Resume Drop Assistant Principal at KIPP

 The Assistant Principals job is to support the school in driving academic and culture outcomes for students and staff as a key member of the schools leadership team. At KIPP Assistant Principals lead both instruction and school culture and are also to be able to develop leadership in the schools emerging leaders. As a KIPP New Orleans Assistant Principal your core responsibilities include:Model and support implementation of the schools vision and goals:Supports development of School Leaders school-wide vision and takes an active role in investing and mobilizing teachers to achieve the collective goals of the school; owns the implementation of select school priorities in support of the school-wide visionWith guidance from the School Leader leads the planning and goal setting for the grades/departments that he/she coaches and ensures alignment with school-wide goalsContribute to school-wide planning and prioritizes time to accomplish goals:Provides input into the school-based strategic planning including and identifies what the schools strategic plan means for his/her own leadership and people that he/she managesDevelop emerging leaders with School Leaders guidance:Supports the School Leader in identifying and developing emerging and teacher leaders (Department Heads and/or Grade Level Chairs) through goal setting coaching and providing feedbackModel strong staff and student culture and manage school-wide character development and behavior management systems:Supports teachers in understanding process and roles in student support and intervention and develops systems and structures to ensure that limited time is spent on reactive student disciplineManage parts of the daily school operations (e.g. arrival/dismissal lunch/recess school trips)Acts as the first Leadership Team contact on student intervention and parent engagement hierarchy; determines next steps for issues that rise above the teacher/grade level/department chairCollaborate with School Leader on hiring diverse highly-effective teachers and school staffBuild own and direct reports instructional knowledge of standards content and instructional methods: Content (Standards Curriculum and Assessment): Develops deep mastery over the academic standards in the subjects/grades for which he/she coaches and strong understanding of academic standards for all subjects/grades. Understands the implications of standards on what a student should know and be able to do connect teachers with relevant resources to improve their content knowledge and therefore what a teacher needs to know and be able to do to facilitate student masteryStudies curriculum and assessment content and further develops understanding of how assessments map to content mastery and what is required of students and teachers to accomplish mastery on the assessments Teaches teachers how to assess for both student mastery and growth towards college readiness and insists that assessments are used to inform teacher instruction Research-based Instructional Practices (Methods and Time):Develops own and teachers knowledge of best practices in instructional methods and teaches teachers how to match particular strategies to gaps in student masteryDevelop teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction and support School Leader in planning and implementing enabling systems of the Academic Strategies Pyramid:Data Analysis (Data-driven Instruction and Progress Monitoring):Lead data-driven instruction. Help teachers: determine how data aligns to end-of-year goals (what is being assessed and how it maps to standards); break-out data to analyze how different student groups are performing; determine what data is saying about areas of student mastery and growth; and identify specific instructional actions and adjustments to fill students knowledge and skill gaps and a timeline to do so Teacher Instructional Development (Instructional Coaching Content Teams and Workshops): Provide high-quality instructional coaching with frequent and scheduled teacher observations actionable and bite-sized feedback and accountability for adjustment in practiceCoach emerging leaders on their instructional coaching practiceMay lead or coach others who lead department/content/grade-level meetings that focus on planning for and norming on instruction and culture practicing instructional strategies and progress monitoring the department/content/grade level Recommend to the School Leader what school-wide professional development will be the highest leverage in improving student results; lead engaging actionable adult-learning workshops; and hold staff accountable for implementation of the workshop practicesPrioritize Assistant Principals own success and sustainability by engaging lifelines and renewing to get strongerQualifications : The following are required of all KIPP New Orleans Assistant Principals:Bachelors degree.At least 3 years of effective K12 classroom teaching with clear evidence of student growth.13 years of formal or informal school leadership (e.g. Grade Level Chair Department Chair Dean Instructional Coach RTI/MTSS lead) supporting adults through observation/feedback data meetings and PD cyclespreferably in public urban or charter settings; demonstrated contribution to improved results on state/interim proficiency or growth attendance/chronic absenteeism discipline disproportionality and/or teacher effectiveness/retention.Strong understanding of standards-aligned curriculum & assessment; MTSS/RTI; effective literacy and math practices; IDEA/504 ELL supports behavior systems and assessment security; commitment to school culture systems that are identity-affirming safe and consistent.Demonstrated data fluency with SIS/LMS and assessment tools (e.g. PowerSchool/Infinite Campus Illuminate NWEA/MAP) and productivity suites (Microsoft Office/Google Workspace) to drive instructional and culture decisions.The following are strongly preferred for all KIPP New Orleans Assistant Principals:Masters degree in Education Educational Leadership/Administration or related field; in-progress or current administrator/principal license.Prior success as an Assistant Principal Dean Instructional Coach or teacher-leader (e.g. Grade Level Chair Department Chair) leading team- or grade-level initiatives across instruction culture and/or operations.Demonstrated impact improving student outcomes and/or school culture in urban open-enrollment schools particularly for historically marginalized students.Additional Information : Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience and we routinely engage in compensation analysis for all roles across the organization to ensure that we remain competitive in the market. 403(b) retirement plan KNOS matches 100% of employee contribution up to the first 5% of salary and any bonuses. Vested immediately in 403(b). KNOS employees are eligible for health and wellbeing benefits starting the first day of the month following their Date of Hire. Comprehensive customizable health coverage including disability life insurance hospital indemnity FSAs for health and dependent care and free dental and vision for employees. KNOS employees are provided 30 paid holidays and additional paid time off. Opportunities for on-going professional development.Disclaimer:Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.This job description shall not constitute or be construed as a promise of employment or as a contract between KNOS and any of its employees.KIPP New Orleans Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer:At KIPP New Orleans Schools we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin sex (including pregnancy) age disability sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital status veteran service genetic information family or parental status or any other status in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. KNOS expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on any of the characteristics listed here. Improper interference with the ability of KNOS employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.KNOS complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the KNOS has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.Contact Us:Please contact our regional Talent Team at with any questions.Remote Work : NoEmployment Type : Full-time Key Skills Experience Working With Students,Teacher Coaching,Algebra,Classroom Experience,Data Collection,Education Administration,Special Education,Teaching,Administrative Experience,Budgeting,Cordova,Leadership Experience Experience: years Vacancy: 1