KIPP Nashville Public Schools is a network of high-performing, free, open enrollment K-12 schools that has been committed to positively affecting student outcomes in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000+ students nationwide and supports students from Kindergarten through college, career and beyond. Through the KIPP Forward program, our team helps students identify their career of highest aspiration and develop the skills and confidence to chase their dreams.
  
KIPP Nashville currently operates 3 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 1 high school and we are excited to open our doors to a 2nd high school in 2023. Our student community consists of nearly 3,000 students in North, East and South Nashville. 94% of our students identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and 26% are identified as diverse learners. We are excited to continue our growth to ensure all students in Nashville have access to an excellent education and the resources necessary to push past any boundaries that may stand in their way.
 
The mission of KIPP Nashville is to, together with families and communities, 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 in this belief, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to be their best, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.

Responsibilities of the Instructional Coach will include, but are not limited to:

• Student Culture

  • Work closely with the Principal to establish a loving, structured, and achievement-oriented school culture

  • Facilitate faculty training and support around discipline, relationships, expectations, consistency, and management

  • Coordinate and implement a school-wide discipline system with meaningful incentives and consequences in multi-class settings (i.e. buses, arrival, dismissal, breakfast, lunch, and recess)

  • Conduct regular school culture walkthroughs and audits to help staff maintain a high bar of excellence

  • Problem-solve with students, teachers, and families to improve behavior of individual students over time

• Instructional Excellence and Management

  • Coach teachers toward development goals related to classroom culture, management and instruction once a week, as well as deliver instructional professional development school-wide

  • Provide feedback on aims and assessments weekly

  • Conduct data meetings with teachers after each benchmark assessment, and monitor overall academic progress for students

  • Assist in writing and revising benchmark assessments

  • Assist Principal in coordinating and managing state, MAP and interim assessments

• Growth Mindset

  • Willing to offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to change and improvement

  • Participate in school-wide and individual professional development, including pre-service training over the summer and weekly during the academic year

• Other

  • Perform duties such as monitoring lunch, arrival, dismissal, covering classes, etc.

  • Carry out any additional daily school duties as decided upon by the Principal

  • Ensure effective field lessons, school events, and extracurricular activities

  • Model school core values and character strengths at all times

Desired Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree

• At least three years of teaching experience with a proven record of high achievement

• Experience teaching an educationally underserved community

• Experience coaching and managing adults; proven ability to proactively lead by example

• Demonstrated success in building relationships and trust with leaders, teachers, students, parents and community

• Strong instructional acumen and ability to use data to evaluate strategic options

• Clear understanding of culturally responsive pedagogy and leadership

• Experience teaching or supporting English Language Learners, preferred

 Desired Characteristics

• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Nashville’s mission, students, families, and community

• Firm believe in affirming the identity of students, families and staff

• Passionate about data-driven instruction

• Demonstrates excitement in growing staff into their highest self as a leader for our students and families

• Superb personal organization skills to keep on top of deadlines and measures of accountability

• Team player: demonstrates maturity, growth mindset, strong work ethic, follow-through and flexibility

Our comprehensive compensation package includes life insurance and long-term disability coverage provided by KIPP Nashville, voluntary medical and dental plans, in addition to retirement benefits and an annual salary increase. Salary is commensurate with experience. To establish equitable salary practices, the compensation package is derived from the regional KIPP Nashville Public Schools pay scale. This position is exempt and will follow a 12-month schedule.

Apply directly online. Please contact Andrea Davis, Senior Manager of Talent Recruitment, at [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.