Assistant Principal - Elementary (2026-2027)

Assistant Principal - Elementary (2026-2027) JobID: 7258 Position Type: Leading-Campus Administrators/Assistant Principal

Date Posted: 1/23/2026 Location: To Be Determined Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Additional Information:

Assistant Principal - Elementary (2026-2027) Reports to: Principal Pay Grade: Elementary School - 304 FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Purpose: Fort Worth ISD is seeking results-driven assistant principals to support principals in leading a school community in alignment with our districts Strategic Plan and commitment to academic excellence. As a key instructional leader, you will champion high-quality instruction, data-driven decision-making, and a culture of excellence and equity to ensure all students develop strong foundations for long-term success.

In Fort Worth ISD, assistant principals play a critical role in implementing rigorous academic programs, developing strong educators, and fostering meaningful family and community engagement. The ideal candidate will be a strategic, equity-focused leader, cultivate a positive school culture, and ensure effective instructional practices that strengthen literacy and learning in all subject areas.

If you are passionate about inspiring educators, empowering students, and making a lasting impact, we invite you to join Fort Worth ISD in shaping the future of education.

Essential Job Functions

• Effective Instruction: • Supports the implementation of highly effective routines, instructional strategies, and experiences for all students across all core content areas. • Ensures daily demonstrations of student learning inform data-driven instruction and reinforce high-quality Tier 1 teaching practices to assess student mastery of state standards. • Collects, analyzes, and monitors multiple forms of data to inform instruction and intervention decisions and maximize growth and achievement for all student groups. • Ensures the implementation of high-quality, effective classroom instructional strategies that improve performance of all students and student groups, ensuring equity and eliminating achievement gaps. • Leverages resources effectively to respond in a timely manner to all students needs. • Ensures fidelity to high-quality instructional materials by promoting teacher lesson internalization and alignment with state standards, assessments, and district curricula. • Reinforces rigorous expectations for staff performance with regard to instructional strategies and classroom management.

• Leadership and Professional Learning: • Leads Professional Learning Communities (PLC) as a key member of the instructional leadership team that sustain positive relationships with teachers and administrators while fostering a team culture of open sharing, risk taking, and shared leadership, to increase student achievement for all student groups. • In high schools, assists in increasing graduation rates and ensures readiness for post-secondary success.

• Positive School Culture: • Aligns the Fort Worth ISDs vision, mission, and goals to a safe environment and high expectations. • Supports the principal with the development, implementation, and sustaining a shared vision of high expectations for all students and staff. • Ensures clear expectations and systems for behaviors, including social and emotional supports. • Supports a shared vision and culture of collective responsibility with high expectations for staff and students. • Communicates, collaborates, and builds strong relationships with teachers, staff, students, and parents, and community and business partners. • Leads strategies to proactively provide and coordinate student support services. • Involves and coordinates family and community involvement in productive activities.

• Effective, Well-Supported Teachers: • Conducts rigorous and calibrated observations. • Observes employee performance regularly, records observations, and conducts evaluation conferences; serves as second appraiser as needed for designated teacher appraisal system. • Assists principal in recruiting, selecting, placing, mentoring, and retaining diverse and highly effective teachers and staff. • Coaches and develops teachers and staff, by providing actionable feedback to improve the quality of instruction. • Provides support and real-time coaching to promote instructional improvement.

School Organizational Leadership, Planning, and Improvement

• Assists the principal in creating a high-performing, skilled instructional leadership team through real-time coaching, observations, and professional development opportunities to increase student achievement and attendance.
• Strategically plans and ensures campus operations and resources promote the academic success and well-being of each student.
• Adheres to and applies the Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas Educators.
• Models personal commitment to developing self and others.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with all stakeholders.
• Manages resources (people, financial, equipment) effectively to support the organizational goals.
• Takes a leadership role in planning activities, outlines and tracks clear goals, tracks targets and strategies to ensure attainment of the schools mission and goals that improves teacher effectiveness and outcomes.
• Participates in development of campus improvement plans with staff, parents, and community members.
• Helps principal develop, maintain, and use information systems to maintain records, and track progress on campus performance objectives and academic excellence indicators.
• Collaborates with district staff to implement policies, and advocates for the needs of district students and staff.

