2026-2027 Assistant Principal of Operations
Nashville Classical opened in July 2013 with one grade, Kindergarten. Since then, our schools have grown to enroll 750 scholars in Grades K-8 across two campuses. We have become the city’s most popular elementary school, enrolling families from 28 unique Zip Codes.
In the past five years, our school has been:
- Named the city’s best nonprofit by the Nashville Business Journal
- Named a Tennessee Reward School by the TN Department of Education
- Achieved top 5% growth in the state in both Math and ELA
- Awarded 3 Blue Ribbon Awards for Teaching Excellence: Most in the city!
- Profiled in The Tennessean, Newsweek, and in Doug Lemov’s recent books, Teach Like A Champion 3.0 and Reconnect.
- Read more in our annual report, here.
The Position: Assistant Principal of Operations: NC East
The mission of the AP Operations is to block and tackle for instruction and achievement, ensuring schools and teachers have the systems, processes, materials, and space we need to achieve our mission. Responsibilities include
Building Management
- Execute management of the building, including distributing supplies, conducting regular walkthroughs, and maintaining the building's cleanliness, organization, and effectiveness.
- Monitor the management of the facility by conducting regular audits, sharing feedback with staff, and making adjustments to the use of space.
- Review and reflect on building management by creating quarterly plans for repairs, and maintenance.
System Management
- Alongside the Principal, execute and visibly lead during key non-academic times (recess duty, arrival duty, etc) and key systems (emergency drills, supply management, technology management, student information systems)
- Alongside the Principal, monitor the effectiveness of key non-academic systems.
- Alongside the Principal and SD Operations, review and reflect on the effectiveness of key non-academic systems and use reflections to drive improvements, budget decisions, and staffing for each quarter.
- Serves as a Campus Incident Command Leader and a main point of contact for campus emergency management and communication
- Ensures students and staff have needed access to appropriate software and hardware and technology issues are addressed promptly
- Alongside the SD of Operations manages building-wide systems such as transportation, nutrition, and all-campus events.
- Works with the Principal and CMO staff to prepare the school budgets and tracks micro-budgets
Enrichment, Enrollment, & Special Event Planning
- Plan and manage after school athletics and arts enrichment programming for grades 5-8
- Provide logistical support in planning special events for scholars and staff, including occasional evenings and weekends.
- Support NCCS enrollment efforts through events, tours, and parent engagement.
- Provide tactical support to Special Events. Special Events include weekly Community Meetings, Staff Holiday Celebrations, School Fundraisers, Teacher Professional Development, and Parent Meetings
- Plan, set up, staff, and tearing down events, including events before or after traditional school hours
Team Management
- Coach the Front Office Lead on building and systems management including systems for scholar health, scholar records, visitor management, and scholar attendance.
Qualifications
At Nashville Classical Charter Schools, we believe diversity is what makes us strong and we are committed to building a team with diverse backgrounds and qualifications.
We value and celebrate the unique strengths every staff member brings to our growing organization. If this role speaks to you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you check all the boxes.
- Bachelor’s degree
- Fluency in Spanish, and/or Arabic is strongly preferred
- 4+ years of professional work experience in project/systems management and in a customer-facing role
- Experience working in schools or in another capacity that involves working with students and families
- Friendly demeanor with a knack for building and maintaining relationships
- Experience working with a diverse population of adults and children
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Detail-oriented and extremely organized
- Proficiency with technology and a willingness to learn new systems
- Comfortable with ambiguity and the dynamic nature of a school environment
- Strong work ethic and a determination to help students succeed
The Perks
- Medical Vision and Dental insurance options
- Paid parental leave
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employer Paid Long-Term Disability, and life insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement investing
- Monthly fitness subsidies for YMCA and ClassPass
The Compensation
Nashville Classical pays a competitive salary. For Assistant Principals, salaries range from $95,000 - $125,000 and are commensurate with experience. Teachers can select from three generous medical plans and are eligible for full state retirement benefits.
This position will follow a 12-month schedule and requires work over the Summer..
As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.