Location: Antioch High School

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 Pre-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 2 high schools and we are excited to open our doors to more schools in 2024 and 2025 in response to strong community demand. 

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. Our core values are: GROWTH, TEAM, and SHINE. If you share in this belief and values, 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
KIPP Antioch School will open its doors in fall 2024. 

The Principal is the school’s leader and responsible for driving strong academic outcomes and a healthy school community. We expect our Principals to focus the majority of their time on instructional leadership, specifically all of the activities involved in leading and developing leaders and teachers to improve their instruction and drive student achievement. Principals also play the leading role in building lasting and sustainable organizations by developing a pipeline of future leaders and creating systems for the ongoing retention and development of school staff.  

Throughout Spring 2024, the selected Founding Principal will operate in a leadership role at another KIPP Nashville school while completing founding tasks and plans for the new school. There will be a gradual transition  over the year to spend the majority of her/his time on duties related to founding duties, including instructional planning, student enrollment and talent recruitment and selection. The school is planning to open with 2 grade levels and will add 1 grade level each year through 8th grade

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

• Student Performance: Motivate and unify staff to set high standards for student performance and meet rigorous student growth and achievement goals.
• Organizational Leadership: Develop organizational goals and objectives consistent with the mission and values of the school and KIPP Nashville Schools. Lead teachers in developing a healthy school culture aligned with the mission, vision and values of the school and the region. Create a culture of excellence, teamwork and collaboration amongst the staff, teachers, students and families.
• Instructional Leadership: Manage, evaluate and develop a team of teachers to improve student achievement results. Consistently use effective, research-based teaching methodologies and implement data-driven instruction. Work with teachers to improve their teaching practice through coaching, professional development, modeling, and collaborative planning.
• Talent Leadership: Recruit, select, hire and retain school staff, including teachers and school-based support staff. Continually monitor progress on all measures of school and staff performance. Provide for adequate supervision, training, and evaluation of all staff and volunteers. Create an effective team of people jointly responsible for the attainment of school goals and committed to achieving excellence.
• Community Relations: Serve as liaison between teachers, parents, and the community in creating a welcoming and full school community. Exhibit a high degree of professionalism in all elements of this position, while serving as a contributing member of the KIPP Nashville team and a dedicated role model for other employees.

Required Qualifications:

• Evidence of significant and consistent personal and professional achievement
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
• 3+ year(s) of experience as a classroom teacher AND
• 3+ year(s) experience leading and/or coaching teachers, including roles such as Assistant Principal, Principal, Dean, Dean of  Academics, Instructional Coach, etc 
• Demonstrated success coaching, developing and leading a large team to obtain measurable results

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: Has driven strong student growth and achievement as a teacher and leader
• Talent Development: Demonstrated ability to build leadership capacity in others
• Cultural Competence: Has successfully led racially diverse teams to achieve challenging goals
• Instructional Leadership: Demonstrated history of leading and communicating instructional strategies and plans that drive rapid student growth
• Relationship Building: Expertise in cultivating relationships and managing a diverse group of stakeholders
• Achievement Orientation: Demonstrated resilience and focus on student outcomes

Desired Characteristics

• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Nashville’s mission, students, families, and community
• Demonstrates excitement in growing students into their highest selves and believes that providing students with an excellent education is our largest lever as educators for racial equity
• Passionate about data-driven instruction 
• Excellent communication skills with diverse constituents; clear writer, facilitator and speaker and eager to collaborate 
• Eager to receive, implement and offer feedback 
• Ability to tackle multiple projects and initiatives at once with a strong sense of organization, prioritization, follow through and results  
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to go above and beyond
• Possesses an excellence reflex, including both a desire and ability to lead others toward a high bar for excellence

Compensation/Benefits

• Salary is competitive, commensurate with experience, and includes benefits. This position will work and be compensated according to a 12 month administrative schedule. 
• Robust benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance policy options. Application for these benefits may be made immediately upon employment. The policy is effective upon the first of the month following the first day of work.
• Certificated staff have access to the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System pension plan(TCRS). Eligible employees contribute 5% and KIPP matches up to 6.81%. Employees may also be eligible for 401k in which KIPP will contribute 5%.
• The vacation package for salaried employees includes 29 paid days throughout the 10 month work schedule(including holidays, fall break, thanksgiving break, winter break) as well as summer break. In addition employees in this role are allotted 6 PTO days as well as 10 additional days to take during the summer break.  Employees are allotted an additional 2 days after every 2 consecutive years of employment. Eligible staff members receive payment for unused PTO days at the end of the fiscal year.
• Adoption/Parental Caregiver Leave- up to 10 weeks parental leave for the primary caregiver and 2 weeks parental leave for the secondary caregiver paid at 100%.
• Leaders are provided with laptop computers with access to the internet and or email to assist them in performing their job responsibilities.

Apply online at https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/KIPP/nashville. 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.