Assistant Principal, Florida

Bachelor’s Degree

At Success Academy, we invest boldly in our teachers, through

exceptional pay growth, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, and career pathways

that enable you to advance into leadership within an average of three years!

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 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.

This position is intentionally designed as a pathway to the principalship.

Assistant Principals master people management, instructional leadership, and school culture stewardship, with the expectation of readiness for the principal role within three years.

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. Now, we are entering a historic new chapter. 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.