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About the Role

Assistant Principals are future school leaders, developing capacity to lead a KIPP school. The role supports the school in driving academic and social emotional learning outcomes for students as a key member of the school’s leadership team, leading instruction and school culture, and developing emerging leaders.

Responsibilities

• Model and support implementation of the school’s vision and goals.
• Support the School Leader's vision and mobilize teachers to achieve collective goals.
• Lead planning and goal setting for coached grades/departments, ensuring alignment with school-wide goals.
• Collaborate with School Leader on hiring diverse, highly-effective teachers and school staff.
• Contribute to school-wide planning and prioritize time to accomplish goals.
• Provide input into strategic planning and identify areas of ownership.
• Develop emerging leaders with School Leader's guidance.
• Support the School Leader in identifying and developing emerging leaders through goal setting, coaching, and feedback.
• Model strong staff and student culture and manage school-wide character development and behavior management systems.
• Support teachers in student support and behavior intervention systems.
• Manage parts of the daily school operations.
• Act as the first Leadership Team contact for student intervention and parent engagement.
• Build direct reports' instructional knowledge of standards, content, and methods.
• Study curriculum and assessment to develop understanding of content mastery.
• Coach teachers on assessing for student mastery and growth, and practice data-driven instruction.
• Develop own and teachers’ knowledge of best practices in instructional methods.
• Coach teachers on matching strategies to gaps in student mastery.
• Develop teachers to provide rigorous and high-quality instruction.
• Support School Leader in planning, implementing, and enabling systems of the Academic Strategies Pyramid.
• Lead data-driven instruction.
• Coach teachers to analyze data alignment to end-of-year goals and student group performance.
• Identify specific instructional actions and adjustments to fill student knowledge and skill gaps.
• Provide high-quality instructional coaching with frequent and scheduled teacher observations, actionable feedback, and accountability.
• Coach emerging leaders on their instructional coaching practice.
• May lead or coach others who lead department/content/grade-level meetings.
• Recommend school-wide professional development to the School Leader.
• Lead engaging, actionable, adult-learning workshops.
• Hold staff accountable for implementation of workshop practices.

Requirements

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience as an educator teaching students with similar demographics to KIPP Public Schools Northern California student community.
• Previous Leadership or Teacher-Leader experience preferred (ex: Grade Level Lead, Instructional Coaching, Content Lead, etc.).
• Hold a B.A/B.S degree from a regionally accredited institution.
• Meet one of the following eligibility requirements: Hold a valid California teaching credential, or Out-of-state equivalent credential or license.

Skills

• 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 managed.
• 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 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.

Location

• East Palo Alto
• Oakland
• San Francisco
• San Lorenzo
• San Jose
• Redwood City
• Stockton

Work Type

• Full-time
• Exempt
• Onsite

Experience Level

• 3-5 years of experience as an educator
• Previous Leadership or Teacher-Leader experience preferred

Education Level

• B.A/B.S degree
• Valid California teaching credential or out-of-state equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• Assistant Principal: between $105,000 - $116,415 (KIPP Bay Area Schools)
• Assistant Principal: between $100,000 - $110,872 (KIPP Stockton Schools)

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Transportation benefits

About the Company

• KIPP Public Schools Northern California is a thriving nonprofit network of free, public charter schools.
• The organization aims to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue their chosen paths.
• KIPP Northern California supports teachers with professional development, coaching, and collaboration.
• The student community consists of over 7,000 elementary, middle, and high school students.
• 79% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, 23% are multilingual learners, and 10% have special needs.
• The organization strives to cultivate a representative team of teachers and leaders that reflect the students' diversity.

Equal Opportunity

• We strive to cultivate a representative team of teachers and leaders that reflect our students’ diversity.