2024 - 2025 Upper Academy Assistant Principal of Instruction (G5-G8) - Tulsa Legacy Charter School

At Tulsa Legacy Charter School (TLCS) the Middle School Assistant Principal of Instruction (API) is more than an instructional leader and manager; he/she will help transform children’s lives by creating opportunities for a brighter future. The TLCS Middle School API is responsible for ensuring all of our students achieve high levels of academic success. We are seeking an ELAP who will make the commitment to lead with determination, integrity and purpose, embodying these essential qualities:

• Past experiences and actions reflect a commitment to the TLCS mission, vision, core values

• A passion and ability to build and sustain the TLCS K-8 model in a high need, urban environment

• Work in schools that demonstrates a sense of urgency and the relentless pursuit of high academic student achievement

• Reflective, self-aware and adaptable to communication and work styles of others

• Critical thinker and problem solver who takes initiative

• Belief in the power of collaboration and works to build a collaborative culture with TLCS network, community, staff, families and students

The Middle School API at Tulsa Legacy Charter School is an instructional, operational and strategic leader who works to create and enhance a culture of achievement and respect where high expectations and results are the norm. Our Middle School API is responsible for demonstrating significant and measurable academic gains, each year, with all students. The actions of our API must always be aligned with our mission, vision, core values, and education program. The essential functions for our API is as follows:

I. INSTRUCTIONAL VISION

• Assists in the full implementation and monitoring of the school's literacy/math program, within the context of the school's framework and goals.

• Create and implement Tulsa Legacy Charter School’s vision for instruction across grades PK-8 by using knowledge of best practices, current research, updated technologies and curriculum, and school-wide data.

• Coach and develop teachers to ensure students are mastering content and showing growth in the subject area by providing frequent feedback, data debriefs, and lesson-plan support.

• Ensure TLCS’ instructional vision is implemented by developing rigorous -weekly, unit, and other formative assessments to gauge student and guide teacher practice.

• Assist Executive Leadership and Principals in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of programs as well as identifying and acquiring appropriate program resources to ensure that curricula are student-focused and aligned with school’s mission, core values, academic standards and strategic goals.

• Contribute to building a scalable instructional program with specific responsibility for planning, development, implementation, assessment and improvement across all current and future schools.

• Provide data to inform the development of the School’s Measures of Success & Goals and content teachers with respect to school-wide goals

• Create and implement Tulsa Legacy Charter School’s vision for content-specific instruction across grades 4-8 by using knowledge of best practices, current research, updated technologies and curriculum, and school-wide data.

• Create Curriculum Maps and ensure implementation across grade levels

• Read weekly lesson plans, give feedback, and ensure feedback implementation through observation

II. DATA ANALYSIS

• Provide data to inform the development of teachers with respect to school-wide goals.

• Use data systems to organize and analyze data to be used by teachers to inform decision-making, program modification and planning for targeted, differentiated instruction

• Meet regularly with the staff to increase their knowledge and level of comfort with data, as well as to discuss data trends to inform program implementation, modification and planning for targeted and differentiated instruction

• Assist with the creation, completion and presentation of school reports, as well as required reports for the district

• Ensure that the faculty build capacity around the school's vision for literacy/math instruction that yields successful students.

III. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Provide a wide variety of instructional coaching focused on data analysis, best practices, and targeted and differentiated instruction.

• Monitor the pacing and faithful implementation of the education program with respect to Curriculum Maps, with modifications as necessary.

• Work closely with the Principals at each site to determine school-wide professional development needs, as well as the individualized professional development needs of staff members, to meet all network and school goals.

• Provide professional development to the staff as needed to implement the education program and to achieve.

• Assist staff in the development and realization of Individual Professional Development Plans.

IV. CULTURE of ACHIEVEMENT and RESPECT

• Work with the principal to provide the collaborative leadership necessary to implement the school’s mission; coordinate work and collaborate with the TLCS leadership team.

• Assist with maintaining a positive school culture with staff and students focused on strong academic achievement, fairness, respect and high expectations.

• Work collaboratively with families and other members of the community to involve them in educational activities, to support the success of a diverse student population, and to bring in volunteers and additional

• Communicate respectfully and thoughtfully with parent/guardians remaining sensitive to different families’ cultures and values

• Assist with recruitment and hiring of all TLCS staff members

V. OPERATIONAL LEADERSHIP

• Organize and manage curricular materials, assessment materials and resources; assist with inventory and ordering.

• Collaborate with the school leader regarding school design, talent management, technology, and other areas as needed to best support Tulsa Legacy’s expansion planning.

VI. PROFESSIONALISM

• Collaborate with colleagues (grade level and school-wide meetings, professional development days, the professional development institute) to continuously improve personal practice, classroom instruction, assessment, and student achievement, as well as the overall goals and mission of the school.

• Access meaningful learning experiences (current theory, research, and developments in relevant academic disciplines, professional development opportunities, and ideas from colleagues and supervisors) and exercise judgment in accepting findings as valid for application in leadership and teacher

• Reflect critically upon instructional leadership experience, identify areas for further professional development as part of a professional development plan that is linked to network goals, access meaningful learning experiences, and listen thoughtfully to other viewpoints and respond constructively to suggestions