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Join Our Team as Assistant Principal at Alamosa Park (AP) Elementary – A California Distinguished School! At AP Elementary, we are dedicated to providing high-quality instruction in a supportive environment that prepares students for the 21st century. Our vision is to nurture student leaders who explore, discover, and connect through Leadership, Engineering, the Arts, Design Thinking, and Science (LEADS). We cultivate empathy, creativity, perseverance, and collaboration in every learner. As Assistant Principal, you will be a compassionate champion and innovative leader who supports our inclusive, equity-centered culture aligned with Vista Unified’s vision: empowering resilient, confident, and kind learners who embrace local and global challenges. Join us in fostering a joyful, rigorous, and future-oriented learning community where students thrive academically and socially—supported by strong family partnerships and enriched by programs like Dual Language Immersion, intramural athletics, and our acclaimed arts and leadership initiatives. If you are passionate about guiding educators and inspiring students in a vibrant, equity-driven setting, we encourage you to apply and help shape the leaders of tomorrow at AP Elementary! Do you have a vision? We Do! Our Vision is: Every student graduates from Vista Unified as a resilient, agile learner and creative problem solver who navigates the world with confidence and kindness and eagerly embraces local and global challenges. Our Portraits: Learner Portrait: Kind and Confident; Curious and Connected; Capable and Knowledgeable Adult Portrait: Compassionate Champion; Flexible and Innovative Facilitator; Open-Minded and Equity-Centered Learner System Portrait: Inclusive Culture Focused on Growth; Joyful, Innovative, Rigorous, and Equitable Learning Environments; Future-Oriented, Forward Thinking; Family and Community Partnerships Core Values: Respect, Trust, Collaboration, Equity and Kindness. Only completed applications will be accepted. You may also call the Ed-Join Help Desk at (888) 900-8945 for technical assistance. Please be sure that you respond to ALL application questions. Vista Unified School District prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, intimidation, and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment, based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, immigration status, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender-identify, or gender expression, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. VUSD requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation or bullying. Rachel D'Ambroso, the Assistant Superintendent of Human Relations, is designated as the Title IX Compliance Officer and is responsible for employee complaints pertaining to discrimination, intimidation, harassment, and bullying. Phone: (760) 726-2170, extension 92202 or hr@vistausd.org A copy of the district’s Uniform Complaint/Sexual Harassment Policies and forms can be found at: https://www.vistausd.org/pf4/cms2/view_page?d=x&group_id=1516177617023&vdid=7i24b1rgcie925