Assistant Principal (SY 25-26)

Company Description

At KIPP Chicago, we are guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our campuses are located in the Austin, Englewood, North Lawndale, and West Humboldt Park neighborhoods. KIPP Chicago also advises over 2000 KIPP alumni currently in high school or college through our KIPP Forward program.  KIPP Chicago is the highest-performing network of schools in Chicago, as measured by our city’s school quality index.  We attract, develop, and retain a diverse and talented staff of educators. Our students and families choose our schools because our teachers are exceptional educators who work together as a collective to ensure students achieve and thrive.  For more data and information about our successes and vision for the future, visit www.kippchicago.org

Job Description

KIPP Chicago seeks both internal and external candidates for Assistant Principal positions for SY 25-26.  Assistant Principals at KIPP Chicago are key members of the school’s Leadership Team and report to the school Principal. While they may have a specific priority focus, Assistant Principals are both instructional and cultural leaders in the school. Assistant Principal development and impact is a key priority for KIPP Chicago and our larger KIPP national network.  New Assistant Principals will start July 1, 2025.  

At KIPP Chicago, elementary schools include grades K - 4 and middle schools include grades 5 - 8..  Currently, we have eight schools  - KIPP Ascend Primary (K - 4), KIPP One Primary (K - 4),  KIPP Bloom Primary (K-4), KIPP Academy Chicago Primary (K - 4), KIPP Ascend Middle School (5- 8), KIPP One Academy (5 - 8), KIPP Bloom College Prep (5 - 8), and KIPP Academy Chicago (5 - 8).  Applicants for Assistant Principal will be considered for all open roles. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Each of our KIPP Chicago schools is staffed with multiple Assistant Principals who are both instructional and cultural leaders of the school.   Assistant Principals embody and operationalize the mission, vision, and strategic direction of the school to ensure a safe, predictable, and rigorous environment for all students. Depending on campus need, the Assistant Principal may have a majority instructional leadership or cultural leadership focus.  Overall responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Instructional Leadership:

• Ensure Consistent School-wide Routines and Procedures & Safe, Joyful Student Culture that is aligned to KIPP Chicago Excellence Playbook 
• Drive Strong Student Academic Results in all assigned grades or content areas. 
• Coach Staff  & Developing Peer Leaders to meet or exceed school-wide academic priorities 
• Ensure accurate, equitable, and timely documentation of student academic priorities 

Cultural Leadership Responsibilities:

• Ensure Consistent School-wide Routines and Procedures & Safe, Joyful Student Culture aligned to KIPP Chicago Excellence Playbook

• Drive Strong Student Attendance 

• Coach Staff, Culture & Academic Leaders to meet or exceed school-wide culture priorities 

• Ensure accurate, equitable, and timely documentation of student culture priorities 

Management Responsibilities

• Manage peer leaders and teachers to drive cultural priorities and academic outcomes for students
• Conduct weekly one-on-one meetings with all direct reports
• Conduct regular classroom observations and provide follow-up feedback during one-on-one meetings and in written form
• Communicate teacher performance to the principal, highlighting teachers in need of additional coaching due to insufficient performance
• Recognize and celebrate staff professional growth and success
• Retain and develop top KIPP talent year over year

Team Responsibilities

• Model our commitment to anti-racism in our words and actions 

• Respond to feedback from formal and informal evaluations completed by teachers and the principal

• Receive and respond appropriately to feedback from students, parents and teammates

• View feedback as a tool to improve and grow in all teacher responsibilities, and use it in this capacity

• Actively pursue own professional development in areas that will have the greatest impact on student achievement

• Participate in school-wide professional development, such