Assistant Principal of Operations

Company Description

KIPP
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public schools educating 120,000 students in grades Prek-12 across 21 states and Washington, DC. While each of our schools is as unique as the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared promise: Together, A Future Without Limits. You can learn more at www.kipp.org.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools  is part of the KIPP national network. 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. 

In the 2024-25 school year, the KIPP Jacksonville region will be comprised of four schools educating more than 3,000 students, kindergarten through twelfth grade in the North and West sides of Jacksonville, Florida.

• KIPP Impact Academy: Kindergarten - 4th grade, 6th - 8th grade 

• KIPP VOICE Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade 

• KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade 

• KIPP Bold City High School: 9th - 12th grade

For the current school year, teachers at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools work the following hours Monday through Friday and may have occasional meetings or special school events outside of these hours. Hours for teachers and students may vary slightly by school.

• K-8 Staff: 7:30am - 4:30pm K-8 Students: 8:00am - 3:30pm, Wednesday K-8 dismissal is at 1:30pm 

• High School Staff: 6:45am - 3:45pm, High School Students: 7:15am - 2:30pm, Wednesday High School dismissal is at 12:30pm. 

Every Wednesday is a student early release day, which allows teachers to participate in weekly professional development and content team meetings. *This doesn’t include Wellness Wednesdays when all staff leave at student dismissal. 

To support these schools, we will employ more than 300 full-time staff members. We seek educators and colleagues that represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. To learn more about what it is like to work and teach at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please visit www.kippjax.org/teach where you can also view all of our job postings.

Job Description

Title: Assistant Principal of Operations
Reports to: Principal
Team: School-Based Operations
Type: Full-Time; Salaried; Year-Round

POSITION OVERVIEW
The Assistant Principal of Operations (“APO”) provides excellent operational support to one specific KIPP Jacksonville school to help realize their mission by providing high-quality and personalized service to students, staff, and families at their school. The APO provides the daily support needed to make operations run smoothly at their school. The APO position leads the strategic vision of operations at the school level. The APO position provides support for a variety of stakeholders and problem-solves operational issues.

This role is ideal for someone with previous K-12 leadership experience and can articulate commitments to educational equity and operational excellence that mirror the region’s vision and goals. 

Success in this role is measured by (1) day-to-day operations effectiveness (2) family satisfaction metrics (3) hitting student enrollment metrics (4) school operations staff retention. 

The APO typically manages all other school-based operations team members and performs other duties as assigned by the  Principal. The APO reports directly to the Principal but has a dotted line to the Sr. Director of Operations at the Regional level. The Sr. Director of Operations provides regional support, coaching, and regional context/metrics for the APOs across the region and the Principal manages them/evaluates them. 

The APO is part of the school-based operations team and is a year-round employee. Typical hours for school-based leaders are aligned to that school Monday through Friday and there may be occasional meetings, special school events, or commitments that fall outside of these hours.
 

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Student Recruitment and Enrollment:
APO is responsible for ensuring that their school is fully enrolled throughout the year.

• School-based student enrollment and re-registration, including messag