School LeaderPrincipal K-8
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Job Description
POSITION OVERVIEW
The School Leader/Principal is the schools leader and responsible for driving strong academic outcomes and a healthy school community. We expect our School Leader 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. School Leaders 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.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Our next Principal should be a team leader with a proven track record of driving student achievement results across a large team while leading a highly effective team culture.
- 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 KIPP Minnesota Public School. 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 in creating a welcoming and full school community. Exhibit a high degree of professionalism in all elements of this position while serving as a contributing member of the KIPP Minnesota team and a dedicated role model for other employees.
- Cultural Leadership: The commitment to driving cultural relevance diversity equity and inclusion and sense of belonging in a homogeneous community.
Desired Competencies
- Student Focus: Belief that all students regardless of background have the ability to go to and through college; demonstrated commitment to the schools unique community
- 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 teachers that he/she manages
- Cultural Competence: Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives
- Instructional Leadership: Adept at data analysis; ability to extract meaningful insights across schoolwide data
- Instructional Leadership: Expertise in what the schoolwide 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 highleverage instructional strategies (e.g. student rigor pacing stretch it etc.) based on comprehension of child development and pedagogy
- Relationship Building: Expertise in cultivating relationships and managing a diverse group of stakeholders
- Achievement Orientation: Demonstrated resilience and focus on student outcomes
Desired Characteristics
- Unwavering commitment to KIPP Minnesotas mission students families and community
- Firm belief in affirming the identity of students families and staff
- Demonstrates excitement in growing students into their highest selves
- Passionate about datadriven instruction
- Passionate and committed to being a leader for racial justice and equity and working in an organization committed to antiracism
- Excellent communication skills with diverse constituents; clear writer facilitator and speaker and eagerness to collaborate
- Demonstrate commitment to continue their professional development individually eager to offer and respond positively to feedback
- Ability to tackle multiple projects and initiatives at once with a strong sense of organization prioritization follow through and results orientation
- Possess an entrepreneurial spirit flexible and willing to go above and beyond to meet the varied needs of students
- Familiarity with North Minneapolis is desired but not required
Qualifications :
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
Required
- Bachelors degree in Education Leadership related fields or other advanced degree.
- Two (2) four (4) years of school leadership experience including instructional coaching curriculum development and managing others.
- Two (2) four (4) years of teaching experience (Primary School and/or Middle School)
- Demonstrated success in raising the achievement levels of traditionally underserved students as a teacher and as an instructional coach
- Record of exceptional student achievement.
- Agility to adapt in everchanging and fastpaced environments.
- Substantial personal flexibility with demonstrated selfdevelopment selfknowledge and personal learning.
- Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication.
- Has firm conflict resolution creative problemsolving and decisionmaking skills.
- Business acumen and adaptive skills in the education industry.
- Has proven ability to develop and maintain a positive diverse creative highperforming team and culture.
Highly Preferred
- Masters degree
- Valid Minnesota teaching license (or ability to obtain one before start of the school year)
- Experience working in historically educationally underserved communities and communities of color
Additional Information :
COMPENSATION
Salary Range: $100000 $130000 DOQ
*To establish equitable salary practices the compensation package is derived from the Regional KIPP Minnesota pay scale and benefits package which includes medical dental life long & shortterm disability and retirement benefits and an annual salary review and revision.
How to Apply
We are committed to hiring a diverse multicultural leadership team and encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. Please apply online here. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
KIPP MN is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: KIPP MN is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all candidates and employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on our business need job requirements and required qualifications without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin sex (including pregnancy) age physical mental or sensory disability HIV Status sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital civil union or domestic partnership status past or present military service family medical history or genetic information family or parental status or any other status protected by federal state or local laws. KIPP MN will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leave of absence compensation and training.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
