Job Description:
Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for a Learning Center
Assistant Principal
Earn $100,000 annually
Location: New York, NY
Join our team and make a difference in the lives of children,
youth and families in our community!
About Cayuga Centers
Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency
dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care,
and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded
in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering
high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth,
and families. We have 22 locations across 8 states and serve over
10,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!
At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and
Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred,
inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff
with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve
with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are
responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are
committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a
sense of belonging.
About the Program and Position:
Our Transitional Foster Care Program for Unaccompanied Children
overseen by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), ensures the
well-being and safety of unaccompanied children (ages 0-17) who cross
the US Southern border without an adult. Unlike traditional congregate
care settings, our approach involves placing unaccompanied children in
foster homes while diligently searching for and assessing potential
sponsors identified in the US. During their stay with us, we provide
medical care, case management, engaging life skills classes, and
essential mental health services.
Under the direction of the Learning Center Principal, the Assistant
Principal will provide support in managing the overall operation of
the Learning Center, which entails supervising and conducting formal
evaluations of all Learning Center employees and coordinating the
scheduling of minors, staff, and curriculum.
How you get to use your skills…
- Work collaboratively with other Assistant Principals to ensure
daily efficient operational management of the Learning Center.
- Provides general supervision and direction to all professional and
support staff and is responsible for the formal evaluation of all
staff members, managing scheduling, time off requests, and time
sheets based on Learning Center needs.
- Monitor and evaluate teachers within the learning room setting.
- Works with the Training Department and assists with selection,
assignment, orientation, and training of the Learning Center’s
professional development.
- Serves as instructional leader within the learning center,
ensuring proper placement of minors within the overall learning
center program.
- Ensure compliance with all ORR and New York State education
requirements - such as child abuse, DASA, and school violence prevention.
- Collaborate with the Vice President of UC TFC to develop community
relationships with neighboring businesses to assist in meeting the
needs of the minors placed in our care.
- Collaborate with VP of UC TFC for nutritional needs of minors
including but not limited to menu planning and food prep certification.
- Ensure lesson plans are grade-appropriate and reflective of the
NYS core curriculum with an emphasis on learning English (ESL).
- Monitor sites and tracking of minors’ whereabouts for safety as
per ORR’s Preventive Sexual Abuse and AWOL protocols.
- Collaborates with faculty and community members, responding to
diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
- Meets and effectively communicates with other departments and
parental groups.
- Establishes and maintains an orderly school environment conducive
to teaching and learning, works with staff and parents to resolve
problems and conflicts, and formulates corrective plans and
policies, including review of safety plans and Child Level Events.
- Monitor storage rooms- including maintaining inventory of food,
clothing, hygiene kits, and other materials.
- Collaborates with faculty and community members, responding to
diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
- Under the guidance of the Vice President and Principal, advocates,
nurtures, and sustains a school culture and instructional program
conducive to student learning and staff professional development.
- Acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.
- Performs various administrative tasks assigned by the principal
such as completing internal and external forms, submitting reports
as required, developing the master schedule, maintaining accurate
records, and administering the labor agreements in a fair and
consistent manner.
- Plans, attends, and sometimes presides over meetings with staff
and other administrators on various tasks, projects and
departmental/curriculum areas.
- Develop curriculum for life skills and skill-building tasks for
each minor.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Learning Center
Principal, Vice President, Executive Vice President , Deputy, and
Chief Executive Officer.
Schedule: Exempt
- Regular hours entail 10:00am - 6:00pm, Monday - Friday
- Must be flexible to meet program needs
- Evenings and weekends may be required