Future Leadership Opportunities in Lynn: Resume Drop

KIPP • Lynn, MA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

KIPP Massachusetts is seeking candidates for its School Leadership pipeline pool for its Lynn, MA schools. This pipeline includes roles such as Assistant Principal, Dean, and Principal. While specific openings are not yet identified, this posting is for interviewing potential candidates for future leadership positions. Candidates must meet the outlined qualifications to apply. KIPP Massachusetts Public Charter Schools are committed to providing a world-class education to students from underserved communities in Lynn and Boston, focusing on high-quality instruction, character development, family engagement, and college readiness.

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.
• Experience coaching/managing others.
• Computer literacy and baseline familiarity with Google Suite.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Pass Criminal Background Checks.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of full-time teaching or leadership experience in a K-12 school.

Responsibilities

• Providing instructional leadership by coaching and developing teachers 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 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 arrival/dismissal, lunch/recess, school trips, and school events.
• 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 or 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 build relationships and manage 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.
• Engaging in other duties as assigned to promote a positive and safe learning environment and culture.

Benefits

• Salaries based on experience related to role and responsibilities.
• $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