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Location: KIPP Nashville Collegiate 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 national 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
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.
Our next Principal of KIPP Nashville Collegiate High School should be a team leader with a proven track record of driving student achievement results across a large team while leading a highly effective team culture.
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.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
3 year(s) of experience as a classroom teacher AND a school level leader (i.e. Assistant Principal, Dean)
2 year(s) experience leading as a Principal in a high school
Demonstrated success coaching, developing and leading a large team to obtain measurable results
Evidence of significant and consistent personal and professional achievement
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.
Full Time
$98k-125k (estimate)
05/22/2024
06/02/2024
ceokipp.org
<25
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