KIPP Durham Principal Resume Collection

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[2026 - 2027] KIPP Durham Principal Resume Collection
Durham, NC

Full-time

Description

Organizational Overview

Every School. Every Student. Every Day.

The Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) North Carolina is a network of eight tuition-free, college-preparatory public charter schools serving approximately 3,000 students in grades K-12 across Durham, Halifax, Northampton, and Mecklenburg counties. At KIPP NC, we are dedicated to improving life outcomes for North Carolina’s children through research-based, rigorous curricula and by clearing paths for students to achieve their unique definitions of success.

At KIPP, we recognize that the strength of a school begins with its leadership. As a Principal, you are the driving force behind your school’s vision, culture, and academic success. Your leadership inspires teachers, guides students, and empowers families to be active partners in the educational journey. We celebrate your unique abilities to lead with purpose, build community, and achieve ambitious goals for all.

We are committed to supporting Principals in their mission to create transformational schools. With competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and ongoing professional development, we ensure you have the resources and opportunities to thrive as a leader. You’ll be supported by a collaborative KIPP Team and Family, with access to robust networks of peers and staff dedicated to helping you succeed.

At KIPP NC, our collective ambition is a future without limits for every student. As a Principal, you’ll play a pivotal role in turning that vision into reality—one school, one student, every day.

Join KIPP NC and lead the charge in shaping brighter futures for our communities.

Role Overview:

The Principal’s primary job is to drive academic and character outcomes for students. We expect our Principals to focus the majority of their time on instructional leadership, specifically all of the activities involved in leading and developing teachers to improve their instruction and drive student achievement.

JOB SUMMARY:

Reporting to and supervised by the Head of Schools, the Principal will lead all instructional activities and programming with the goal of setting a clear school vision that is ambitious and rigorous, while driving student achievement and instructional leadership.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Instructional Leadership

• Set ambitious school-wide vision and goals, aligned with KIPP NC, that lead students on a path to and through college, career, and beyond.
• Build own and school staff’s knowledge and expertise in effective instructional design and academic standards
• Develop teachers’ conceptual understanding of what students must know and be able to do and what instructional methods drive student mastery
• Develop knowledge of how standards map to curricula and assessments
• Develop teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction
• Lead analysis of and develop teachers’ ability to analyze student data to identify strategies that will move students toward mastery. Document all feedback and observations within the state-wide tracking system.
• Regularly observe and coach instructional leaders to ensure they are providing high-impact, actionable and bite-sized feedback to teachers on a weekly basis.
• Ensure teachers can collaborate, analyze their practice and their student data, and adjust instruction in content teams.
• Lead whole-school professional development workshops that drive highest-impact improvements in teacher practice.
• Manage and develop a strong school leadership team (including Assistant Principals, Deans of Culture & Instruction, and Director of School Operations) that supports teachers and staff to provide strong student outcomes.

Manage People

• Oversee, lead, and communicate the vision of the school that informs the school’s culture, goals, and behavior management
• Develop leadership team members by teaching and insisting that they are true owners of the work and coaching and designing stretch activities
• Model expectations for leaders, teachers, and students on school-wide practices for a positive learning culture
• Pursue challenging…