Middle School Principal

  • Full-time
  • Start Date: Next year opening
  • Department: School Leadership

Company Description

KIPP Capital Region is a part of a national network of high-performing public Charter Schools committed to creating joyful, academically excellent, and prepared students with the skills, ability, and confidence to pursue their paths to college, career, and beyond. 

Located in both Albany and Troy, NY, KIPP Capital Region serves 2,500+ students in grades K-12 across seven schools.  We believe every individual walks through the doors of schools bearing gifts. Talent. Perspective. Drive. Inspiration. So at KIPP Capital Region, we support every student and educator to see those gifts, then build the skills and confidence they need to thrive. 

We are committed to furthering anti-racism, equity, and racial justice in all our efforts, and expect all of our stakeholders to participate in this work so that we can create a future without limits for our students, together.

Job Description

  • Grade(s): Middle School

Position Overview

The principal is the primary school leader responsible for driving academic and character outcomes for students with the main focus being on instructional leadership and development of school educators to improve their instruction and drive student achievement.

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Oversee, lead, and communicate the vision that informs the school’s culture, goals, and behavior management.
  • Set ambitious school-wide vision and goals, aligned with the KIPP region, that lead students on a path to and through college.
  • Manage and develop a strong school leadership team (including Assistant Principals, Deans of Students, Instructional Coaches, Special Education Coordinators, and College Counselors) that supports teachers and staff to provide strong student outcomes.
  • Partner with the school’s Director of Operations to effectively co-lead the instructional and operational goals of the school.
  • Lead, problem-solve, and make determinations for school-wide issues in a solution-focused manner.
  • Plan and prioritize time and resources to meet and achieve goals timelines.
  • Model expectations for leaders, teachers, and students on school-wide practices for a positive learning culture, including pursuing challenging professional goals, open to receiving constructive feedback to develop and continually model a leadership style of excellence.
  • Cultivates and maintains collaborative relationships with internal and external business partners and stakeholders.  
  • Establish and maintain an effective, collaborative team of people jointly responsible for the attainment of school goals and committed to achieving excellence.
  • Represent the district, region, or school in workgroups or projects as assigned.
  • Develop and implement an integrated plan of services that meets the academic, recreational, emotional, cultural, health, and spiritual needs of the employees, students, and families.
  • Responsible to manage and reduce risk in the area(s) of responsibility and reporting it if it is outside of the area(s) of responsibility or seeking assistance when needed to resolve the matter.  
  • Assures health and safety risks are controlled or removed.
  • Responsible for building and cultivating a diverse, lasting, and sustainable organization by developing a high potential pipeline of future School Leaders and creating systems for the ongoing development of school staff by teaching and insisting that they are true owners of the work and coaching and assigning stretch activities.
  • Collaborate with Talent and HR, build systems, structures, and partnerships to recruit, hire, manage, grow and retain diverse and high achieving employees that adhere to organizational guidelines.
  • Coach, mentor and support employees to be accountable for performance expectations and follow through with organizational protocols and procedures
  • Develop own and school staff’s knowledge and expertise in effective instructional design and academic standards to provide rigorous and high-quality instruction.
  • Continually monitor progress on all measures of school and staff performance. Timely address employee’s performance expectations by holding team members accountable to the behavior and performance management system and school expectations.
  • Lead analysis of and develop teachers’ ability to analyze student data to identify strategies that will move students toward mastery. Document all feedback and observations within the schoolwide tracking system.
  • Regularly observe and coach instructional leaders to ensure they are providing high-impact, actionable and bite-sized feedback to teachers weekly.
  • Ensure teachers can collaborate, analyze their practice and their student data, and adjust instruction in content teams.
  • Manage whole-school professional development workshops that drive highest-impact improvements in teacher practice.
  • Build systems, structures, and relationships to create equitable, inclusive students, families, and employee environments that honor and support a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives through modeling and facilitating courageous conversations.
  • Complies with all federal, state, local laws and regulations
  • Adheres to organization policies and procedures; promotes and supports mission, vision, and values including developing and participating in internal surveys and data collection for continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Core Compentecies

