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USDP Deputy Principal (Full-Time)

Role overview

Summary

The USDP Deputy Principal supports the school's mission and vision by advancing teaching excellence and student support across the US Diploma Pathway. This role collaborates closely with the USDP Principal and focuses on the Da Vinci learning mode and junior high campus, ensuring a cohesive educational experience for students.

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Education or Educational Leadership.
  • Valid teaching license.
  • 5+ years teaching experience, 2+ years in school leadership.
  • Experience with one-to-one or personalized learning models.
  • Preferred: Middle school experience

Responsibilities

  • Own the Da Vinci learning mode across the USDP campus, focusing on grades 6 to 8.
  • Champion teaching excellence by observing, coaching, and sharing strong practices across all learning modes.
  • Act as the Principal's designee when the Principal is unavailable, on a rotation with the other Deputy Principal.
  • Lead the junior high campus program and student experience.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Educational Leadership
  • Coaching
  • Parent Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication

About the company

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Crimson Global Academy

  • K-12 & Early Education
  • Scaleup
  • 501–1,000
Crimson Global Academy (CGA) is an internationally accredited, world-class private online school delivering live, real-time learning to students all over the world, enabling them to earn university-recognised qualifications through accelerated courses. Students can enrol full-time or take classes part-time in addition to attending their local high school, giving them access to a broader range of subjects and curriculums on a flexible schedule. Learn Based on Your Agility, Not Age.CGA’s mission is to broaden international access to high-quality education through technology, ensuring that each student that leaves the school has the belief and the tools to accomplish their goals. CGA challenges students with rigorous, reputable and internationally recognised curricula, and provides access to experienced guidance staff that have helped students gain admissions to the world's most elite universities and pastoral care support to ensure students are reaching their full potential.CGA is accredited by Pearson Edexcel and Cambridge Assessment to offer the International GCSEs and A-Levels, as well as by College Board to offer the Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum. The academy is also a Cambridge International School.Email us at admissions@cga.school

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Job description

Why This Role Matters

Every role at CGA exists to help students grow into the people described in our graduate profile. The USDP Deputy Principal makes that real every day: turning the graduate profile into daily practice, raising the bar on teaching excellence across every learning mode, and moving the campus agenda forward alongside the USDP Principal.

Position Summary

The Deputy Principal is a member of the US Diploma Pathway (USDP) leadership team and works in close partnership with the USDP Principal to advance the school's mission and vision, bring the graduate profile to life, and move the campus agenda forward. The two Deputy Principals work side by side, staying close to each other's work so the campus is always covered and every student, family, and teacher has support. Each holds a main area of focus so that key projects have a clear owner.

Area of Focus

Owns the Da Vinci learning mode across the USDP campus, with a lead role in the junior high campus, grades 6 to 8, ensuring Da Vinci learning and the junior high years build toward the graduate profile.

Whole-Campus Responsibilities

  • Champion the school's mission, vision, and graduate profile in every area of work, and drive the campus priorities set with the USDP Principal

  • Champion teaching excellence by observing, coaching, and sharing strong practice across all learning modes

  • Act as the Principal's designee when the Principal is unavailable, on a rotation agreed with the other Deputy Principal

  • Contribute to campus strategy, policy, and annual improvement planning

  • Support students across all grades and learning modes (Group, Flex, Da Vinci) whenever needed

  • Share responsibility for student conduct and handle escalated discipline matters

  • Lead and model safeguarding and child protection practice

  • Support WASC accreditation and ongoing school improvement

  • Co-lead staff briefings and professional development

  • Take part in teacher recruitment, interviews, and onboarding

  • Resolve escalated issues with students, families, teachers, and scheduling

  • Maintain accurate student records in Sisyphus and support compliance requirements

  • Use academic data to identify trends and drive improvement

Key Responsibilities

DA VINCI LEARNING MODE

  • Lead the quality, consistency, and growth of Da Vinci one-to-one learning

  • Support, coach, and observe Da Vinci teachers, and act as their first point of contact

  • Onboard new Da Vinci teachers into the learning mode and its expectations

  • Lead Da Vinci teacher and student matching

  • Review Da Vinci student progress with teachers and families, and step in early when students stall

  • Build shared Da Vinci resources, practices, and standards across subjects

JUNIOR HIGH CAMPUS

  • Lead the junior high campus program and student experience

  • Design a clear transition from junior high into the high school pathway

  • Build family partnership and communication suited to younger students

LEARNING SUPPORT

  • Set the campus-wide process for accommodations and learning support, and lead complex cases

  • Coordinate with families, teachers, and external specialists on individual learning plans

  • Oversee diagnostic testing for incoming and junior high students

  • Support Admissions Officers with Da Vinci and junior high placement

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Education or Educational Leadership

  • Valid teaching license

  • 5+ years teaching, 2+ years in school leadership

  • Experience with one-to-one or personalized learning models

  • Middle school experience strongly preferred

  • Expertise in differentiated instruction, accommodations, and learning differences

About Crimson Global Academy

CGA is a world-class online school delivering live, real-time learning to ambitious students around the world. With over 1,000 students joining us from 65 countries, our vision is to unlock our students' limitless potential, together, for extraordinary futures.

We do this by:

  • Igniting a passion for learning that accelerates academic performance and success regardless of age.

  • Fostering a global community that broadens students' perspectives and develops their skills to make a difference on the world stage.

  • Providing cutting-edge technology for teachers to launch students into their future while giving parents transparency into their child's education.

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