Company Description

We are seeking a talented, committed, culturally competent Founding Assistant Principal of Student Support who wants to be part of a team building a school from the ground up, starting with grades K and 1.
All candidates who apply by January 14th will hear from us no later than January 21st. Submitting this application considers you for all 2022-2023 opportunities for which you are qualified. To browse immediate openings, please visit our careers website .
About Us
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools committed to working alongside students and families to disrupt systemic educational inequity and create a future without limits. Over 100,000 students attend one of the 270 KIPP schools that operate in 28 regions across the United States. KIPP Philadelphia Schools Public Schools (KPPS) is a part of the national KIPP Public Schools network and currently leads six schools serving approximately 2,400 students in North and West Philadelphia. This fall, we will found our seventh school. By 2030, KPPS will lead ten schools serving approximately 4,000 students.
Our Mission
Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students to pursue the paths they choose-college, career, and beyond-so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.
Become a Founding APSS: KIPP Catto
KIPP Philadelphia Octavius Catto Elementary will open in August of 2022. It will be located at 4601 Market Street, a historic building in the heart of West Philly. In its first year, KIPP Catto will open with Kindergarten and 1st grade, with plans to expand one grade level at a time, eventually becoming a K-4 school. Octavius Catto was an educator, an athlete, a civil rights activist, and a proud Philadelphian; he was killed in a political uprising, fighting for what he believed in. We look at the life of Octavius Catto as a life that burned brightly. Therefore, we use a flame as a metaphor for our work. We know every flame is unique and our job is to make the flames in our students burn even brighter and more vibrantly. Any flame needs fuel, which we see as our families, staff, and community. Flames also need oxygen to thrive, which we think about as student experience and instruction.
Matt Rankin will serve as the school's Principal. Matt has been an Assistant Principal at KIPP Philly's West Philadelphia Middle school, a Principal in Residence at KIPP Philadelphia Elementary, and is the current principal of KIPP West Philadelphia Elementary Academy.
Life at KPPS
We know that talented, committed, culturally competent teachers and leaders have the power to amplify our children's potential by creating a school experience that affirms, values, and challenges them each day. We seek to create a professional environment full of joy, candor, care and community where excellent educators can make a long-term home. Educators at KIPP -

• Are committed to anti-racism, equity and inclusion
• Are part of a close-knit, diverse community of educators
• Show up as themselves, inspiring our children to do the same
• Access resources and affinity spaces that support well-being and sustainability
• Lead with care and candor and take ownership of our children's learning and growth
• Evolve their craft via 1:1 coaching and quality professional development
• Have access to leadership pathway programming and opportunities to grow their career
• Enjoy a competitive, equitable, transparent approach to compensation, comprehensive health benefits for employees and their families, a 403B matching program, and free access to financial advising services

Job Description

Key Responsibilities
Lead Special Education & Student Support Programming

• Develop, monitor, and evaluate the effectiveness of special education programs and other student supports (Intervention, 504, ELL, etc.)
• Serve as the school's point of contact for all external stakeholders and state compliance reporting.
• Monitor compliance of IEPs, 504s, Evaluations, and ELL programs and ensure service delivery is delivered with fidelity.
• Manage related service and evaluation provision ensuring compliant and responsive timelines, programming, and reporting
• Lead Child Find efforts and drive intervention and evaluation processes.
• Design and lead the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) pre-service program to ensure that the school is intervening with students demonstrating needs at Tiers 2 and 3
• Manage and coach Special Education teachers and related service providers and lead Student Support content team.
• Consult on all discipline cases involving protected students and ensure procedural compliance.
• Liaise and engage with parents via trainings, meetings, and consultations.
• Plan and deliver professional development related to special education and student support topics
• Review and respond to student support data sources including attendance, discipline, compliance monitoring, and progress monitoring

Coaching, Developing & Managing Direct Reports

• Develop knowledge and expertise in all aspects of the KIPP Philadelphia Schools instructional design including curriculum, assessment and instructional moves.
• Coach all direct reports through frequent observation, real time feedback and practice sessions in both instructional and case management duties
• Build strong relationships all direct reports built on trust, shared clarity, care and transparency
• Design, lead, and participate in staff professional development, including but not limited to workshops, content teams, data step backs and planning meetings
• Recommend direct reports for specific internally and externally conducted professional development opportunities, such as ELP, KIPP Foundation Programming, or content-specific workshops and conferences
• Ensure all direct reports have clarity on the expectations of their role, including performance goals connected to student outcomes, case management and compliance, effective practice, and core values alignment
• Regularly meet with all direct reports to provide feedback on their practice, review outcomes data, and provide the support needed for him/ her to meet their performance goals
• Evaluate direct reports against their performance goals, and conduct mid-year and end-of year review meetings

Ensuring the Smooth Operation of All Aspects of the School

• Model KIPP Philadelphia's values and beliefs at all times (Children First, Cultural Competence, Community, Ownership)
• Support the implementation of proactive student discipline strategies
• Build strong relationships with students and implement systems that develop their knowledge, skills, social-emotional development, and positive sense of self
• Establish and maintain strong lines of communication with all fellow employees, parents and community partners
• Lead school-wide events and act as school leader when necessary
• Remain on call in the evenings (via school cell phone) to provide student support
• Lead and help execute school initiatives including but not limited to, annual planning for the coming year, implementation of new focus areas, and other duties as assigned by the School Leader

Qualifications

Qualifications & Credentials

• Love and see the high potential of all children
• Demonstrated ability to drive student growth and achievement and to create a warm, inclusive, rigorous learning environment
• Passion for facilitating professional learning, including a desire to continuously grow and learn as a leader
• Self-awareness and ability to reflect on your practice, biases, and leans
• Cultural competence and commitment to inclusion, anti-racism, and eradicating anti-Blackness
• Belief that teachers are the primary drivers of student growth, learning and achievement
• High expectations for students and teachers; ability to motivate, inspire and hold others accountable
• Solutions-orientation; ability and eagerness to adapt to and manage change and solve problems
• Flexibility and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Highly Qualified status as defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Education
• 2+ years of full-time special education teaching experience in an urban setting, with a track record of success
• 1+ years of experience coaching and developing teachers (as an AP, Instructional Coach, or like role)
• Bachelor's degree
• Hold Pennsylvania (or other state) teaching certification in Special Education
• Willingness to work toward Pennsylvania leadership certification (if not currently held)
• Complete all required criminal and child abuse background checks:

• PA State Police Clearance
• PA Child Abuse Clearance
• Cogent Federal Fingerprinting

Additional Information

Compensation

• Leader salaries at KPPS are competitive, equitable, and transparent. To maintain equity, leader salaries are determined by years of leadership experience. All candidates are welcome to ask their recruiter how their experience and credentials will translate to their salary.
• All full-time team members at KPPS enjoy a comprehensive health benefits package (including vision and dental, a telehealth option, and flexible spending accounts) for themselves and their families as well as a 403B matching program for retirement savings.

Note To Applicants
KIPP Philadelphia Schools is an equal opportunity employer. Employees are selected on the basis of ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation, in accordance with federal and state law.