POSITION: Elementary School Assistant Principal (PK-2nd) 

REPORTS TO: Executive Director 

START DATE: July 1, 2025

COMPENSATION: Salary starting at $70,000 annually 

THE ROLE  

When you join the Success at Marshall team, some of the exciting work and responsibilities will include:  

• Modeling and maintaining a mission-driven, aspirational team culture rooted in transformational social emotional learning for staff and students;

• Driving academic results by managing and developing a cohort of elementary school teachers;  

• With the Instructional Leadership Team, setting and upholding clear expectations and standards for excellent teaching in all subject areas;

• Leading the elementary school team day-to-day: ensuring that logistics, schedules, roles, and responsibilities are clear and all staff have the clarity, skills, and tools to do their most vibrant work;

• Collaborating closely with the Elementary School Dean and other leaders to ensure that systems are working and are meeting the needs of our students;

• Managing the performance of each individual elementary staff member and the team as a whole, mediating conflict and differentiating support as needed to uphold expectations and protect team culture

• Planning and facilitating high quality team meetings and professional development 

• Like all leaders, owning an arrival, mid-day, and/or dismissal post to ensure safe and healthy behavior in all common spaces

• Other duties as assigned

THE PERSON  

 We seek staff with diverse backgrounds, talents, interests, and ideas. Certain traits consistently shine through for our most successful employees: passion for our mission, focus on results, care for students and one another, resilience, joy, and humility. 

MUST HAVES  

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution  

• At least 3 years of leadership experience with a proven track record of working through adults to achieve ambitious results for kids

• Belief in the brilliance of our students and commitment to serving all children

• Content expertise in grades PK-2 and at least 5 years of exemplary teaching experience 

• Openness to inviting, giving and receiving frequent feedback  

• Ability to acknowledge, manage, and share emotions, build and maintain healthy relationships, embrace healthy conflict, and work collaboratively across lines of difference

• Highly skilled at managing time and tasks- organized, communicative, and reliably keeps commitments 

• Practices radical responsibility for themselves and the staff / students they manage; owns all outcomes for their team

• Is insatiably curious; loves to learn and grow

THE NICE TO HAVES  

• Masters Degree in teaching, educational leadership, or related field

• Science of Reading Certification (if not, must complete in first year of employment at Marshall)

• Experience teaching multiple subjects and grades within PK-4

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

We are committed to pay equity. For each role we hire for, we establish the compensation band in which the open role fits. The entry point of this band is $70,000. The actual level of the successful candidate (and corresponding salary) will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, demonstrated competencies, and other relevant factors. 

Here are the other ways that we take care of our employees: 

● Health insurance for employee; school pays for 66% of employee and 50% of dependent premiums

● Eligibility to participate in a 401(k) with a 4% employer match 

● 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all full time employees

● 6 weeks of paid vacation throughout the school year, and an additional 3 weeks in the summer

● 7 days of PTO

● A supportive, caring environment and commitment-based culture

WHO WE ARE

Success at Thurgood Marshall is a single-site charter serving 500 PK-8 students located in Mid-City, New Orleans. We proudly serve 35% multilingual learners, and 16% students with exceptionalities. We offer 100% free and reduced lunch. We are certified in the Compass model, a Circle-based approach to social emotional learning. We are a “B” school and a Top 5 PK-8 school in New Orleans, and we’re just getting started. Come build with us!

Why Success @ Marshall?

As a single site charter, we are unique in that we can innovate and adapt to meet the specific needs of our community and students, without the pressure to standardize or scale practices. There’s simply our kids, our families, our staff, and our future. We are building a liberatory, commitment-based culture for staff and students. All identities are welcomed and celebrated here. Our program is built equally on the three pillars of rigorous academics, transformative social emotional learning, and identity-affirming experiences. We are dedicated, hardworking, and never miss an opportunity to have a little fun with it. Over the last 6 years, we’ve maintained 80% or higher staff retention or higher. We are looking for educators who love this work and are ready to put down roots in a thriving community- and to make it better.