Positive School Culture

• Aligns the Fort Worth ISDs vision, mission, and goals to a safe environment and high expectations.
• Collaborates with faculty and students to develop a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior and enhances the school climate.
• Supports the principal in implementing a shared vision and culture of collective responsibility with high expectations for staff and students.
• Ensures that school rules are uniformly applied, and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable, in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct and the student handbook.
• Applies a variety of restorative student discipline techniques to meet the behavior needs of individual students.
• Assists with developing strategies to proactively provide and coordinate student support services.
• Demonstrates awareness of school-community needs, and initiates activities to meet those needs using appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.

Administration, Fiscal, and Facilities Management

• Oversees campus operations in the principals absence.
• Supports the principal with fiscal oversight of all campus budgets, including campus and student activity funds as directed.
• Takes a leadership role in planning and scheduling of daily school activities, including the development of master and class schedules, teacher assignments, and extracurricular activity schedules.
• Assists with requisitions, supplies, textbooks, and equipment; monitors and maintains inventory in accordance with district procedures.
• Coordinates operational support services such as transportation, custodial, and cafeteria to best meet campus needs.
• Complies with district policies, state and federal laws, and regulations affecting schools.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provides clear expectations of performance, supervises and conducts rigorous, calibrated evaluations using multiple data sources of professional staff as assigned by the school principal.
• Directs the work of teachers, custodians, paraprofessionals, clerical staff, and others as assigned.
• Maintains a commitment to the districts mission, vision, and strategic goals.
• Exhibits high professionalism, standards of conduct, and work ethic.
• Develops and uses effective conflict-management and consensus-building skills.
• Demonstrates high-quality customer service; builds rapport/relationship with stakeholders.
• Demonstrates cultural competence in interactions with others; is respectful of co-workers; communicates and performs as a team player; promotes teamwork; responds and acts appropriately in confrontational situations.

Other Duties as Assigned

• Performs all job-related duties as assigned and in accordance with Board rules, policies, and regulations.
• All employees are expected to comply with lawful directives in rare situations driven by need where a team effort is required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of best practices in administration, program evaluation, and staff supervision.
• Knowledge of current teaching methods and educational pedagogy, as well as differentiated instruction based upon student learning styles.
• Knowledge of data information systems, data analysis, and the formulation of action plans.
• Knowledge of elementary and/or secondary school evidence-based curriculum and pedagogy.
• Knowledge of federal and state guidelines and district policies and procedures regarding special population students services and programs.
• Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based literacy instruction.
• Skill in judgment and creativity in decision-making; considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Skill in monitoring/assessing the performance of self, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Skill in public relations, communications, and interpersonal relations.
• Ability to consider academic, social, and emotional needs of students in making decisions about academic settings and accommodations for individual students.
• Ability to differentiate instructional support for experienced and new teachers.
• Ability to develop and implement plans in all areas of the instructional program.
• Ability to plan and implement projects that support the FWISD Strategic Plan.
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure.
• Ability to understand, interpret, and apply rules, policies, and procedures relating to district operations.
• Ability to use qualitative and quantitative data to make decisions about teaching and learning including student and teacher assessment.
• Ability to analyze, organize, and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Ability to use computer network system and software applications as needed.
• Ability to organize multiple tasks and implement effective time management techniques.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with students, parents, staff, community, and stakeholders in a multi-ethnic educational environment.
• Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to leadership, performance, and professional growth.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.

Travel Requirements

• Travels to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.

Physical & Mental Demands, Work Hazards

• Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office and classroom equipment, including Promethean Board, computer, and peripherals.
• Posture: Prolonged sitting and standing; occasional stooping, squatting, kneeling, bending, pushing/pulling, and twisting.
• Motion: Frequent repetitive hand motions, including keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching.
• Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds).
• Environment: Works in an office setting; works