High School Assistant Principal at Larchmont Charter School
Job Summary
Job Summary
Primary Function: The High School Assistant Principal supports with all aspects of Larchmont Charter School’s High School program. The High School Assistant Principal helps to ensure excellence in instruction, school culture and operations. The High School Assistant Principal helps hire, develop, support and evaluate high quality faculty and staff to provide an exceptional public education to a diverse community of learners. The High School Assistant Principal is committed to LCS’ constructivist educational philosophy and leads the faculty in implementing an inquiry based, experiential, project-based learning, college preparatory curriculum. The High School Assistant Principal ensures an inspiring and welcoming school climate to motivate our diverse students, teachers, and families to achieve academic excellence, develop as people, and positively impact the communities in which they live. Resourcefulness, flexibility, and a commitment to collaboration and the educational philosophy of our school and demonstrated passion about our mission and model are essential traits. The High School Assistant Principal oversees the campus faculty and staff and partners with the Elementary and Middle School Leaders in aligning with TK-12th grade program and collaborates with the Network Support team to implement efficient systems in the areas of fundraising, safety, technology, outreach, business operations and HR.
Requirements / Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: (*) Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred) (*) Valid CA Teaching Credential or equivalent (required) (*) Valid CA Administrative Credential (preferred) (*) TB Test clearance & Department of Justice finger printing clearance (*) Teaching experience and a track record of advancing student achievement (*) 2+ successful years of school leadership experience (Teacher Leader/Coordinator or above - preferred) (*) Valid adult and child CPR/First Aid/AED certification (required)
Requirements / Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: (*) Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred) (*) Valid CA Teaching Credential or equivalent (required) (*) Valid CA Administrative Credential (preferred) (*) TB Test clearance & Department of Justice finger printing clearance (*) Teaching experience and a track record of advancing student achievement (*) 2+ successful years of school leadership experience (Teacher Leader/Coordinator or above - preferred) (*) Valid adult and child CPR/First Aid/AED certification (required)
Comments and Other Information
Larchmont is a constructivist school. Constructivism is a theory of learning which holds that each of us has a unique schema of the world based on our lived experience and that by interacting with our environment we make connections to what we already know and construct new meaning. It is therefore essential that we know our students well to be able to meet them where they are and grow from there. We do this through small class size, looping, longer periods of instruction, and a focus on social-emotional development and community K-12.
Learning is seen as an active process. Diversity is core to our model because it is through ensuring a richly diverse environment – of both people and programming – that we create the setting for learning to occur. The diversity of our community provides students the opportunities to interact and benefit from students and staff from disparate backgrounds often resulting in a variety of perspectives leading to diversity of thought and increasing critical and creative thinking. The diversity in the program – both the interdisciplinary project-based learning and the rich array of enrichment and elective offerings – music, art, movement, cooking, gardening, improvisation, and more K-12 – tap into our students’ multiple intelligences and facilitate them making connections across the curriculum. This is the power of our model.
This Diverse by Design video highlights the power of integration and how Larchmont is part of a national movement to realize the vision and promise of Brown v. Board of Education. It was made possible through a generous benefactor and professional filmmaker in our community.
Comments and Other Information
Larchmont is a constructivist school. Constructivism is a theory of learning which holds that each of us has a unique schema of the world based on our lived experience and that by interacting with our environment we make connections to what we already know and construct new meaning. It is therefore essential that we know our students well to be able to meet them where they are and grow from there. We do this through small class size, looping, longer periods of instruction, and a focus on social-emotional development and community K-12.
Learning is seen as an active process. Diversity is core to our model because it is through ensuring a richly diverse environment – of both people and programming – that we create the setting for learning to occur. The diversity of our community provides students the opportunities to interact and benefit from students and staff from disparate backgrounds often resulting in a variety of perspectives leading to diversity of thought and increasing critical and creative thinking. The diversity in the program – both the interdisciplinary project-based learning and the rich array of enrichment and elective offerings – music, art, movement, cooking, gardening, improvisation, and more K-12 – tap into our students’ multiple intelligences and facilitate them making connections across the curriculum. This is the power of our model.
This Diverse by Design video highlights the power of integration and how Larchmont is part of a national movement to realize the vision and promise of Brown v. Board of Education. It was made possible through a generous benefactor and professional filmmaker in our community.