  • Ability to set direction across an entire school and motivate others to action.
  • Proven ability to manage and implement change and continuous improvement initiatives. 
  • Act as a positive role model and effectively manage emotions and demonstrate tolerance and empathy.
  • Demonstrate an understanding that changing behaviors and habits require repetition and practice. 
  • Exhibit patience and flexibility with others and display a high level of social and emotional intelligence.
  • Possess excellent management and mentoring skills with a confirmed success in developing leadership capacity in an educational environment.
  • Decision making, organizational, and communication skills including attention to detail, oral and written communication skills, and listening and training skills.
  • Established computer literacy including but not limited to MS Office Suite and other database systems. 
  • Facilitates opportunities to connect with students by being present and available during arrival and dismissal, by appearing at school functions, and by meeting with students.
  • Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with extreme discretion.  
  • Manage and implement change and continuous improvement initiatives.  
  • Significantly demonstrated project management skills.  
  • Outstanding communicator with the ability to resolve conflicts and issues.
  • Demonstrated student achievement results by managing and coaching teachers and leaders to excellence.
  • Belief that all students, regardless of background, can go to and through college or on to the career of their choosing.
  • Resilience, focus, and determination on student outcomes.
  • Exhibited commitment to the school’s unique community.
  • Adept at data analysis and ability to extract meaningful insights across school-wide data.
  • Advanced expertise in school-wide academic standards and state assessments required of students’ knowledge and skills to demonstrate mastery.
  • Ability to translate student mastery requirements into instructional plans and strategies. 
  • Demonstrated passion for and a commitment to the mission and vision for high-quality public education and the character traits we value: Zest, Grit, Self-control, Hope, Love, Social Intelligence, Gratitude, and a Sense of Humor.
  • Deep understanding of appropriate application and differentiation of high-leverage instructional strategies
  • Command of instructional design and the benefits and tradeoffs of school design decisions in driving student achievement.
  • Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s preferred.
  • At least three (3) plus years of experience on a school leadership team, preferably experience leading instructional staff as a school principal or assistant principal, required
  • At least ten (10) plus years in education, preferably in the middle school environment, and with progressively increasing responsibilities, required
  • Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams in a rapidly changing environment.  
  • Must be able to work a flexible schedule outside of regular business hours.
  • Ability to create and work within an inclusive environment that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives.

Additional Information

The starting base salary range for this exempt position is $114,000 to $126,000. FOR BEST CONSIDERATION: Please apply by March 3rd, 2023 

WORK PERKS
When you join KIPP Capital Region, you are joining in on our promise to families that their children will enter college and the professional world able to thrive academically due to their literacy, numeracy, and core knowledge in science and social studies. We also promise that our students will develop a passion for learning and the drive necessary to persevere as they climb the mountain to and through college and career. Our graduates will be prepared to return to their community as teachers, leaders, and architects of continued growth in the Capital Region. And while the biggest perk to working at KIPP Capital Region is doing work that makes a lifelong difference in the lives of our students, you'll find that's not the only benefit we offer:

  • Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Aggressive employer 403(b) contribution match
  • Childcare benefits
  • Unparalleled work/life Integration
  • Casual dress code
  • Relocation stipend (conditions apply)
  • And so much more! For more information on the benefits of joining KIPP Capital Region, please view our Employee Benefits Summary.

Learn More:
All staff and educators at KIPP Capital Region are committed to anti-racism and inclusion, are part of a close-knit diverse community, and are encouraged to show up authentically, inspiring our children to do the same. Learn more about what it’s like to work at KIPP Capital Region: kippcapital.org/join-our-team/ 

This role is located at KIPP Capital Region schools in Albany, NY.

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