24-25 Transformational Principal

2 weeks ago

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States KIPP Philadelphia Public Schools Full time
Job Description

Position Overview:


Every student in our classrooms is brilliant, but our efforts over the past several years have not successfully harnessed that collective brainpower to get exceptional results on the state's PSSA exams, the benchmarks that ensure they are on track towards being academically prepared to lead the choice-filled lives they envision for themselves.


The Transformational Leader at KNPA will set a clear, ambitious and focused vision for the school and relentlessly drive towards that vision.

This leader will set clear expectations for students and staff and hold them accountable AND provide support to meet those expectations.

The transformational leader at KNPA will address challenges head on and keep staff and students centered on our goals - radically improving school outcomes.


We are seeking either 1 K-7 principal or 2 academy principals [1 overseeing K-4 and 1 overseeing 5-7] to lead this charge.

The principal(s) we are seeking to transform KIPP North will be able to inspire students and staff, have difficult conversations, and make decisions that ensure students have an excellent experience at KIPP North.

The principal will operate with an openness to feedback balanced with a clarity of vision to ensure that the school is set up for success.


At KPPS, we also expect our Principals to invest in their school's talent, building a lasting and sustainable impact by developing a thriving adult culture and a pipeline of future teachers, teacher leaders, and Assistant Principals.

However, we don't expect our Principals to do this alone Joining the KIPP Philadelphia Team not only brings regional support, but also insight into nation-wide research best practices to set you up for success.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
School Vision

Establish, communicate, and build investment in an ambitious school-wide vision aligned to the KIPP Philadelphia region-wide vision for learning, school experience, and culture that sets the stage for both children and staff to grow and thrive

Create a welcoming, inclusive school environment, and operate with a mindset of families as authentic partners in children's school experience

Operate with strong knowledge of the core academic and social-emotional skills, knowledge, and mindsets that are essential for children's development and success across middle school, ensuring that all students are challenged with rigorous, grade appropriate content

Ensure that school programming effectively serves all students, monitoring and enhancing special education, intervention, and student support services as needed, ensuring compliance with state law

Set a vision for student culture that ensures all children are affirmed, valued and challenged on a daily basis, and ensure that all student culture approaches, systems, and strategies are grounded in equity, are clear, effectively communicated, and are implemented by all staff

Plan and prioritize time and resources to achieve annual goals and the broader vision of the school, analyzing and acting on data on a regular basis to identify, plan for, and drive the success of key initiatives and improvements in practice

Staff Culture

Cultivate a positive, cohesive leadership team culture grounded in mutual trust by developing and upholding shared norms regarding communication, collaboration, decision-making, use of systems, and more, and creating opportunities for authentic relationship-building and coordination across workstreams

Set a vision for adult culture rooted in our core values, building a community bound by mutual trust and a shared purpose and pride in the school's vision

Create and refine systems for communication and collaboration across school staff at large, ensuring opportunities for authentic discourse and clarity

Build relationships with every staff member, child and family, and create opportunities to understand and respond to staff, leader, student and family needs and perspectives

Staff Development & Coaching

Directly coach, develop and manage members of the leadership team via 1-1 check ins, observation, walkthroughs, feedback, real time feedback, practice, data analysis, co-planning, and other direct supports

Create a culture of feedback, continuous improvement, and safety in trying new approaches

Ensure teachers have the data, development, and consistent support needed to provide rigorous, affirming, high quality instruction

Sharpen and norm with APs on classroom analysis and classroom bar via walkthroughs

Regularly observe and coach instructional coaches (Assistant Principals) to support them in providing high-impact, actionable and bite-sized feedback to teachers on a weekly basis

Ensure teachers can collaborate, analyze their practice and their student data, and adjust instruction in content teams

Lead whole-school professional development workshops that drive high-impact improvements in teacher practice

Cultivate a diverse, high-potential school leadership pipeline (from teacher leader to AP to successor)

Effectively interview, select, and onboard new staff members

Operate with an intentional strategy regarding staff and teacher retention, cultivating a desire for the team to make KNPA their long-term home

Student Experience & Family Engagement


Create and model a warm, inclusive school environment for students and families with diverse needs and experiences; proactively and positively engage with families throughout the school year and when there are specific student behavioral concerns.

Be highly present and visible, relentlessly ensuring the school has a strong school culture and serving as a model for engaging with students, families and staff

Ensure families are treated as true partners and are effectively engaged in and aware of school systems, practices, and student programming

Refine the vision for positive student culture, leveraging school context, lessons learned, and staff feedback to clarify the following:

The student experience KNPA is striving for, and how this vision ensures students are valued, affirmed, and challenged everyday

The core mindsets adults in the building share about students, families, and culture work

The core mindsets staff are collectively working to foster among students

The concrete, proactive, and reactive practices and systems staff leverage in their work with students to restore trust, repair harm, build relationships, create accountability, communicate with all stakeholders (including staff and families) effectively, and design and monitor interventions or supports

Ensure all practices, systems, and protocols are clearly and consistently codified, communicated, and executed.

Support the Dean team, Social Worker, and Learning Extension Program Manager in –

Ensuring that all KNPA students experience a scope and sequence of meaningful school traditions and milestones that foster community, joy and collective identity

Ensuring KNPA students have access to a wide variety of meaningful after-school activities, clubs, and groups that align with their interests, social needs, and aspirations

Ensuring the disciplinary process is effectively executed, including incident follow up/investigation, team determination of next steps, informal/formal hearing protocols, and AEDY referral

Developing individual behavior plans and other supports for students with significant behavior needs (in conjunction with the Assistant Principal of Student Support), and ensure all student culture responses appropriately account for students with individual education plans

Ensuring all student safety and movement systems and procedures are fully operationalized, communicated and codified, including student arrival, dismissal, and transitions

Tracking and monitoring key school culture data, coordinating collaboration with stakeholders and implementing responsive plans as needed

Effectively managing behavioral and emotional supports through the school's MTSS structure, ensuring that students with demonstrated needs have access to evidence-based mental health supports

Amplifying KNPA's existing tutoring program, ensuring the most critical academic needs are being addressed through tutoring and that the impact of tutoring supports is effectively monitored

Ensuring that students and their families or caretakers are connected to community resources and services

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