PRINCIPAL

Who We Are

Serving more than 3,300 scholars in six 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.

At RePublic, we cultivate a cohesive community of families, staff, and scholars committed to doing whatever it takes to ensure our scholars succeed. We are looking for a determined Middle School Principal to lock arms with our Liberty Collegiate team. Candidates must share our unwavering belief that all children can achieve at high levels and change the world. Sound like you?

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. The Principal is the most impactful leadership position at RePublic, and participates in strategic decision-making, at the school and network level. Equal parts instructional visionary, strategic mastermind, data-driven decision-maker, people developer, and community builder, the Principal stands at the nexus of the highest-leverage unit of change in a child’s life: the school.

Key Responsibilities

• The Principal will drive instruction and create a culture of academic ownership by:
  • Setting astronomical goals for student growth and achievement;
  • Leading the school-based leadership team and teachers to collectively and individually monitor academic progress of all scholars and analyze student achievement data to drive instructional decisions and change course as needed to ensure transformational academic outcomes;
  • Ensuring scholars are prepared to be accepted to, enter, and succeed in the colleges and universities of their choosing by creating opportunities for scholars to master content aligned to a college-ready bar;
  • Fostering a school-wide culture in which students love learning, are obsessed with reading, think critically, and take ownership over their own academic and extracurricular progress and inquiry; and
  • Building strong relationships with families, students, and staff to ensure collective investment in instructional priorities, initiatives, and expectations.
• The Principal will empower and develop teachers and leaders by:
  • Owning all aspects of leading, inspiring, managing, and developing a staff of dynamic, driven, and diverse individuals
  • Setting clear, ambitious, and measurable short and long term goals and priorities for the school that align with RePublic’s mission and values, investing the team in these goals and priorities, and making progress against these known to all teammates;
  • Managing and developing a school-based leadership team of approximately 6 individuals;
  • Leading and facilitating robust school-based professional development weekly that sets staff up to: master the fundamentals of classroom management, backwards-design planning and intellectual preparation, relationship-building and communication with scholars and families, data-driven action planning, and implementation of school wide cultural, academic, operational, and extracurricular systems and initiatives;
  • Training and coaching leaders to effectively move individual teacher instructional practice and, subsequently, students’ academic achievement, through high-leverage and consistent observation and feedback cycles; and
  • Creating a culture where all staff give and receive feedback fluidly – both positive and constructive – as part of daily practice to move the entire school forward.
• The Principal will lead the school’s continued excellence by:
  • Recruiting, selecting, and hiring top talent from across the nation to teach, lead, and support the mission and vision of the school;
  • Managing the leadership team to develop culture and operational