Future Leadership Opportunities in Lynn: Resume Drop

KIPP Massachusetts Public Charter Schools • Lynn, MA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

KIPP Massachusetts seeks both internal and external candidates for our school leadership pipeline pool for our Lynn, MA schools. Our School Leadership pipeline includes Assistant Principal, Dean, and Principal roles. This posting is for our School Leadership pipeline “pool,” meaning that while our team has not yet identified openings for school leadership positions, we will interview potential candidates for future, possible openings. Candidates may not receive communication regarding next steps until an aligned opportunity becomes available. Applicants should only apply if they meet the qualifications outlined in this posting. KIPP Massachusetts Public Charter Schools appreciates your interest!

Requirements

• Deep alignment with KIPP MA’s mission and values, including the unwavering belief in the high potential of all students
• Demonstrated ability to drive student growth and achievement and to create a warm, inclusive, rigorous learning environment
• Passion for education and a demonstrated commitment to professional learning
• 5+ years of full-time teaching or leadership experience in a K-12 school
• Experience coaching/managing others
• Computer literacy and baseline familiarity with Google Suite
• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Pass Criminal Background Checks

Nice To Haves

• Experience coaching/managing others
• Computer literacy and baseline familiarity with Google Suite

Responsibilities

• Providing instructional leadership by coaching and developing teachers (Lead Teachers and/or Teaching Fellows) through observation, modeling, analyzing data, co-planning, and co-teaching
• Supporting teachers with classroom management, culture, and discipline
• Planning and leading professional development
• Developing content and managing logistics for school-wide assessments
• Collecting and analyzing student achievement data and using data to drive recommendations for instruction
• Formally supervising teachers (including performance evaluations at least twice per year)
• Developing and enforcing systems of accountability for staff including partnering with Human Resources to implement progressive discipline when necessary
• Assisting or leading in teacher recruitment, hiring, and termination
• Serving as a liaison for parent concerns and communication
• Noticing and naming school wide staff- or student-culture trends
• Acting on behalf of School and Regional Leaders on school-wide issues including, but not limited to, student intervention and family engagement
• Building relationships with families, teachers, students, regional staff, and community stakeholders to promote a collaborative approach to supporting students’ academic, social, and emotional development
• Promoting strong culture through the management of parts of the daily school operations including, but not limited to, arrival/dismissal, lunch/recess, school trips, school events, etc.
• Supporting the development of the school-wide vision and taking an active role in investing and mobilizing teachers to achieve the collective goals of the school
• Owning/supporting the implementation of school priorities in support of the school-wide vision
• Providing input and feedback into the strategic planning of the school and identifying areas of ownership for self and direct reports
• Working closely with other Leaders on day-to-day school-wide issues and representing a united school leadership team
• Working closely on the Leadership Team to ensure a joyful, supportive, and safe school experience for all staff and students
• Embodying KIPP MA’s Code of Conduct by acting with integrity, leading with humanity, centering self-awareness and critical consciousness, taking personal responsibility, and engaging productively
• Obtaining required Admin SEI endorsement
• Participating and engaging in regional professional development and community events as required
• Demonstrating ability to collect and interpret data, evaluate, reason, define problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make reasonable judgments and decisions in a timely manner in accordance with the needs of the school
• Utilizing self-awareness, flexibility and emotional intelligence to navigate a setting with students who express diverse needs
• Consistently using interpersonal and self-management skills to effectively support behavioral and emotional needs of students to ensure a safe and inclusive environment, as well as building relationships and managing conflict with students, staff, and caregivers
• Demonstrating effective communication skills to perform assigned duties and to meaningfully exchange information with students, staff, families and others in person, through written communication, in front of groups, and on virtual platforms
• Physical mobility to move self in various positions in order to execute duties effectively, which may include kneeling, walking, pushing/pulling, squatting, twisting, turning, bending, stooping and reaching overhead
• Physical strength sufficient to periodically lift and/or carry 20 pounds of materials or supplies and to physically restrain a student to keep from harming themself and/or others in an emergency situation
• Manual dexterity sufficient to perform repetitive hand/wrist/arm motions and to operate a computer and office equipment
• Occasionally engaging in other duties as assigned that staff will engage in to help promote a positive and safe learning environment and culture.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• $1,000 signing bonus
• Annual $2,000 retention bonus in subsequent years
• Other bonuses when eligible
• Principals are eligible to receive an annual performance bonus rather than a retention bonus

What This Job Offers

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