Assistant Principal - Secondary Peck Mid

Assistant Principal - Secondary Holyoke Public Schools PECK MIDDLE - Holyoke, Massachusetts Job ID:5959246 Application Deadline:Nov 03, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time) Posted:Oct 13, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC) Starting Date:Immediately Job Description DISTRICT OVERVIEW Holyoke Public Schools is a PreK-12 public school district serving nearly 4,800 students, of whom 80 percent are Latino/Latina, in 11 schools. We employ nearly 1,300 people who together educate and support a richly diverse community of learners. We are committed to recruiting and retaining top-quality educators who believe all children can and will learn and who strive daily to make school a joyful place of discovery, support, and belonging. Holyoke Public Schools? strategic plan, ?Moving Forward Together,? builds on the strengths of our past while serving as a call to action to accelerate student learning by thinking differently about how we teach, how we work together, and how we support students? well-being. Many successes contributed to Holyoke?s return to local governance after 10 years in state receivership. These include: The highest graduation rate on record of 77.1 percent, an increase of more than 15-points over 10 years Meaningful, applied learning opportunities for high school students, including theme-based academies, career vocational technical education programming, work-based learning, and advanced coursework A comprehensive approach to early literacy that includes strong core instruction and one-on-one tutoring, contributing to more students reading at grade level A thriving dual language English/Spanish program, where nearly 900 students are on their path to becoming bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural More than one-third of Holyoke teachers identify as people of color, a 19-point increase over 10 years. Many partnership programs support staff to earn licensure or additional certification. Please visit the Holyoke Public Schools website to learn more about us, our recent accomplishments, and our commitment to equity. Job Description: To execute such duties as assigned by the Principal. To assist the Principal in establishing and maintaining an effective learning climate in the school. To develop with Principal and guidance personnel standards of conduct and action conducive to the effective operation of the building and its classes. To assert leadership in the development of the school handbook designed to define rules and regulations of the school with respect to student behavior. To orient newly assigned teachers and other staff members and assist in their development, as appropriate. To assist the Principal in the development, revision, and monitoring of the instructional program. To accept responsibility, under direction of the Principal, for publicizing school programs and events. To attend all public functions of the school. To act in place of the Principal in his/her absence. To assume a leadership role, under the direction of the Principal, in the process of the curriculum review, development and adaptation. To consult with teachers on instructional problems as appropriate and to assist teachers in improving their classroom performance. To assist the Principal in providing appropriate staff development opportunities for teachers and other staff. To assert leadership in the coordination of the various components of the instructional program. Other duties as assigned. Requirements: Master?s Degree Training in Administration Massachusetts Certification in Principal/Assistant Principal, 5-12 At least five (5) years of documented, successful school experience Position Type:Full-Time Salary:$87,350 to $101,900 FT10 Job Categories: Administration > Assistant Principal/Dean/Head