25-26 Assistant Principal of Instruction (NP)

Who We Are

Serving more than 3,300 scholars in seven schools across two cities; Jackson, Mississippi and Nashville, Tennessee, RePublic Schools is the only school network solely dedicated to reimagining public education in the South. 

Part of reimagining education in the South means that we confront the historic inequities that work against our scholars and actively work to dismantle those inequities. We are doing this by intentionally creating environments that embrace, honor, and celebrate our scholars’ identities and experiences, as well as the identities and experiences of every member of our community. 

We are looking for a determined Assistant Principal of Instruction at the elementary school level to lock arms with our team Jackson, MS for the 2025-26 school year. Candidates must share our unwavering belief that all children can achieve at high levels and change the world. Sound like you?

What You’ll Do

Overview

At RePublic, we believe that the people in front of our scholars each day are the key determinants of their ultimate success. We believe that trajectory-changing teachers are not born - they are coached and developed by strong school-based leadership teams deeply dedicated to their success. In our schools, the Assistant Principals of Instruction are responsible for directly managing, coaching and developing talented teams of teachers across content areas to achieve extraordinary results for kids. Through their work empowering teachers to prepare for and deliver rigorous, engaging, and data-driven instruction, and build deep relationships with kids and families, the Assistant Principal of Instruction is able to move adults to lead scholars to extraordinary outcomes.

Reporting directly to the Principal in each school, the Assistant Principals of Instruction in each school work in tandem to ensure the highest levels of instructional quality, and have wide responsibility for the healthy operation of the school as a whole.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the second-in-command to the Principal and take ownership for the overall success of all scholars and teachers in the school.

• Drive student academic achievement and character development results through providing best-in-class instructional coaching to RePublic teachers that demonstrably moves teacher practice

• Serve as the key lever for teacher growth and development, and continually improve the effectiveness of teachers across the school through implementing a variety of coaching levers:

  • Observe classroom instruction daily and providing “live” real-time coaching to ensure teachers are able to lead scholars to academic and interpersonal excellence;

  • Engage in consistent (weekly or bi-weekly) observation-debrief cycles to provide more substantive feedback and to help teachers set and track progress towards development goals;

  • Lead teachers in curriculum planning sessions to ensure all teachers regardless of experience are capable of creating rigorous, differentiated, and engaging instructional materials aligned to course goals;

  • Lead teachers to intellectually prepare for strong lesson execution, including anticipation of student misunderstanding, pacing, and questioning designed to elicit in-the-moment data and ensure all scholars can access lesson content;

  • Lead teachers to analyze student work and study formative and summative data to ensure teachers are able to close academic gaps and ensure dramatic gains for all scholars; and

  • Plan and execute formal professional development opportunities to move teacher practice at the school level, and, depending on experience, support network-wide professional development for teachers and leaders across all RePublic schools

• Serve as a primary, lock-armed member of the school-based leadership team, responsible for designing, implementing, managing the execution of, and measuring the effectiveness of initiatives that span the realms of academics, culture, and operations

• Represent as a critical face of the school and network with external stakeholders, including families, and work actively to ensure strong community buy-in to the school’s vision and approach to education

• Serve as “next in line” to the school