Elementary Assistant Principal

About This Role

Support and cultivate a high-expectation school culture at an elementary school designed to empower students. Coach teachers to maximize school-wide academic growth and character development, ensuring they feel supported in their daily work.

Responsibilities

• Establish a loving, structured, and achievement-oriented school culture with the Principal
• Facilitate faculty training and support regarding discipline, relationships, expectations, consistency, and management
• Coordinate and implement a school-wide discipline system with incentives and consequences
• Act as the primary contact for student behavior support flagged by teachers
• Conduct regular school culture walkthroughs and audits to maintain high standards of excellence
• Problem-solve with students, teachers, and families to improve individual student behavior
• Build and maintain strong relationships with families, modeling strong family engagement
• Coach teachers on classroom culture, management, and instruction, and deliver instructional professional development
• Conduct data meetings with teachers and monitor overall academic progress for students
• Perform daily school duties such as monitoring lunch, arrival, dismissal, and covering classes

Requirements

• Significant and consistent personal and professional achievement
• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years experience as a classroom teacher with proven high achievement
• 1+ year experience leading and/or coaching teachers (Assistant Principal, Principal, Dean, Instructional Coach, Teacher Coach)
• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Nashville’s mission, students, families, and community
• Demonstrates excitement in growing students into their highest selves and believes in education for racial equity
• Passionate about data-driven instruction
• Excellent communication skills with diverse constituents
• Ability to tackle multiple projects with strong organization, prioritization, and follow-through

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
• 3+ years of experience as a classroom teacher AND 1+ year experience leading or coaching teachers

Nice to Have

• Master’s degree
• Experience and demonstrated success teaching students from educationally under-resourced communities
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to go above and beyond
• Possesses an excellence reflex

Benefits