About KIPP Miami 

Founded in 2018 with 168 elementary students, more than 1,100 students from Greater Miami are educated and inspired today in KIPP Miami classrooms. KIPP Miami is part of the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) national nonprofit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating elementary, middle and high school students. KIPP has a 25-year track record of preparing students for success in college and life. Founded in 2018, KIPP Miami operates four nonprofit charter schools in Greater Miami’s Urban Core communities providing a world-class education for students in grades K-8. To learn more, visit www.kippmiami.org.

We’re looking for assistant principals for the 2023-24 school year! Our schools are seeking awe-inspiring leaders to coach and grow our teachers who support our students as they climb the mountain to college and beyond. Our ideal assistant principals were great teachers with strong results of their own, are instructional gurus who can teach their moves to others, and have some experience leading, managing, and coaching adults in their schools. They love students and families, teachers, and the community they serve.

Here’s what you need to know:
The Assistant Principal of Culture leads the building-wide vision for positive, values-driven culture; drives implementation of all culture systems and structures, reactive discipline measures, and restorative practices; manages other culture team members; and ensures that all adults in the building uphold the culture vision through consistent implementation of culture systems.

Our ideal assistant principals were great teachers or deans with strong results of their own, have the skills to teach their moves to others, and have some experience leading, managing, and coaching adults in their schools. They love students and families, teachers, and the community they serve.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

Serve as a key member of the school’s leadership team

• Co-own the vision for school culture, alongside the school leaders, and invest the leadership teams in the vision and systems for culture
• Design and drive key school and building culture systems, priorities, and initiatives, and progress monitor outcomes
• Monitor, analyze, interpret, and share school culture data and ensure that the leadership teams problem solve culture data

In partnership with the school leaders, develop vision for school culture and conduct professional development on the routines, procedures, and structures that support that vision

• Create a positive, healthy school culture for students and teachers so that we live our Heartbeat principle that our kids run to school
• Develop building-wide proactive and reactive procedures and routines; incentives, rewards, and consequences for student behavior; and data tracking such that the team can collect and analyze key culture data
• Craft and lead professional development on the vision for student culture and the corresponding routines, procedures, and consequences

Lead a team of culture staff (culture leaders, behaviorists, etc.) to key develop skills and competencies and drive toward ambitious culture outcomes

• Work with members of culture team to set individual goals based on school-wide goals and student data;
• Manage the performance of culture teammates to get outcomes for kids through O3s, observation/feedback, and professional development;
• Conduct weekly O3s with each member of culture team and hold them accountable to goals
• Conduct regular classroom observations with members of culture team
• Build strong teams characterized by trust, investment in goals, and ownership
• Identify high potential talent and develop accordingly, manage performance with the support of the school leader, manage the growth and capacity building of next-ready leaders 
• Develop next-ready culture teammates intentionally in order to ensure strong pipelines.

Engage families

• Lead and drive vision for proactive and reactive family engagement
• Oversee proactive school-wide family engagement structures (family events, volunteer opportunities, etc.)
• Create and teach staff to use consistent family communication systems
• Facilitate family meetings with teachers and families of students who persistently struggle
• Handle culture-based concerns brought to school leadership by families
• Communicate with families of our most struggling students on a consistent basis to provide feedback on their performance/progress
• Attend and support at-risk for retention conferences as needed

Oversee reactive discipline

• Lead and drive vision and systems for reactive discipline, including student consequences and restorative practices
• Act as final decision-maker, in collaboration with school leader, for all out-of-school suspensions
• Spot trends in removals and suspension and work with culture team, classroom teachers and support staff to reduce that student's referrals and increase his/her ability to meet the school-wide culture expectations

Compliance

• Ensures that all records for state SSDS system and harassment, intimidation, and bullying investigations are thorough and completed in a timely manner
• Ensures that culture team members maintain thorough and up-to-date records in response to student disciplinary incidents and teacher referrals

Must Haves:

• 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
• Achievement Orientation: Demonstrated results as a teacher/dean and from staff that he/she manages
• Cultural Competence: Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honor and support a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives
• Data-Driven Leadership: Adept at data analysis and strong ability to use data to drive outcomes
• High Expectations: Sets and upholds high expectations for students academically and behaviorally
• Results through Others: Evidence of ability to teach others skills in classroom management and effective lesson execution
• Relationship Building: Evidence of ability to build strong relationships with students, staff, and families
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Experience coaching and managing others and/or leading a team to results
• Bachelor's Degree

Compensation & Benefits
KIPP Miami offers a full comprehensive benefits plan, including health care, competitive 403(B) plan, an optional subsidized wireless plan through Verizon, and a school laptop.

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