
Assistant Principal
KIPP SoCal Public Schools
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Staff / Principal
105 months ago
- Pension
105 months ago
Role Overview:Anticipated Start Date: Mid-to-Late August TheAssistant School Leader (ASL) is both an instructional leader and a people manager who plays a vital role in the success of our students, families, and staff. As a key member of the school’s leadership team, the ASL partners with the School Leader and other leaders to drive exceptional academic achievement and a joyful, values-driven school culture. This position is responsible for leading teachers in both instruction and character development—investing a mission-driven team of educators to bring the school’s vision to life and ensure every student thrives. Please access thisdocument to review the 5 leadership portfolio components you must submit with your application. Email arodriguez@kippsocal.org with any questions on your submission.  Location:South LA Middle Schools
Assistant Principal Opportunity
- Model and support implementation of the school’s vision and goals
- Supports development of School Leader’s school-wide vision and takes an active role in investing and mobilizing teachers to achieve the collective goals of the school
- Owns the implementation of select school priorities in support of the school-wide vision
- With guidance from the School Leader, leads the planning and goal setting for the grades/departments that they manage and ensures alignment with school-wide goals
- Contribute to school-wide planning and prioritizes time to accomplish goals
- Provides input into the school-based strategic planning and identifies what the school’s strategic plan means for their own leadership and people they manage
Administration & Leadership
- Develop emerging leaders with School Leader’s guidance
- Supports the School Leader in identifying and developing teachers and leaders (Department Heads and/or Grade Level Chairs) through goal setting, coaching and providing feedback
- Build own and direct reports’ instructional knowledge of standards, content and instructional methods
- Develop teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction and support School Leader in planning and implementing enabling systems
- Lead data-driven instruction and monitor progress
- Recommend to the School Leader what school-wide professional development will be the highest leverage in improving student results
- Lead engaging, actionable, adult-learning workshops; and hold staff accountable for implementation of the workshop practices Â
- Model strong staff and student culture and manage school-wide character development and behavior management systems
- Collaborate with School Leader on hiring diverse, highly-effective teachers and school staff
- Prioritize Assistant Principal’s own success and sustainability by engaging lifelines and renewing to get stronger
Assistant Principal Qualifications
- 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
- Build Relationships: Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with students, families, teachers and colleagues based on mutual respect, integrity and trust, in pursuit of school goals and vision.
- 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 grade level or content team(s) they managed Â
- Cultural Competence: Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives Â
- Instructional Leadership: Adept at data analysis; ability to extract meaningful insights across school-wide data
- Instructional Leadership: Expertise in what the  school-wide 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
- Instructional Leadership: Deep understanding of appropriate application and differentiation of high-leverage instructional strategies (e.g. make kids sweat, pacing, stretch it, etc.) based on comprehension of child development and pedagogy
- Achievement Orientation: Demonstrated resilience and focus on student outcomes
- Mission Orientation: Demonstrated passion for KIPP SoCal’s mission
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred
- A minimum of three to five years teaching experience, preferably in a low-income school with demonstrated exemplary student results
- A minimum of two years experience leading a high performing team on instruction and curriculum design, ideally through roles like Dean of Teaching or Instruction, leadership of a grade level(s) or other school-wide leadership project leadership
Assistant Principal Perks
- Very competitivecompensation package inclusive of a generous benefits package
- 100% of healthcare premium costs covered by employer, dependents added at 50% of the cost
- KIPP SoCal life insurance
- 401(k) plan with up to 6% match by KIPP SoCal
- Voluntary Benefits (Supplemental Life, Accident, Short Term Disability, etc.)
- Generous time off program includes 22 holidays, sick leave and vacation
- Other great benefits (Flexible spending account, EAP, etc.)
Assistant Principal · KIPP SoCal Public Schools