School Leader

Company Description

KIPP Miami is part of the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) national nonprofit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating elementary, middle and high school students. KIPP has a 25-year track record of preparing students for success in college and life. Founded in 2018, KIPP Miami operates nonprofit charter schools in Greater Miami’s Urban Core community. To learn more, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

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About KIPP Miami

We anticipate beginning interviews in mid-to-late January 2026 and the full process concluding by March 2026, with July 2026 start dates. Applications received after January will be considered on a rolling, and as-needed basis.

• Drives and owns all instructional results for all students
• Strong content knowledge: knows essential content, rigor of standards, and highly effective teaching strategies well enough to establish and maintain a standard and coach it; can readily adapt to leverage resources across less-known or more nuanced subject areas
• Develops the capacity of leaders in driving results and developing teacher/leader capacity through observations, walkthroughs, real-time coaching, and data analysis through O3s focused on student data and coaching towards goals, weekly walkthroughs, and frequent observation of leader work
• Leads weekly conversations with the school leadership team focused on progress monitoring, student achievement data, and establishing strategies to meet school-wide goals; delegates system of instructional leadership expectations to the team
• Develops intervention systems that address gaps in sub-groups of students based on race, gender, SPED, or other identity markers.
• Maximize the impact of formal PD time (including Content Team Meetings) by ensuring all sessions are well-planned and ample practice is prioritized, such that it results in improved teacher effectiveness

• Establishes a clear vision for excellent school culture and regularly articulates this vision to leaders, students, staff, and families
• Consistently reinforces high expectations for all students all the time
• Actively develops a school culture where students find joy in learning and where students are joyful and engaged
• Creates a culture in which teachers build strong and lasting relationships with students, especially the most challenging
• Develops, upholds, maintains, and course-corrects clearly articulated systems for how the school culture will function (e.g., behavior, recognition, consequences)
• School meets all org‑mandated, federal, and state student compliance expectations

• Establish a clear vision for excellent school culture and regularly articulate this vision to leaders, students, staff, and families
• Consistently reinforces high expectations for all staff all the time
• Actively develops a school culture where teachers find joy in teaching and student learning
• Develops clearly articulated systems for how the staff culture will function (e.g., staff attendance, coverage, etc.)

• Engages families and community stakeholders proactively and productively as partners in school goals. Performs this through various opportunities for families to engage (e.g., virtual and in‑person Town Hall events)
• Creates a culture and expectation that teachers reach out to parents and enlist their proactive support in their child’s long‑term success

• Actively seeks to recruit, cultivate, and retain high‑quality candidates; prioritizes building a diverse staff and emphasizing staff that share similar backgrounds as our students
• Identifies top‑performing teachers and leaders at regular points throughout the school year and works strategically to retain them
• Manages struggling performers through goal setting and increased support, and manages out under‑performers where necessary.

• Provides input to strengthen regional support, seeks to cultivate a partnership rather than an “us‑them” relationship, and proactively works to ensure a true feeling of team and family throughout the organization. Specifically:
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