Principal: K-8 (26-27 SY)

Position Overview

The Principal is the primary school leader responsible for driving academic and character outcomes for students, and the main focus is on instructional leadership and the development of school educators to improve their instruction and drive student achievement.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Oversee, lead, and communicate the vision that informs the school’s culture, goals, and behavior management.
• Set ambitious school-wide vision and goals aligned with the KIPP region that leads students on a path to and through college.
• Partner with the school’s Director of Operations to effectively co-lead the instructional and operational goals of the school, as well as foster consistency in academic and behavioral expectations.
• Manage and develop a strong school leadership team (including Assistant Principals, Deans of Students, Instructional Coaches, and Special Education Coordinators) that supports teachers and staff to provide strong student outcomes.
• Lead, problem-solve, and make determinations for school-wide issues solution-focused.
• Plan and prioritize time and resources to meet and achieve goals timelines.
• Model expectations for leaders, teachers, and students on school-wide practices for a positive learning culture, including pursuing challenging professional goals, open to receiving constructive feedback to develop and continually model a leadership style of excellence.
• Regularly observe and coach instructional leaders to ensure they are providing high-impact, actionable, and bite-sized feedback to teachers weekly.
• Evaluate qualitative feedback, quantitative data, and observations on a regular basis to inform strategy, decision-making, and accountability.
• Lead and prioritize time and resources to meet and achieve goals timelines.
• Manage whole-school professional development workshops that drive the highest-impact improvements in teacher practice.
• Collaborate with Talent and HR, build systems, structures, and partnerships to recruit, hire, manage, grow, and retain diverse and high-achieving employees that adhere to organizational guidelines.
• Build systems, structures, and relationships to create equitable, inclusive environments for students, families, and employees that honor and support a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives through modeling and facilitating courageous conversations.
• Develop and implement an integrated plan of services that meets the employees, students, and families' academic, recreational, emotional, cultural, health, and spiritual needs.
• Manage and reduce risk in the area(s) of responsibility and report if it is outside of the site (s) of responsibility or seek assistance when needed to resolve the matter.
• Assures health and safety risks are controlled or removed.
• Responsible for building and cultivating a diverse, lasting, and sustainable organization by developing a high potential pipeline of future School Leaders and creating systems for the ongoing development of school staff by teaching and insisting that they are actual owners of the work and coaching and assigning stretch activities.
• Coach, mentor and support employees to be accountable for performance expectations and follow through with organizational protocols and procedures.
• Represent the district, region, or school in workgroups or projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Strongly committed to the mission of KIPP and investment in our vision of being an equitable and anti-racist organization.
• DEI lens with exceptional creative power in leading anti-racist practices.
• Passionate commitment to improve the minds, characters, and lives of students both in and out of school.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams in a rapidly changing environment.
• Demonstrates a growth mindset and a desire to continually improve through feedback.
• Strong work ethic, entrepreneurial spirit, and flexibility to accommodate the high level of responsibility, multiple priorities, and rapidly changing environment.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, team-oriented, mission-driven culture.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule outside of regular business hours.
• Aptitude to create and work within an inclusive environment that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives.

Additional Information

• WORK PERKS
• Generous time-off
• Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Agressive employer 403(b) contribution match
• Childcare benefits
• Unparalleled work/life integration
• Casual dress code
• Relocation stipend (conditions apply)
• For more information on the benefits of joining KIPP Capital Region, please view our Employee Benefits Summary.
• This role is located at KIPP Capital Region schools in Albany, NY.