2025 Principal (pool)

Job Description

POSITION OVERVIEW

Please note this posting is for the School Principal position “pool” - meaning, while our team has not yet identified openings for this position, we will interview potential candidates for future, possible openings. Priority applications will be considered on a rolling basis from the date the role is posted. Please only apply to this role if you meet the specific requirements outlined at the bottom of the posting.

At KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, the School Principal’s primary role is to be the instructional leader of their building. The School Principal drives high-quality academic and school environment outcomes for their students and staff. In the event our organization has an opening, we would select a School Principal from the School Principal pool to be a “successor” to a sitting School Principal

The School Principal should spend about 70-75% of their time daily on instructional leadership - specifically, leading and developing their administration team and their teachers to improve outcomes for student achievement. The School Principal builds lasting and sustainable systems for the ongoing development of their team. Typically, a School Principal manages their team of Assistant School Principal a school-based operations leader, school counselors, and other teacher leaders at their school. They report directly to the Chief Schools Officer and work closely with a variety of stakeholders including the shared services team for KIPP Jacksonville, families, etc.

School Principal are vision-setters and are skilled at building a culture for their team that has commitments for social justice and educational equity for all students that mirror the region’s vision and goals.

As a school-based administrator, this position is year-round and performs duties as assigned by their manager. Typical hours for school-based leaders vary Monday through Friday and there may be occasional meetings, special school events, or commitments that fall outside of typical business hours and days.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

Be the face of the school, its biggest cheerleader and loudest advocate

Set ambitious school-wide vision and goals, aligned with the KIPP region, that lead students to have choice upon graduation

Plan and prioritize time and resources to achieve annual goals

Cultivate a diverse, high-potential school leadership pipeline (from teacher leader to AP to successor) and develop leadership team members by teaching and insisting that they are true owners of the work and coaching and assigning stretch activities

Model expectations for leaders, teachers, and students on school-wide practices for a positive learning culture

Builds a joyful, academically excellent environment

Works to build relationships based in trust with and among all stakeholders

Works to build restorative practices for all stakeholders

Develop systems and structures to hire and retain diverse, highly-effective staff

Work proactively with the talent team to find mission-aligned staff members

Actively retain highly-effective staff and work to build capacity of those in need of improvement

Build own and school staff’s knowledge and expertise in effective instructional design and academic standards

Develop teachers’ conceptual understanding of what students must know and be able to do and what instructional methods drive student mastery

Develop knowledge of how standards map to curriculum and assessment

Develop teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction

Lead analysis of and develop teachers’ ability to analyze student data to identify strategies that will move students toward mastery

Regularly observe and coach instructional coaches to ensure they are providing high-impact, actionable and bite-sized feedback to teachers on a weekly basis

Ensure teachers can collaborate, analyze their practice and their student data, and adjust instruction in content teams

Lead whole-school professional development workshops that drive highest-impact improvements in teacher practice

Cultivate School Principal’s own success and sustainability by engaging lifelines and renewing to get stronger

Be a lifelong learner

Be an active member of of the School Principal Team sharing best practices and learning with each other

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS / MINDSETS :

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 across an entire school and motivate others to action

Performance Management : Demonstrated student achievement results from teachers and leaders that he / she manages and coaches

Talent Development : Demonstrated success in developing leadership capacity in others

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. engagement, pacing, active monitoring, etc.) based on comprehension of child development and pedagogy

Instructional Leadership : Command of instructional design and the benefits and tradeoffs of school design decisions in driving student achievement

Achievement Orientation : Demonstrated resilience and focus on student outcomes

Persistence - Keeps persevering despite challenges

Solutions-Oriented - Addresses problems from an active posture to find a way or make one

Self-Awareness - Able to diagnose impact of self in various contexts and situations and adjust accordingly

Openness to Feedback - Ability to take feedback while remaining emotionally constant and adjust as needed

REQUIREMENTS

Possesses a deep commitment to both racial and educational equity; supports the building of an organization that reflects the community KIPP serves; holds self and others on team accountable for centering equity

KIPP Jacksonville believes that our staff will represent our core values—high expectations, a growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. We search for established educators who embody them.

Demonstrated ability to drive academic results directly and through others

Demonstrated people leadership, management and coaching experience with a passion for leading adults

A minimum of five (5) years of teaching experience with at least two years of that experience in a grade level chair, content chair, department chair or equivalent teacher leader role

A minimum of four (4) years of experience as an assistant principal or equivalent role

Master’s Degree

HIGHLY PREFERRED

Five (5) years of experience as an assistant school principal or equivalent role OR two (2) years of experience as a school principal or equivalent role

Pathway to certification for administration in Florida

Familiarity with Florida Administrative Code and Florida Statutes pertaining to K-12 schools

COMPENSATION

The starting salary for this role is typically $85,000

Free individual health benefits (including medical, dental and vision)

Free individual short-term and long-term disability insurance

403b retirement program with a company match

Professional development

Offerings are subject to change year to year.

Additional Information

APPLY

Please complete an application and upload a resume via our job board. No applicants will be considered that submit resumes through other job postings. Link to job board here : https : / / careers.smartrecruiters.com / KIPP / jacksonville

Please note in the application if you have a school preference based on location.

If you're a current KIPP Jax team member, you should :

1) Inform your current manager of your interest in the role and

2) Complete the online application

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about positions at KIPP Jacksonville, please email LaShawnda Anderson at LAnderson@kippjax.org. Please understand that resumes and / or cover letters are not accepted via email and you will be redirected to apply via the website.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. KIPP Jacksonville does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.

Salary : $85,000