Assistant Principal - Secondary Schools

Assistant Principal - Secondary Schools

JobID: 12553 Position Type: Principal and Asst. Principal/Assistant Principal Date Posted: 1/6/2026 Location: To be determined Date Available: 07/01/2026 Closing Date: Until Filled Hours per Day: 8.0 Hours Per Day Days of the Week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Days per Year: 260.00

Additional Information

The Assistant Principal will assist the building principal in providing instructional leadership by establishing, promoting, and leading efforts related to achieving the identified school improvement goals in service of the Federal Way Public Schools strategic plan. The assistant principal will foster an environment characterized by high expectations, data-driven decision making, continuous improvement, capacity building, and cultural competence.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in developing and sustaining a focus on a shared mission and clear vision for improvement of learning and teaching.
• Promote an environment which fosters high expectations for students, staff, and self.
• Assist in the facilitation of collaborative processes leading toward continuous improvement.
• Support inclusive programming for students qualified for special education services and those learning English as a second language.
• Assist in ensuring the implementation of the district strategic plan.
• Supports high expectations for self, staff, and students in the implementation and delivery of standards-based curricula.
• Assists staff in implementing and aligning curricula to state and district standards.
• Participates in creating and monitoring systems that ensure teachers utilize formative assessments to adjust instruction for improved student learning.
• Uses relevant data to design, implement, and evaluate an aligned strategic plan that drives continuous improvement.

Strategic and Organizational Leadership

• Strategically manages resources to support all student learning and staff development priorities.
• Assists in management of both staff and fiscal resources in support of student learning.
• Assists in analyzing instructional employees knowledge, skills, and abilities as related to the adopted instructional framework, and provides or directs staff to appropriate professional development opportunities.
• Utilizes staffing and scheduling practices in a manner that ensures the school day and school year maximize instructional time to benefit all students.

Manager of Talent

• Increases teacher effectiveness through professional learning and rigorous supervision and evaluation.
• Monitors instruction and assessment practices by using the Districts instructional framework to describe, analyze, and critique teacher performance, and to implement growth strategies where appropriate.
• Utilizes coaching skills to build capacity in support of the core mission of the District.
• Supports the utilization of Professional Learning Communities to assist staff in analyzing data that reflect on current practice and inform improvement.

Manager of Talent: Recruits, Hires, Assigns, and Retains Effective Staff

• Utilizes knowledge of effective instruction and other attributes of successful instructional staff to assist in the development of activities and processes that result in the selection of highly qualified instructional staff.
• Assists in assigning staff to specific positions in a manner that maximizes the application of their knowledge and experience to desired student outcomes.
• Deals with employee discipline in a manner that protects an individuals due process rights while confronting and responding to unacceptable behavior.
• Utilizes performance appraisal systems for all staff to recognize outstanding performance and identify and address substandard performance.

Culture and Equity Leadership

• Develops cultural competence and a commitment to equity in adults and students.
• Leads for equity toward college and career readiness.
• Nurtures a school environment that celebrates, respects, and values diversity, where teaching and learning are made relevant and meaningful to students of various cultures.
• Publicly draws attention to all equity gaps that exist for various groups of students with plans to address their elimination.

Community Leadership

• Actively identifies communication strategies that articulate the successes of the school to the broader community, resulting in creation of partnerships to bring additional people and resources into the school.
• Actively advocates for members of the school community and effectively engages families and community.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Education and Experience: Masters degree in education, Three years of teaching/counseling experience
• ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Washington State Principal Certification, Washington State Teaching Certificate
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Masters degree in Educational Administration, Experience with master scheduling, student discipline, and facilitation of professional development, Experience with supervising and evaluating staff, Bilingual in Spanish

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

• Valid Washington State Drivers License
• Criminal background clearance

KNOWLEDGE OF

• Working within urban settings and with parents and students of diverse cultures and backgrounds
• How to analyze, disaggregate, and use data on student achievement and other school and system measures
• Conflict management and problem resolution
• Computer technology and related application programs
• Student behavior management and discipline
• Current educational research and application
• School board policies and procedures

ABILITY TO

• Assist in creating a college-going culture for all students through experiences and opportunities
• Grow as an instructional leader
• Supervise, train, motivate, monitor, and evaluate classified and certificated staff
• Provide leadership and guidance to staff and to educational programs
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, staff, and the public and outside agencies in a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural environment
• Keep accurate budget, supply, attendance, and other student and administrative records
• Effective oral and written communication
• Plan, organize, prioritize, schedule, and evaluate programs
• Make appropriate decisions and exercise sound judgment
• Set and meet goals and objectives
• Develop and implement a schools improvement plan
• Assess educational/instructional/curricular effectiveness and recommend improvements

WORK SCHEDULE

• This position typically works 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday, 260 days per year, or as otherwise determined by the District.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP

• Position reports to and is evaluated by the Building Principal or designee.

LEVEL OF COMPENSATION

• Middle: $162,084
• K-8: $156,965
• High: $170,032
• Doctoral Stipend: $3,000

BENEFITS

• Medical, dental, vision; sick and vacation leave; life insurance; retirement
• All principals receive 4 days at per diem for TPEP work

DISCLAIMER

• The preceding list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.
• The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the scope of responsibility and the level of knowledge and skills typically required, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements, skills or duties so classified.
• All personnel may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed.
• All employment open positions are made available on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability or veteran status.
• Job descriptions are written as a representative list of the ADA essential duties performed by the entire classification. They cannot include, and are not intended to include, every possible activity and task performed by every specific employee.