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Founding Assistant Principal of Student Support Services

KIPP Nashville Public Schools
Nashville, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 3/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/14/2025

Job Description

Position Overview

The Assistant Principal of Student Support Services will be responsible for managing and coaching support services teachers and interventionists, managing related services, leading the Response to Intervention (RTI) program, providing professional development and resources to all staff in the areas of Special Education, intervention, and teaching English Language Learners. Additionally, this role will serve as a member of the School Leadership Team. Each school-based AP of Student Support Services will work closely with the Director of Student Support Services and Manager of English Learner Support Services, roles on KIPP Nashville’s School Support Team.

Day in the life” responsibilities will include, but are not limited to :

Management of Student Support Services

  • Manage and coach Special Education Teachers to ensure all IEP goals are met and that we close the achievement gap between students with disabilities and general education students.
  • Ensure compliance with all special education and ELL laws and regulations, including managing IEP caseloads as needed.
  • Oversee a comprehensive Response to Intervention program (management of the program can be done by an interventionist, but oversight is provided by the Dean of Student Support Services)
  • Manage and coach interventionists and ELL teachers  to ensure effective instruction
  • Ensure all ELL students have an ILP that is updated quarterly by EL certified staff.
  • Manage all related service providers, including OT, PT, Speech / Language, psychologists, the nurse, and contracted ABA support
  • Create testing accommodations and alternative assessment schedules and oversee that all students requiring testing accommodations receive them consistently.
  • Works with the Dean of Students to create behavior RTI plans, oversee and advise on discipline for students with disabilities.

Professional Development for Staff

  • Plan, implement, and provide ongoing professional development and feedback to all staff, focusing on differentiation and supporting students with varying needs
  • Conduct classroom observations with other Assistant Principals with a specific focus on improving access, growth and achievement of students with special needs and English Language Learners
  • Organize summer training and weekly professional development days in coordination with the Principal and other Assistant Principals
  • Teacher Coaching

  • Conduct classroom observations and follow-up with targeted feedback to special education teachers and interventionists to increase efficacy of instruction
  • Conduct weekly one on one conversations with direct reports, including time for relationship building, gathering feedback, assessing individual needs, and providing feedback
  • Provide lesson plan feedback to direct reports
  • As needed, consult on lesson plan strategies for differentiation to all staff members
  • Conduct twice a year teacher performance evaluation
  • Teach classes when necessary to avoid gaps in mandated services or for professional development of teachers.
  • School-Wide Leadership

  • Participate in the teacher recruitment and hiring process, in collaboration with the Principal.
  • Serve as an active member of the School Leadership Team, meeting weekly for strategic planning and discussion of school initiatives and data
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications :

  • Currently possess an active Special Education and / or ELL license
  • 5 years of Special Education and / or ELL teaching experience
  • 1 one year of adult management / teacher coaching
  • Model of effective and high-quality teaching
  • Excellent organization skills and ability to create effective schedules
  • An analytical view of student progress towards standards; skilled in data collection, analysis and presentation
  • Excellent communicator, who can work with internal and external stakeholders
  • Demonstrated success in raising the achievement levels of special education students
  • Demonstrated success developing academic programs and academic culture
  • Demonstrated success planning staff professional development and coaching teachers
  • Desired Qualities

  • 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 anti-racist educators for racial equity.
  • Passionate about data-driven instruction
  • Excellent communication skills with diverse constituents; clear writer, facilitator and speaker and eagerness 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
  • Experience and demonstrated success teaching students from educationally under-resourced communities (highly preferred)
  • Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to go above and beyond
  • Possesses an excellence refl ex, including both a desire and ability to lead others toward a high bar for excellence
  • Additional Information

    Compensation and Benefits

  • Salary is commensurate with experience, and includes benefits. This position is exempt and will work and be compensated according to a 12 month administrative schedule.
  • Robust benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance policy options. Application for these benefits may be made immediately upon employment. The policy is effective upon the first of the month following the first day of work.
  • Certificated staff have access to the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System pension plan(TCRS). Eligible employees contribute 5% and KIPP matches up to 6.81%. Employees may also be eligible for 401k in which KIPP will contribute 5%.
  • The vacation package for salaried employees includes 29 paid days throughout the 10 month work schedule(including holidays, fall break, thanksgiving break, winter break) as well as summer break. In addition employees in this role are allotted 6 PTO days as well as 10 additional days to take during the summer break.  Employees are allotted an additional 2 days after every 2 consecutive years of employment. Eligible staff members receive payment for unused PTO days at the end of the fiscal year.
  • Adoption / Parental Caregiver Leave- up to 10 weeks parental leave for the primary caregiver and 2 weeks parental leave for the secondary caregiver paid at 100%.
  • Leaders are provided with laptop computers with access to the internet and or email to assist them in performing their job responsibilities
  • Apply online at https : / / careers.smartrecruiters.com / KIPP / nashville . Please contact recruiting@kippnashville.org with any questions.

    KIPP Nashville is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual preference, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, pregnancy, or veteran status.

    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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