About KIPP Nashville Public Schools 

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 over 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.

Position Overview
The Assistant Principal assumes the primary responsibility for supporting a school culture that sets high-expectations and empowers students to develop the knowledge, skills, and character traits necessary to pursue a choice-filled life. As an instructional coach, and through the direct coaching of teachers, the Assistant Principal will focus on maximizing school-wide academic growth and character development. In partnership with the Principal, the Assistant Principal will ensure that teachers and students feel well supported in their daily work. The Assistant Principal has a strong understanding of race and equity, and is passionate about developing teachers to become stronger leaders. This position requires an organized and consistent educator with a concrete vision of excellence, adult leadership experience, the ability to build outstanding relationships with students, teachers, and families, and a talent for building a school culture. The Assistant Principal will report to the Principal.

Responsibilities of the Assistant Principal 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)

  • Act as the first contact for student behavior support that are flagged by teachers

  • 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

• Engage Families

  • Proactively builds and maintains strong relationships with all families beginning in the summer and serves as a model for strong family engagement in the school

  • Develop ongoing professional learning experiences to build the skill of strong family engagement in staff

  • Assist teachers to develop strong partnerships with parents by enhancing communications

  • Work closely with faculty to develop strategic plans to monitor family engagement and act proactively

  • Design and execute plan for involving parents in students’ academic and character development

  • Conduct meetings with students and families

  • Establish and maintain strong communication lines with all parents and share progress

  • Be available for open houses, parent-teacher conferences and other events involving parents

  • Lead ongoing parent workshops focused on academics and character

• 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

  • Responsible for school in the Principal’s absence

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

  • Model school core values and character strengths at all times

Qualifications:

• 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 with a proven record of high achievement AND

• 1+ year(s) experience leading and/or coaching teachers, including but limited to roles such as Assistant Principal, Principal, Dean of Instruction, Dean of Academics, Instructional Coach, Teacher Coach, etc.

• 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

• Excellent communication skills with diverse constituents; clear writer, facilitator and speaker and eagerness to collaborate

• Demonstrate commitment to continue their professional development individually, eager to offer and respond positively to feedback

• Passionate about data-driven instruction

• Passionate and committed to being a leader for racial justice and equity, and working in an organization committed to anti-racism

• Ability to tackle multiple projects and initiatives at once with a strong sense of organization, prioritization, follow through and results orientation

• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit, be flexible, and willing to go above and beyond to meet the varied needs of students

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. 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.

Please contact [email protected] with any 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.