2026-27 Middle School Assistant Principal of Culture

KIPP • Nashville, TN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Principal of Culture assumes primary responsibility for the culture of the school, facilitating the development of student character and ensuring a positive and structured environment that creates the conditions for accelerated learning. This position requires an organized and consistent educator with a concrete vision of excellence, adult leadership experience, the ability to build outstanding relationships with stakeholders, and a talent for inspiring children to high expectations. This position is an opportunity to play a significant role in founding an institution focused on academic achievement, character, and college-readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least three years of teaching experience (5 years preferred) with a proven record of high achievement and strong classroom management and culture
• Experience teaching an educationally under-resourced community
• Experience coaching and leading adults; proven ability to proactively lead by example
• Demonstrated success in building relationships and trust with leaders, teachers, students, parents and community
• Clear understanding of culturally responsive pedagogy and leadership
• Ability to analyze and proactively respond to culture data

Nice To Haves

• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Nashville’s mission, students, families, and community
• Firm belief in affirming the identity of students, families and staff
• Passionate and committed to being a leader for racial justice and equity, and teaching in a school committed to anti-racism
• Passionate about data-driven instruction
• Demonstrates excitement in growing students into their highest self
• Superb personal organization skills to keep on top of deadlines and measures of accountability
• Team player: demonstrates maturity, growth mindset, strong work ethic, follow-through and flexibility

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Principal to establish a positive, structured, and achievement-oriented school culture
• Facilitate teacher training and support around discipline, relationships, expectations, consistency, and management
• Coordinate and implement a school-wide discipline system with meaningful incentives and consequences
• Serve as the point person for discipline/culture issues as well as specific behavioral intervention plans
• Assist teachers, students, and parents in the creation and implementation of support plans for individual students
• Monitor behavioral pull-out, in-school suspensions, out of-school suspensions, and suspension parent re-entry meetings
• Maintain accurate student discipline records; document all conferences, suspensions, and phone calls for behavior
• Plan, lead and oversee an effective Tier I, Tier II and Tier III behavioral culture and RTI-B process
• Lead recognition assemblies, parent workshops, community events, and other culture-building activities
• Support teachers in building relationships with students and parents; implement parental involvement plan
• Communicate clearly and promptly with teachers, families, and students when discipline issues occur
• Ensure that the physical environment of the school reinforces school culture and facilitates student achievement
• Conduct regular school culture walkthroughs, classroom observations and audits to help staff maintain a high bar of excellence
• Lead weekly behavior analysis meetings with each grade level
• Provide ongoing coaching and development to teachers
• Plan and lead ongoing student culture professional development throughout the year
• Manage and coach Behavior Support Specialist(s) and School Counselor(s)
• Conduct and monitor the successful implementation of 504 Plans, Functional Behavioral Assessments, and Behavior Intervention Plans
• Facilitate Support Team Meetings to ensure intervention plans are created for students who need additional behavioral support
• Track and report student behavior to charter authorizers through Infinite Campus, Illuminate, DeansList, and PowerSchool for KIPP and other regional level reports
• Model school core values and character strengths at all times
• Willing to offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to change and improvement
• Participate in regional cohort session, school-wide and individual professional development, including pre-service training over the summer and weekly during the academic year
• Supervise school entry, breakfast, lunch, transitions, and dismissal to ensure they are orderly and positive
• Lead efforts to ensure all students have excellent attendance and arrive at school on time
• Lead efforts to ensure all students have excellent homework completion and that homework is checked efficiently
• Ensure effective field lessons, school events, and extracurricular activities

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance policy options
• Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System pension plan (TCRS)
• 401k
• 29 paid days throughout the 10 month work schedule (including holidays, fall break, thanksgiving break, winter break) as well as summer break
• 6 PTO days
• 10 additional days to take during the summer break
• 2 additional days after every 2 consecutive years of employment
• up to 10 weeks parental leave for the primary caregiver and 2 weeks parental leave for the secondary caregiver paid at 100%
• laptop computers with access to the internet and or email

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager