Middle School Assistant School Leader (Assistant Principal)

KIPP • Columbus, OH

20h

About The Position

The Assistant School Leader is a senior instructional leader responsible for accelerating student achievement by improving the quality of teaching across the school. This role leads adult learning through coaching, observation, data analysis and feedback cycles, and ensures that instructional practices are aligned to rigorous academic expectations. In partnership with the School Leader, this role helps define what excellent instruction looks like, builds the systems that sustain it, and directly develops teachers to meet and exceed those standards. This is a high-impact instructional leadership role for someone who believes that teacher quality is the primary driver of student outcomes and is committed to building excellence through clear expectations, tight feedback loops, and consistent instructional coaching.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (required)
• Minimum of 3 years of successful full-time lead teaching experience with strong student outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to improve teacher practice through coaching and feedback
• Strong record of driving student academic growth
• Experience analyzing student performance data and translating it into instructional action
• Deep belief that high-quality instruction is the primary lever for student success
• Strong ability to give direct, actionable feedback and hold others accountable to high standards
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-expectations school environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Alignment to KIPP Columbus values: Imagine, Navigate, Seek, Persevere, Integrity, Responsibility, and Empathy

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in instructional leadership (e.g., instructional coach, dean, assistant principal, lead teacher) strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Drive measurable improvement in student achievement across assigned grade levels/content areas
• Establish and reinforce clear expectations for high-quality instruction and curricular fidelity aligned to school-wide academic priorities
• Regularly observe classrooms, directly coach teachers and evaluate instructional quality using consistent, rigorous criteria
• Lead data cycles that translate student performance data into actionable instructional next steps and prioritization
• Serve as a lead instructional coach for a portfolio of teachers
• Deliver frequent, high-quality coaching cycles that include observation, feedback, real-time coaching and modeling, unit and lesson-level internalization and planning, and data analysis
• Hold teachers accountable for implementing feedback and improving instructional practice over time
• Identify instructional strengths and gaps across staff and design and learning experiences targeted support to improve practice
• Contribute to formal evaluation of teacher performance in partnership with the School Leader
• Design and facilitate professional development aligned to instructional priorities and student achievement goals
• Lead weekly content team meetings to support lesson internalization, data analysis and continually content knowledge building and best practice sharing.
• Support alignment of lesson planning, curriculum implementation, and assessment practices across grade levels/content areas
• Monitor instructional consistency and ensure school-wide adoption of agreed-upon academic practices
• Collaborate with leadership and regional support team members to refine instructional priorities based on student performance trends
• Support the development of classroom environments where rigorous learning and strong relationships coexist
• Coach teachers on strategies that build student engagement, academic persistence, and productive classroom culture
• Partner with school leadership to address instructional barriers that impact student learning outcomes

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurances
• various voluntary benefits (such as short term disability, long term disability, life insurance, and participation in the Ohio SERS/STRS retirement plan.)
• 10 weeks paid maternity leave
• 4 weeks paid spousal leave/adoption leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees