Job Description

KIPP

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public schools educating nearly 190,000 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 2025-2026 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 - 8th grade

• KIPP VOICE Academy Kindergarten - 8th grade

• KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade

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

In 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 student dismissal is at 1:30pm

• High School Staff: 6:45am - 3:45pm, High School Students: 7:15am - 2:30pm, Wednesday High School student 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 400 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.

Why Teach at KIPP?

At KIPP, we see the gifts in everyone who walks through the doors of our schools - especially our teachers. Their skill. Energy, Love. Their determination. On the good days and on the hard days. So we support our teachers to make the most of those gifts.

The KIPP Difference

• Respect - For our teachers’ innate talent and desire to learn, for their professional growth, and for the lives they lead beyond our walls. We offer pay and benefits that reflect our appreciation for the invaluable role our teachers play in lighting paths to opportunity for students

• Support - As our teachers progress through the day, the year, and their careers, we ensure they always feel the KIPP Team and Family at their backs, with opportunities to lead and support to grow

• Purpose - Together, our students, schools, families and communities share an ambitious mission to create a future without limits. We need talented teachers to realize it. Shape the future for your students and yourself by joining us in our work.

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

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools seeks Assistant Principal (AP) to add capacity to our team. The AP serves as a teacher coach and a school-based administrator. They are responsible for observing and providing feedback to teachers and reinforcing positive school culture aligned with their school leader’s vision.

An AP helps set team culture for the teachers they manage, as part of the school’s larger vision, and ideal candidates can articulate commitments for social justice and educational equity for all students that mirror the region’s vision and goals.

As a school-based administrator, this position is year-round and performs duties as assigned by their school leader. Typical hours for school-based leaders are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 Monday through Friday and there may be occasional meetings, special school events, or commitments that fall outside of these hours..

SPECIFIC DUTIES

• Facilitate a culture of constant learning and collaboration with students, instructional staff, families, and community members

• Based on school-wide academic goals, instructional priorities and individual development goals, lead staff members to achieve high performances through goal setting and evaluation, as well as, coaching and feedback

• Serve as a key member of the school leadership team, representing the school to a variety of audiences and supporting all necessary functions for school management and success

• Orient staff members to the teaching environment at KIPP Jacksonville, especially as it relates to the area of student personnel policy and procedures, general school practices and routines, and KIPP Jacksonville’s vision, values, beliefs and non-negotiables.

• Advise, support, celebrate, and mentor individual teachers to improve instruction through:

  • Consistent classroom observation and feedback/coaching

  • Facilitating curriculum planning and evaluating unit and lesson plans

  • Promoting continuous, high-quality assessment as a means for evaluating student achievement

  • Collaborating with the School Leader and members of the leadership team to implement, evaluate and refine a comprehensive professional development program for teachers

  • Leading staff members to set and achieve audacious individual, classroom, and grade-level goals

  • Lead teacher and staff evaluations quarterly

• In coordination with the leadership team, evaluate school performance data to make holistic and individual recommendations for improving instructional practices

• Work with school leadership, counselor and teachers to enhance and refine the rituals, systems and practices that shape our school culture and guide students struggling with behavior choices

• Guide and promote character development of students through deliberate programming practices and by coaching teachers in developing stronger relationships with students

• Work with teachers and counselors to develop innovative strategies, preventative approaches, and proactive plans for students who exhibit at-risk behaviors

• Provide support for teachers with students who need additional behavior assistance

• Model, promote, and coach others toward effective communication with parents so that KIPP families fully engage in the education of their student and in KIPP Jacksonville’s mission

• Work with teachers and students so that in all ways, we leave places, people and ideas better than we found them

• Work in conjunction with the school leader and the leadership team to supervise all school activities i.e., dances, concerts, orientation programs, plays, musicals, field trips, and other special events

• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the school leader

CURRENT MODEL

Assistant Principals will typically coach teachers in a specific content area, team, or grade level range. APs are considered “regional” employees and can be transferred between KIPP Jacksonville schools as needed.

COMPENSATION

• The starting salary for this position is $72,000.

• Individual level health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision*

• Individual short-term and long-term disability insurance*

• 403(b) retirement program with a company match*

• To support professional practice and growth, all teachers and coaches receive individualized coaching and professional development

*Benefit subject to change each school year. Details would be outlined in an offer letter, if issued.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

• At least four (4) years of teaching experience with a track record of high achievement

• KIPP Jacksonville believes that our staff will represent our core values—high expectations, a growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. We search for established educators who embody them.

• Previous experience and demonstrated ability to coach classroom teachers to high student achievement results

• Experience teaching or leading in an urban, Title I public school or charter setting

• Possesses a deep commitment to both racial and educational equity; supports the building of an organization that reflects the community KIPP serves; holds self and others on team accountable for centering equity.

• Florida Teacher certification or equivalent in core content area

• Passing a background check, as required by law

HIGHLY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Florida’s standards either as a coach or a teacher

• Master’s Degree in Education Leadership

• Certification, eligibility, or a clear pathway for certification in Education Leadership.

Pay and Compensation

• Base pay starts at $72,000 and is commensurate on experience

• Individual health benefits (including medical, dental and vision)

• 403(b) retirement program with a company match

• All staff members receive individualized support and professional development

*Benefit subject to change each school year. Details would be outlined in an offer letter, if issued.

Additional Information

APPLY

Please complete an application and upload a resume via our job board. No applicants will be considered who submit resumes through other job postings. Link here: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/KIPP/jacksonville

NOTE: If you're a current KIPP Jacksonville team member and are interested in applying, you should 1) let your current manager know that you're interested and 2) complete the application in its entirety online.

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about this position at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please email LaShawnda at landerson@kippjax.org

Please understand that resumes and/or cover letters are not accepted via email and you will be redirected to apply via the website.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.