2026-27 Principal In Residence

Company Description

Location: will depend on the desired leadership needs of the KIPP Nashville community

About KIPP Nashville Public Schools 

KIPP Nashville Public Schools is a network of high-performing, free, open-enrollment K-12 schools that has been committed to positively affecting student outcomes in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000+ students nationwide and supports students from Pre-Kindergarten through college, career and beyond. Through the KIPP Forward program, our team helps students identify their career of highest aspiration and develop the skills and confidence to chase their dreams. KIPP Nashville currently operates 4 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 2 high schools and educates over 3,000 students in the Nashville metropolitan area.

The mission of KIPP Nashville is together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our core values are GROWTH, TEAM, and SHINE. If you share in this belief and values, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to be their best, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.

Job Description

Position Overview

We believe a strong Principal is integral to a school’s success. As we grow to educate more students in Nashville, KIPP Nashville is dedicated to developing our future Principals while providing them with the development and exposure to excel. A member of the KIPP Nashville Principal In Residence program is someone who is interested in becoming a successor principal within the next 1-3 years.

This person  will serve on the Leadership Team within an existing KIPP Nashville school and receive personalized development while they advance towards a Principal position.

Key Responsibilities & Supports

KIPP Nashville’s Principals In Residence will uphold the following responsibilities at their school:

• Model and support implementation of the school’s vision and goals

• Contribute to school-wide planning and prioritizes time to accomplish goals

• Develop emerging leaders with Principal’s guidance

• Model strong staff and student culture and manage school-wide character development and behavior management systems

• Collaborate with Principal on retaining diverse, highly-effective teachers and school staff

• Build own and direct reports’ instructional knowledge of standards, content and instructional methods

• Develop and manage teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction

• Prioritize Principal In Residence’s own success and sustainability by engaging lifelines and renewing to get stronger

KIPP Nashville Principals in Residence can expect the following supports:

• Receive personalized development from KIPP Nashville’s Director of Leadership Development, as well as access to national development opportunities through the KIPP Foundation and excellent school visits.

• KIPP Nashville believes that the best development and training happens through the 70-20-10 model of leadership development – 70% on-the-job learning, 20% coaching, mentoring and social learning and 10% formal learning. The PIR program is designed with this model in mind.

• Robust development roadmap to readiness with regular checkpoints and opportunities to reflect, give and receive feedback and plan for development next steps.

• Eligibility for forthcoming Principal opportunities, identified each Winter.

• Strong support from KIPP Nashville’s School Support Team for relevant school start-up activities, including but not limited to: student recruitment, staff recruitment, curriculum & assessment planning and marketing.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Evidence of ability to drive student academic results directly and through others

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred

• 3+ year(s) of experience as a core content classroom teacher AND

• 2+ year(s) experience leading and/or coaching teachers in a full-time capacity, including but limited to roles such as Assistant Principal, Principal, Dean of Instruction, Dean of Academics, Instructional Coach etc.

Desired Competencies

• Student Focus: Belief that all students, regardless of background, have the