Immediate Assistant Principal (pool)

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public schools educating nearly 190,000 students in grades PreK-12 across 21 states and Washington, DC. While each school is unique to its community, we are united around a shared promise: Together, A Future Without Limits.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is part of the KIPP national network. Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

In the 2025-2026 school year, KIPP Jacksonville will comprise four schools serving over 3,000 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade on the North and West sides of Jacksonville, Florida:

• KIPP Impact Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade
• KIPP VOICE Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade
• KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade
• KIPP Bold City High School: 9th - 12th grade

Schedule

Teachers at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools work the following hours Monday through Friday, with occasional meetings or special school events outside these hours. Hours may vary slightly by school.

• K-8 Staff: 7:30am - 4:30pm
• K-8 Students: 8:00am - 3:30pm (Wednesday dismissal at 1:30pm)
• High School Staff: 6:45am - 3:45pm
• High School Students: 7:15am - 2:30pm (Wednesday dismissal at 12:30pm)

Every Wednesday is a student early release day, allowing teachers to participate in weekly professional development and content team meetings. *This excludes Wellness Wednesdays when all staff leave at student dismissal.

About the Role

The Assistant Principal (AP) serves as a teacher coach and school-based administrator, responsible for observing and providing feedback to teachers while reinforcing positive school culture aligned with the school leader’s vision. The AP helps set team culture for the teachers they manage and supports the region’s vision for social justice and educational equity. This is a year-round, full-time, salaried position.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate a culture of constant learning and collaboration with students, instructional staff, families, and community members.
• Lead staff members to achieve high performance through goal setting, evaluation, coaching, and feedback based on school-wide academic goals and individual development goals.
• Serve as a key member of the school leadership team, representing the school to various audiences and supporting all necessary functions for school management and success.
• Orient staff members to the teaching environment at KIPP Jacksonville, including student personnel policies, general school practices, and the region’s vision, values, beliefs, and non-negotiables.
• Advise, support, celebrate, and mentor individual teachers to improve instruction through:
  • Consistent classroom observation and feedback/coaching
  • Facilitating curriculum planning and evaluating unit and lesson plans
  • Promoting continuous, high-quality assessment as a means for evaluating student achievement
  • Collaborating with the School Leader and leadership team to implement, evaluate, and refine a comprehensive professional development program for teachers
• Lead teacher and staff evaluations quarterly.
• Evaluate school performance data in coordination with the leadership team to make holistic and individual recommendations for improving instructional practices.
• Work with school leadership, counselors, and teachers to enhance and refine rituals, systems, and practices that shape school culture and guide students struggling with behavior choices.
• Guide and promote character development of students through deliberate programming and by coaching teachers in developing stronger relationships with students.
• Develop innovative strategies, preventative approaches, and proactive plans for students who exhibit at-risk behaviors in collaboration with teachers and counselors.
• Model, promote, and coach effective communication with parents to fully engage KIPP families in their student’s education and the school’s mission.
• Ensure that in all interactions, teachers and students leave places, people, and ideas better than they found them.
• Supervise all school activities (e.g., dances, concerts, orientation programs, plays, musicals, field trips, and other special events) in conjunction with the school leader and leadership team.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the school leader.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least four (4) years of teaching experience with a track record of high achievement
• Previous experience and demonstrated ability to coach classroom teachers to high student achievement results
• Experience teaching or leading in an urban, Title I public school or charter setting
• Deep commitment to racial and educational equity; supports building an organization that reflects the community KIPP serves and holds self and others accountable for centering equity
• Florida Teacher certification or equivalent in core content area
• Passing a background check, as required by law

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Florida’s standards either as a coach or a teacher
• Master’s Degree in Education Leadership
• Certification, eligibility, or a clear pathway for certification in Education Leadership

Benefits

• Starting salary of $72,000, commensurate with experience
• Individual health benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
• Individual short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 403(b) retirement program with a company match
• Individualized coaching and professional development

Benefits are subject to change each school year. Details would be outlined in an offer letter, if issued.

Additional Information

Assistant Principals typically coach teachers in a specific content area, team, or grade level range. APs are considered “regional” employees and may be transferred between KIPP Jacksonville schools as needed.