2027-28 Principal in Residence

KIPP Nashville Public Schools; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

KIPP Nashville Public Schools in Nashville, TN invites applications for a Principal In Residence. This program develops future principals within 1–3 years by placing you on the Leadership Team of an existing school and providing personalized development.

You’ll grow through a 70-20-10 model—on-the-job learning, coaching, and formal training—while contributing to school start-up activities and leadership projects with strong support from the School Support Team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a core content classroom teacher.
• 2+ years leading and/or coaching teachers in a full-time capacity.
• Proven ability to drive student academic results.

Responsibilities

• Model and support implementation of the school’s vision and goals
• Develop emerging leaders with Principal’s guidance
• Collaborate with Principal on retaining diverse, effective staff
• Build own and direct reports’ instructional knowledge of standards and content and instructional methods
• Develop and manage teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction
• Prioritize Principal In Residence’s own success and sustainability by engaging lifelines and renewing to get stronger

Skills

Classroom teaching

Leadership coaching

Data-driven instruction

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Location: will depend on the desired leadership needs of the KIPP Nashville community

About KIPP Nashville Public Schools

KIPP Nashville Public Schools is a network of high-performing, free, open-enrollment K-12 schools that has been committed to positively affecting student outcomes in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000+ students nationwide and supports students from Pre-Kindergarten through college, career and beyond. Through the KIPP Forward program, our team helps students identify their career of highest aspiration and develop the skills and confidence to chase their dreams. KIPP Nashville currently operates 4 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 2 high schools and educates over 3,000 students in the Nashville metropolitan area.

together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world

Our core values are GROWTH, TEAM, and SHINE. If you share in this belief and values, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to be their best, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.

Job Description

Position Overview

We believe a strong Principal is integral to a school’s success. As we grow to educate more students in Nashville, KIPP Nashville is dedicated to developing our future Principals while providing them with the development and exposure to excel. A member of the KIPP Nashville Principal In Residence program is someone who is interested in becoming a successor principal within the next 1-3 years.

This person will serve on the Leadership Team within an existing KIPP Nashville school and receive personalized development while they advance towards a Principal position.

Key Responsibilities & Supports

• Model and support implementation of the school’s vision and goals
• Contribute to school-wide planning and prioritizes time to accomplish goals
• Develop emerging leaders with Principal’s guidance
• Model strong staff and student culture and manage school-wide character development and behavior management systems
• Collaborate with Principal on retaining diverse, highly-effective teachers and school staff
• Build own and direct reports’ instructional knowledge of standards, content and instructional methods
• Develop and manage teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction
• Prioritize Principal In Residence’s own success and sustainability by engaging lifelines and renewing to get stronger

KIPP Nashville Principals in Residence can expect the following supports:

• Receive personalized development from KIPP Nashville’s Director of Leadership Development, as well as access to national development opportunities through the KIPP Foundation and excellent school visits.
• KIPP Nashville believes that the best development and training happens through the 70-20-10 model of leadership development – 70% on-the-job learning, 20% coaching, mentoring and social learning and 10% formal learning. The PIR program is designed with this model in mind.
• Robust development roadmap to readiness with regular checkpoints and opportunities to reflect, give and receive feedback and plan for development next steps.
• Eligibility for forthcoming Principal opportunities, identified each Winter.
• Strong support from KIPP Nashville’s School Support Team for relevant school start-up activities, including but not limited to: student recruitment, staff recruitment, curriculum & assessment planning and marketing.

Qualifications

• Evidence of ability to drive student academic results directly and through others
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
• 3+ year(s) of experience as a core content classroom teacher AND
• 2+ year(s) experience leading and/or coaching teachers in a full-time capacity, including but limited to roles such as Assistant Principal, Principal, Dean of Instruction, Dean of Academics, Instructional Coach etc.

Desired Competencies

• 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
• 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