2025-26 Founding Elementary School Principal
2025-26 Founding Elementary School Principal
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Position Overview
KIPP Antioch Global Elementary School will open its doors in the Fall of 2025 to 180 kindergarten through 2nd grade students and will add a grade level each subsequent year.
The Principals primary job is to drive academic outcomes for and holistically develop students. We expect our Principals to focus the majority of their time on instructional leadership specifically all of the activities involved in leading and developing leaders and teachers to improve their instruction and drive student achievement. Principals also play the leading role in building lasting and sustainable organizations by developing a pipeline of future leaders and creating systems for the ongoing retention and development of school staff.
As a Founding Principal this role requires a desire to build and create learn from best practices across our region and the country and establish a positive collaborative relationship with the Principals and school level leaders of the Global middle and high schools.
This school will colocate with KIPP Antioch Global Middle School and KIPP Antioch Global High School to complete a K12 shared campus.
Responsibilities of the Principal will include but are not limited to:
Student Performance: Motivate and unify staff to set high standards for student performance and meet rigorous student growth and achievement goals.
Organizational Leadership: Develop organizational goals and objectives consistent with the mission and values of the school and KIPP Nashville Schools. Lead teachers in developing a healthy school culture aligned with the mission vision and values of the school and the region. Create a culture of excellence teamwork and collaboration amongst the staff teachers students and families.
Instructional Leadership: Manage evaluate and develop a team of teachers to improve student achievement results. Consistently use effective researchbased teaching methodologies and implement datadriven instruction. Work with teachers to improve their teaching practice through coaching professional development modeling and collaborative planning.
Talent Leadership: Recruit select hire and retain school staff including teachers and schoolbased support staff. Continually monitor progress on all measures of school and staff performance. Provide for adequate supervision training and evaluation of all staff and volunteers. Create an effective team of people jointly responsible for the attainment of school goals and committed to achieving excellence.
Community Relations: Serve as liaison between teachers parents and the community. Exhibit a high degree of professionalism in all elements of this position while serving as a contributing member of the KIPP Nashville team and a dedicated role model for other employees.
Qualifications :
Evidence of significant and consistent personal and professional achievement
Bachelors degree required; Masters degree preferred
4 year(s) of experience as a classroom teacher AND
3 year(s) experience leading and/or coaching teachers including roles such as Assistant Principal Principal Dean etc.
Demonstrated success coaching developing and leading a large team to obtain measurable results
Desired Characteristics
Unwavering commitment to KIPP Nashvilles mission students families and community
Demonstrates excitement in growing students into their highest selves
Passionate about datadriven instruction
Excellent communication skills with diverse constituents; clear writer facilitator and speaker and eager to collaborate
Eager to receive implement and offer feedback
Ability to tackle multiple projects and initiatives at once with a strong sense of organization prioritization follow through and results
Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to go above and beyond
Possesses an excellence reflex including both a desire and ability to lead others toward a high bar for excellence
Additional Information :
Salary is competitive commensurate with experience and includes benefits. This position will work and be compensated according to a 12month administrative schedule.
Please contact with any questions.
KIPP Nashville is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion gender sexual preference national or ethnic origin age disability pregnancy or veteran status.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
