Elementary School Assistant Principal- Hattie Cotton ES (120 Day) (2026-2027)

Job Code:6704006
Job Family/Function:67 – Education Administration Professionals\School Leadership 
FLSA:Exempt 
Grade Ladder:MNPS Certificated Administrative 
Pay Grade:MNPS.A1113_ 
Duration (days/year):221 
Locations(s):School-Based 

We Are Team MNPS
Metro Schools is one of the largest and most diverse school districts in the United States. Our teachers and staff educate more than 80,000 students in Metro Nashville-Davidson County, preparing them to excel in higher education, work, and life. Our district implements some of the most innovative reform strategies in the nation. We seek to partner with highly effective, engaging teachers, teacher leaders and support staff with a passion for urban education and a go-getter spirit as we strive to become the highest-performing urban district in the nation. Whether you are a teacher, an administrator, or a potential support staff employee, if you want to make a difference, we want to hear from you.

Job Summary

Assist principal in planning, directing, or coordinating the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of assigned school. Builds capacity of educators to provide all students a rigorous curriculum, aligned with adopted state standards. Collaborates with stakeholders to establish and communicate a clear, compelling vision for continuous improvement. Promotes the professional growth of all staff members through clear expectations for performance, modeling expected behaviors, effective coaching practices, conducting frequent supervisory visits with clinical feedback for improvement. Ensures effective and objective evaluation of staff.

What you will do

• Assists with supervision of staff, including recruitment, selection, development, deployment, performance evaluation, counseling, discipline, and recommendation for termination.


• Provides leadership to create an environment that fosters the lover for learning, active student engagement, and consistent improvement in academic achievement. Provides leadership in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating instructional programs and activities. Assists with scheduling classes and extra-curricular activities for students.


• Provides stewardship of the instructional program by facilitating, and/or actively leading the appropriate professional learning communities at the school while ensuring the effective implementation of required curriculum including National, State and Local Standards of Practice for areas of responsibility.


• Create a culture of collaboration and shared accountability where people are valued, supported, and personally invested in professional growth. Ensures the creation of a safe and orderly environment by implementing policies approved by the Board of Education and district safety procedures and protocols; enforces policies and procedures for student discipline, and protects students’ rights; coordinates safety inspections and safety evacuation drills according to established laws and protocols.


• Assists with development, preparation, and administration of approved school budget; monitors and approves expenditures; supervises financial operations of designated areas in the school.


• Supervises compilation of student data, including report cards, transcripts, and schedules; supervises reporting and monitoring of student attendance. Maintains record system for area of responsibility; processes paperwork including, reports, memos, requisitions, and personnel information. Gathers and maintains information/data to support periodic and special reports documenting activities for area (or Academy) of responsibility.


• Create strong partnerships with our parents and the community to collectively improve student outcomes and the growth and viability of greater Nashville. Utilizes effective communication skills to establish and maintain positive relationships with staff members, students, parents, and community. Attends or conducts staff, parent, PTA, and other professional meetings to exchange information; attends professional classes, seminars, or conferences to improve professional skills.


• Coordinates requisitioning of supplies and equipment; conducts inventories; maintains records, and checks receipts/invoices for materials.

Education Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Secondary Education, Educational Administration, or a closely related field Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• 3 years of certificated experience Required

Skills and Abilities

• Ensures compliance with all legal mandates regulating school operations, students’ rights and responsibilities, communication with external agencies, parental custody, student attendance, search and seizure, and all disciplinary matters involving student conduct.


• Knowing the law is the administrator’s responsibility.


• Promotes a culture of quality and high performance by communicating expectations and procedures in a clear and concise manner.


• Provides adequate and timely information to staff, students, and parents regarding school operations and special circumstances.


• Demonstrates ability to establish positive relationships with all stakeholders by employing effective interpersonal communication skills.


• Demonstrates effective public speaking skills.


• Demonstrates the use of logical principles and thinking to solve practical problems in the daily operation of the school or a specific unit/department.


• Addresses complex and unusual situations in a calm, composed, and logical manner.


• Takes initiative, ingenuity, and creativity to address persisting or sudden problems hindering the effective operation of the school.


• Analyzes the impact and ramifications of decisions made.


• Effectively determines how decisions can affect units in the organization, citizens; student or staff safety, property damage and other legal liabilities.