Vice Principal in High School

Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We are growing fast in New York and expanding to Florida, and we would love to welcome you to our community!

We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. We are the fourth-largest public school system in New York State, serving nearly 22,000 predominantly Black and Hispanic students from low-income backgrounds. We lead the state in math and reading performance, and 100% of our graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges, including the most selective colleges in the country.

Every day, our students prove that children from all backgrounds can achieve at the highest level when educators believe in their potential and hold them to sky-high standards. In 2027, Success Academy will expand beyond New York City for the first time, opening schools in Florida, beginning in Miami-Dade County. As a founding Assistant Principal, you will join a select cohort of Success Academy leaders and play a key role in launching our first schools in Florida.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be on the ground floor of an exciting new chapter for education reform — taking your career to the next level while delivering a life-changing education for underserved children in Miami.

The Assistant

Principal role at Success Academy is a high-impact leadership position for educators who want to develop adults, strengthen teaching and learning, and drive outstanding student outcomes across an entire school. The role is fundamentally about people management to achieve high-quality learning for every student.

The Assistant

Principal takes full ownership of schooling and instructional excellence across multiple grade levels and content areas, developing and holding teachers accountable to meet and exceed Success Academy’s school quality standards. As a key member of the leadership team, the Assistant Principal has a deep understanding of the SA standard for excellence, communicates expectations with clarity, and acts quickly to improve adult practice through feedback and coaching. In close partnership with the Principal, the Assistant Principal helps lead school-wide systems, professional development, and family engagement, ensuring excellence throughout the building.

Assistant

Principals master people management, instructional leadership, and school culture stewardship, with the expectation of readiness for the principal role within three years. Uphold, communicate, and build investment in Success Academy standards for professionalism, instructional quality, and scholar work. Develop and change the way adults approach the work, providing clear expectations, precise feedback, and accountability for meeting SA standards.

Minimize academic failure and promote high-quality learning across classrooms through accurate diagnosis of gaps in instructional practice and mindsets, and direct, actionable coaching to drive fast change.

Founding Assistant Principal

Year-Long Leadership Training Program Success Academy makes a significant investment in your development, beginning with a year-long leadership training and development program in New York City during the 2026-27 school year. This immersive program prepares you for the Assistant Principal role at your Florida school with intensive, hands-on training focused on managing and developing adults, driving instructional quality, and executing organizational priorities. This best-in-class SA leadership program has a proven track record of developing exemplary principals who build and sustain top-ranked public schools.

You will emerge prepared to manage high-performing teams, drive schoolwide learning quality, and advance rapidly into senior school leadership — while helping shape the future of Success Academy in Florida.

What The Assistant Principal Training Experience

Includes: A year-long leadership training and development program in New York City with one-on-one coaching and regular leadership and professional learning opportunities tailored to the founding Florida AP cohort. Continued development once you assume the Assistant Principal role at your Florida school in the summer, 2027. Preparation for future principalship within a high-performing school network. org if you have questions or would be unable to relocate to New York for a year.

Education: ~ Bachelor’s Degree Strong leadership potential with a clear desire to grow into senior school leadership. eager to receive and implement feedback immediately. Enjoys holding kids and adults accountable to high expectations and achieving excellence. Strong sense of ownership for self and team

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