What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Principal - Upper Elementary - Miami position at KIPP Miami?

Job Description

We are hiring for an Elementary Assistant Principal with Upper School (2nd-4th grade) experience for KIPP Miami for the 2025-2026 school year!

Here’s what you need to know :

KIPP Royalty Academic is seeking an awe-inspiring Assistant Principal (APs) to coach and grow our teachers who in turn support our students as they climb the mountain to college, career, and beyond. We are specifically searching for a candidate with upper elementary (2nd-4th grade) experience. Our ideal APs are great teachers with strong results of their own, are instructional gurus who can teach their moves to others, and have experience leading, managing, and coaching adults in their schools. They love students and families, teachers, and the community they serve.

The AP’s primary responsibility is to drive and own instructional outcomes for students. We expect our Assistant Principals to focus >

75% of their time on instructional leadership. APs are the backbone for a specific content area or grade level and see themselves as the key decision maker and leader for a subset of the student population. We expect our APs to coach a portfolio of teachers, empowering our highest performing teachers to remain in their roles while improving the performance of new or underperforming teachers. APs will also perform key supporting functions for student and staff culture work. Finally, we expect our APs to perform their role through an equity lens, with an eye toward outcomes for traditionally underrepresented students and staff members.

Here’s what you’ll be doing :

Instructional Leadership

Strong Content Knowledge : Knows essential content, rigor of standards, and highly effective teaching strategies well enough to establish and maintain a standard and coach it; is able to readily adapt to leverage resources across less-known or more nuanced subject areas
Develops the capacity of teachers in achieving results through observations, walkthroughs, real time coaching, and data analysis through O3s focused on student data and coaching towards goals
Collaborates with Achievement Directors and other Teaching & Learning TEAMmates to monitor achievement data and IP and inform the instructional leadership development of teachers
Audits, analyzes, and progress monitors data weekly to inform strategic decisions and priorities
Designs and leads high quality professional development such that it results in improved teacher effectiveness
Ensures there’s an effective testing environment, investment, and procedures for testing

Student Culture

Consistently reinforces high expectations for all students all the time

Actively develops school culture where students find joy in learning and where students are joyful and engaged

Creates a culture in which teachers build strong and lasting relationships with students, especially the most challenging students

Builds an inclusive student environment, ensuring that all student voices are heard and incorporated

Speaks to violations of culture and holds staff accountable to values / professional infractions with interactions with kids

Staff Culture

Celebrates and shows appreciation regularly for teammates

Actively develops school culture where teachers find joy in teaching and student learning

Consistently models and reinforces high expectations for all staff all the time

Develops clearly articulated systems for how the staff culture will function (e.g., coaching, department meetings, etc.)

Community Engagement

Engages families and community stakeholders proactively and productively as partners in school goals. Works with families who have concerns and helps address them.

Creates a culture and expectation that teachers reach out to parents and enlist their proactive support in their child’s long-term success

Talent Management

Ensures each direct report has a high quality performance management process including regular observations, assignment of microgoals, and thoughtful, written evaluations

Identifies top performing teachers at regular points throughout the school year and works strategically to retain them

Manages struggling performers through goal setting and increased support. Manages out low performers when necessary

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree

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

Achievement Orientation : Demonstrated student achievement results in own classroom and from teachers that he / she manages

Cultural Competence : Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honor and support a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives

Instructional Leadership : Adept at data analysis and strong content knowledge

High Expectations : Sets and upholds high expectations for students academically and behaviorally

Results through Others : Evidence of ability to teach other skills in classroom management and effective lesson execution

Relationship Building : Evidence of ability to build strong relationships with students, staff, and families

Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Experience coaching and managing others and / or leading a team to results

Additional Information

KIPP Miami offers a full comprehensive benefits plan, including health care, competitive 403(B) plan, and a school laptop.

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