Principal in Residence

4 days ago

Nashville, Tennessee, United States Kipp Full time
Job Description

At KIPP Nashville, we are committed to developing the next generation of leaders who will drive student success and excellence in our schools. We are seeking a highly motivated and dedicated individual to join our Principal in Residence program as an Aspiring Principal.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Model and support the implementation of the school's vision and goals
  • Contribute to school-wide planning and prioritize time to accomplish goals
  • Develop emerging leaders with Principal's guidance
  • Model strong staff and student culture and manage school-wide character development and behavior management systems
  • Collaborate with Principal on retaining diverse, highly-effective teachers and school staff
  • Build own and direct reports' instructional knowledge of standards, content and instructional methods
  • Develop and manage teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction
  • Prioritize Principal In Residence's own success and sustainability by engaging lifelines and renewing to get stronger

Supports:
  • Receive personalized development from KIPP Nashville's Director of Leadership Development, as well as access to national development opportunities through the KIPP Foundation and excellent school visits
  • KIPP Nashville believes that the best development and training happens through the model of leadership development - 70% on-the-job learning, 20% coaching, mentoring and social learning and 10% formal learning
  • Robust development roadmap to readiness with regular checkpoints and opportunities to reflect, give and receive feedback and plan for development next steps
  • Eligibility for forthcoming Principal opportunities, identified each Winter
  • Strong support from KIPP Nashville's School Support Team for relevant school start-up activities, including but not limited to: student recruitment, staff recruitment, curriculum & assessment planning and marketing

Qualifications:
  • Evidence of ability to drive student academic results directly and through others
  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred
  • 3+ year(s) of experience as a core content classroom teacher AND
  • 2+ year(s) experience leading and/or coaching teachers in a full-time capacity, including but limited to roles such as Assistant Principal, Principal, Dean of Instruction, Dean of Academics, Instructional Coach etc.

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: Demonstrated student achievement results in own classroom and from teachers that he/she manages
  • Cultural Competence: Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives
  • Instructional Leadership: Adept at data analysis; ability to extract meaningful insights across school-wide data
  • Instructional Leadership: Expertise in what the school-wide academic standards and state assessments require of students' knowledge and skills to demonstrate mastery; able to translate student mastery requirements into instructional plans and strategies
  • Instructional Leadership: Deep understanding of appropriate application and differentiation of high-leverage instructional strategies (e.g. make kids sweat, pacing, stretch it, etc.) based on comprehension of child development and pedagogy
  • 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

Additional Information:
  • Salary is competitive, commensurate with experience, and includes benefits. This position is exempt and will work and be compensated according to a 12 month administrative schedule. Principal in Residence participants receive a 3% stipend
  • 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

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