Assistant Principal of Instruction - ELASS Immediate KIPP Camino Academy

The Assistant Principals job is to support the school in driving academic and character outcomes for students as a key member of the schools leadership team. Assistant Principals are expected to lead both instruction and school culture while also developing leadership in the schools emerging leaders. Our Assistant Principals aim to spend 75% of their time on instructional leadership.  They commit to establishing highachieving schools that are diverse equitable and partnered strongly with the communities they serve.

At KIPP we believe that the Assistant Principal is a future School Leader and is therefore actively being developed for school leadership. The Assistant Principal should consider him / herself to be an apprentice to the School Leader and gradually build capacity to lead a KIPP school.

• Model and support implementation of the schools vision and goals

Support the development of the School Leaders schoolwide vision and take an active role in investing and mobilizing teachers to achieve the collective goals of the school

Provide input into the strategic planning of the school and identify areas of ownership for self and direct reports

Support the School Leader in identifying and developing emerging teacher leaders (Content Team Leaders and / or Grade Level Chairs) through goal setting coaching and providing feedback

Support teachers in understanding processes and roles in student support and intervention; develop systems and structures to ensure that limited time is spent on reactive student discipline

Retain the highest performers across among teachers managed

Content (Standards Curriculum and Assessment) :

Develop deep mastery of the academic standards in the subjects / grades for which s / he coaches and strong understanding of academic standards for all subjects / grades.  Understand the implications of standards on what a student should know and be able to do and connect teachers with relevant resources to improve their content knowledge

Develop own and teachers knowledge of best practices in instructional methods and teach teachers how to match particular strategies to students needs

Data Analysis (Datadriven Instruction and Progress Monitoring) :

Lead Data Driven Instruction : Help teachers determine how data aligns to endofyear goals (what is being assessed and how it maps to standards); breakout data to analyze how different student groups are performing; determine what data is saying about areas of student mastery and growth; and identify specific instructional actions and adjustments to meet students needs

Provide highquality instructional coaching with frequent and scheduled teacher observations actionable and bitesized feedback and accountability for adjustment in practice

KIPP Texas Leadership Competencies

Student Focus :

Belief that all students regardless of background have the ability to develop the skills and confidence to pursue the path they choose college career and beyond; demonstrated commitment to the schools 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 s / he manages

EquityCentered Leadership :

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

Instructional Leadership :

Adept at data analysis; ability to extract meaningful insights across schoolwide data

Expertise in what the schoolwide 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

Deep understanding of appropriate application and differentiation of highleverage instructional strategies based on comprehension of child / adolescent 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

Qualifications :

Additional Information :

Compensation and Benefits :

As a full time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates including medical dental and vision options as well as life insurance and disability plans.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer we hire without consideration to race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or disability.

Remote Work : Employment Type :

Fulltime