25-26 Assistant Principal - Math

KIPP New Jersey has joined forces with Paterson Prep, a charter school in its third year of operation, to become KIPP Paterson Prep.  This partnership will provide KIPP Paterson Prep students with access to high-quality, data-driven instruction and offer our leadership and teachers exceptional professional development and coaching opportunities.

KIPP Paterson Prep is committed to educating students to lead lives of excellence, integrity, and purpose through a content-rich curriculum, inquiry-driven instruction, and a strong focus on character development. Our holistic approach ensures high academic expectations while fostering a joyful and inclusive community that respects the dignity of every student, staff member, and family. We recognize that families are a child’s first and most important educators, and this belief is central to our educational philosophy. By actively partnering with families, we create a supportive learning environment that nurtures both academic success and personal growth.

Join us in shaping bright futures and making a meaningful impact in the lives of our students and the greater Paterson community.

Role Overview:

The Assistant Principal’s primary responsibility is to drive and own instructional outcomes for students. We expect our Assistant Principals to focus >75% of their time on instructional leadership. APs are the backbone for a specific content area or grade level and see themselves as the key decision maker and leader for a subset of the student population. We expect our assistant principals to coach a set of teachers, empowering our highest performing teachers to remain in their roles while improving the performance of new or underperforming teachers. APs will likely wear other hats at the school as well, including performing key supporting functions for Student and Staff culture. Finally, we expect our Assistant Principals to perform their role through an equity lens, with an eye toward outcomes for traditionally underrepresented students and staff members.

Core Outcomes and Responsibilities

• NJSLA (3-11) and ACT (9-12); growth and attainment
• Reading Level Goals (Growth & On Grade Level) (K-8)
• Teacher Retention
• Teacher ETR growth
• Observation/Feedback Cycles, Microgoal assignment, and Teachers Meeting Goals
• Quarterly Assessments 
• Manager survey results

Key Behaviors and Activities

Instructional Leadership

• 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; is able to readily adapt to leverage resources across less-known or more nuanced subject areas
• Develops the capacity of teachers in achieving results through  observations, walkthroughs, real time coaching, and data analysis through O3s focused on student data and coaching towards goals
• Collaborates with Achievement Directors and other Teaching & Learning TEAMmates to monitor achievement data and IP and inform the instructional leadership development of teachers
• Audits, analyzes, and progress monitors data weekly to inform strategic decisions and priorities
• Designs and leads high quality professional development such that it results in improved teacher effectiveness
• Ensures there’s an effective testing environment, investment, and procedures for testing

Student Culture

• Consistently reinforces high expectations for all students all the time
• Actively develops 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 students
• Builds an inclusive student environment, ensuring that all student voices are heard and incorporated
• Speaks to violations of culture and holds staff accountable to values / professional infractions with interactions with kids

Staff Culture

• Celebrates and shows appreciation regularly for teammates
• Actively develops school culture where teachers find joy in teaching and student learning
• Consistently models and reinforces high expectations for all staff all the time
• Develops clearly articulated systems for how the staff culture will function (e.g., coaching, department meetings, etc.)

Community Engagement

• Engages families and community stakeholders proactively and productively as partners in school goals. Works with families who have concerns and helps address them.
• Creates a culture and expectation that teachers reach out to parents and enlist their proactive support in their child’s long-term success

Talent Management

• Ensures each direct report has a high quality performance management process including regular observations, assignment of microgoals, and thoughtful, written evaluations
• Identifies top performing teachers at regular points throughout the school year and works strategically to retain them
• Manages struggling performers through goal setting and increased support. Manages out low performers when necessary

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s Degree (required)
• Significant content knowledge of K-8 Math
• Excellent student outcomes as a teacher or teacher-leader
• Evidence of ability to coach and drive results through others
• Experience successfully leading a team in a school-based leadership role such as Department Chair, Grade-Level Chair, New Teacher Coordinator, project leader, etc.
• Belief that all students, regardless of background, have the ability to go to and through college
• Cultural Competence: Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honor and support a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word & Excel, Google Suite, Microsoft Outlook, and relevant teaching software applications

Compensation & Benefits

The base pay range for Assistant Principals is $95,000-$140,000. Pay may vary, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

In addition, we provide access to the NJ pension system and a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered.

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, citizen status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our organization will make a reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the organization. No questions on this application are asked for any unlawful purpose.

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