KIPP Nashville is a network of high-performing public schools that has been committed to creating joyful, academically excellent schools in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000+ students nation-wide and supports students to college graduation through our KIPP Through College program.
 
KIPP Nashville currently operates 3 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 1 high school. 94% of our 2020 alumni graduated high school with acceptance to college and are projected to complete college at a rate 3x that of their peers. 86% of our students identify as Black or Latinx and 16% are identified as diverse learners. We are excited to continue our growth to ensure all students in Nashville have access to an excellent education.
 
Our mission is that, together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. If you share this belief, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to achieve, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.

Position Overview

We believe a strong Principal is integral to a school’s success. As we grow to educate more students in Nashville, KIPP Nashville is dedicated to developing our future Principals while providing them with the development and exposure to excel. A KIPP Nashville Principal In Residence is someone who is interested in moving into the following role within the next 1-3 years:

• Open a new KIPP Nashville school as the Founding Principal

• Become the Successor Principal at an existing KIPP Nashville school

The Principal in Residence will serve on the Leadership Team within an existing KIPP Nashville school and receive personalized development while they advance towards a Principal position. In the semester before opening, Founding Principals will have modified responsibilities to support start-up planning.

Key Responsibilities & Supports

KIPP Nashville’s Principals In Residence will uphold the following responsibilities at their school:

• Model and support implementation of the school’s vision and goals

• Contribute to school-wide planning and prioritizes time to accomplish goals

• Develop emerging leaders with Principal’s guidance

• Model strong staff and student culture and manage school-wide character development and behavior management systems

• Collaborate with Principal on retaining diverse, highly-effective teachers and school staff

• Build own and direct reports’ instructional knowledge of standards, content and instructional methods

• Develop and manage teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction

• Prioritize Principal In Residence’s own success and sustainability by engaging lifelines and renewing to get stronger

KIPP Nashville Principals in Residence can expect the following supports:

• Receive personalized development from KIPP Nashville’s Regional Leadership Team, as well as access to national development opportunities through the KIPP Foundation and/or Relay Graduate School of Education’s National Principals Academy Fellowship

• Eligibility for forthcoming founding and successor Principal opportunities, identified each Winter.

• Strong support from KIPP Nashville’s School Support Team for relevant school start-up activities, including but not limited to: student recruitment, staff recruitment, curriculum & assessment planning and marketing.

Desired Experience

• Evidence of significant and consistent personal and professional achievement

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred

• 4+ year(s) of experience as a classroom teacher AND

• 2+ year(s) experience leading and/or coaching teachers, including but limited to roles such as assistant principal, dean, principal, etc.

Desired Competencies

• Student Focus: Belief that all students, regardless of background, have the ability to go to and through college; demonstrated commitment to the school’s unique community

• Direction Setting: Ability to set direction for a team and motivate others to action

• Achievement Orientation and Performance Management: Demonstrated student achievement results in own classroom and from teachers that he/she manages

• Cultural Competence: Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives

• Instructional Leadership: Adept at data analysis; ability to extract meaningful insights across school-wide data

• Instructional Leadership: Expertise in what the  school-wide academic standards and state assessments require of students’ knowledge and skills to demonstrate mastery; able to translate student mastery requirements into instructional plans and strategies

• Instructional Leadership: Deep understanding of appropriate application and differentiation of high-leverage instructional strategies (e.g. make kids sweat, pacing, stretch it, etc.) based on comprehension of child development and pedagogy

• Relationship Building: Expertise in cultivating relationships and managing a diverse group of stakeholders

• Achievement Orientation: Demonstrated resilience and focus on student outcomes

Salary is competitive, commensurate with experience, and includes benefits. This position will work and be compensated according to a 12 month administrative schedule.

Apply directly online. Please contact [email protected] with questions.

KIPP Nashville is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual preference, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, pregnancy, or veteran status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.