2027-28 Principal in Residence

Position Overview
We believe a strong Principal is integral to a school’s success. As we grow to educate more students in Nashville, KIPP Nashville is dedicated to developing our future Principals while providing them with the development and exposure to excel. A member of the KIPP Nashville Principal In Residence program is someone who is interested in becoming a successor principal within the next 1-3 years.
This person will serve on the Leadership Team within an existing KIPP Nashville school and receive personalized development while they advance towards a Principal position.
Key Responsibilities & Supports
KIPP Nashville’s Principals In Residence will uphold the following responsibilities at their school:
Model and support implementation of the school’s vision and goals
Contribute to school-wide planning and prioritizes 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
KIPP Nashville Principals in Residence can expect the following 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 70-20-10 model of leadership development – 70% on-the-job learning, 20% coaching, mentoring and social learning and 10% formal learning. The PIR program is designed with this model in mind.
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.
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
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 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 to wholly improve student outcomes
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

Skills
Data Analysis, Excel

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No