High School Vice Principal

Organizational Overview

For 25 years, KIPP DC has partnered with students, families, and the community to create joyful, academically excellent schools across the nation’s capital. Today, our network of 22 schools educate more than 7,500 students in grades PreK3-12, supported by 1,500 dedicated teachers, leaders, and staff.

Our work is grounded in five pillars–Academic Excellence, Joy & Sense of Belonging, Highly Effective Teachers and Leaders, Safe, Structured, and Nurturing Learning Environments, and Commitment to College Readiness–which ensure every student is equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue success in college, careers, and beyond. Our schools combine high expectations with joyful, affirming environments that nurture academic success and personal growth for students and staff alike.

As part of the national KIPP network, we share best practices and innovations while maintaining deep roots in Washington, D.C. Together, we strive toward a future without limits for our students, alumni, and community.
 

Position Overview

The high school vice principal’s job is to support the school in driving academic outcomes, care, and a sense of belonging for our students as a key member of the school’s leadership team.  KIPP DC vice principals lead both instruction and school culture as the leaders of subsets of teachers and students in either specific grade levels and/or departments.  

Vice principals will actively grow through participation in summer and school year high-quality, meaningful formal and informal professional development, invaluable on the job training, transformative coaching, project-based learning, and cohort-based experiences with leaders across KIPP DC

The vice principal role is exempt, reports to the school principal, and serves on the school leadership team. 

For Internal Staff: Current KIPP teaching staff who have already accepted roles for next year and are interested in future leadership opportunities are encouraged to connect with their manager or the Talent team rather than applying through this posting.

Key Responsibilities

• Support development of School Leader’s school-wide vision and take an active role in motivating and inspiring staff to achieve the goals of the school and of the specific grade/department being supported
• Support School Leader in upholding excellence with systems that support vision
• Connect team/s' vision, goals and actions to KIPP DC's goal of becoming an anti-racist organization

• Collaborate with principal and leadership team in determining school and team priorities
• Prioritize and manage own time to deliver on short and long-term goals or priorities
• Support teachers in planning and prioritizing their time

• Lead an affirming and joyful culture for students; monitor, follow in and refine PBIS systems
• Work with staff and families to build an inclusive school environment for special populations (i.e. students with IEPs, students with 504s, ELL students, new students, students with HCYP status, etc.)
• Plan for and predictably respond to student behavior that doesn't meet school culture expectations; follow up with teachers to coach and empower them to plan and respond more effectively next time
• Maintain calm and poise in unpredictable, potentially stressful, situations 

• Communicate and invest teachers and staff in a clear, inclusive instructional vision for all students; follow through on all instructional commitments 
• Collaborate with instructional coaches to support teachers with clear, meaningful, and realistic unit and lesson internalization strategies while simultaneously growing teacher understanding of curriculum, pedagogy, standards, and assessments
• Be a frequent, regular presence in all classrooms you coach and manage
• Support a culture where teachers are invested in and prepared for whole staff adult learning; work with Leadership Team to facilitate engaging, effective, relevant meetings
• Explain and describe grade level/subject's curriculum, pedagogical practices, standards, and assessments and how they connect to larger beliefs about teaching and learning

• Build trusting, strong relationships with teachers and school staff as the foundation for development and management work
• Capture sharp, meaningful evidence during observations
• Ground feedback and next steps for teachers in student impact and data 
• Identifies high-leverage coaching focuses ground in student impact, transferability, context and teacher match
• Develop, relies on, and refines systems that result in the effective coaching of all teacher
• Identify an academic gap across a grade level or department and develop and execute a plan that results in improved student experiences and outcomes
• Consistently communicates to teachers, through words and actions, that they are valued, supported, and cared for 
• Actively and regularly communicate with principal about progress, strengths, areas of growth, and potential trajectories of individual team members
• Understand and practice fair and legal employment practices

• Support the leadership team in executing school operational systems such as arrival and dismissal, mealtimes and attendance.