everychild can go to college.Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to a multi-state network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools.

IDEA Public Schools boasts national rankings on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report’s top highschoolslists. IDEA serves over 80,000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Florida, Ohio, and is on-track to maintain its legacy of sending 100% of its graduates to college.

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.

At IDEA the Staff Culture and Belonging Team uses our Core Values to promote human connection and a culture of integrity, respect, and belonging for all Team and Family members. Learn more about our Commitment to Core Values here: https://ideapublicschools.org/our-story/#core-values