ROLE OVERVIEW:The School Leader’s primary job is to drive academic and character outcomes for students. We expect our School Leaders to focus 75% 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. At KIPP, we also expect our School Leaders to build lasting and sustainable organizations by developing a pipeline of future School Leaders and creating systems for the ongoing development of school staff. The School Leader is responsible for developing his/her successor and the leadership capacity of his/her staff.          
 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:Set ambitious school-wide vision and goals, aligned with the KIPP region, that lead students on a path to and through collegePlan and prioritize time and resources to achieve annual goalsCultivate a diverse, high-potential school leadership pipeline (from teacher leader to AP to successor) and develop leadership team members by teaching and insisting that they are true owners of the work and coaching and assigning stretch activitiesModel expectations for leaders, teachers, and students on school-wide practices for a positive learning cultureDevelop systems and structures to hire and retain diverse, highly-effective staffBuild own and school staff’s knowledge and expertise in effective instructional design and academic standardsDevelop teachers’ conceptual understanding of what students must know and be able to do and what instructional methods drive student masteryDevelop knowledge of how standards map to curriculum and assessmentDevelop teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instructionLead analysis of and develop teachers’ ability to analyze student data to identify strategies that will move students toward masteryRegularly observe and coach instructional coaches to ensure they are providing high-impact, actionable and bite-sized feedback to teachers on a weekly basisEnsure teachers can collaborate, analyze their practice and their student data, and adjust instruction in content teamsLead whole-school professional development workshops that drive highest-impact improvements in teacher practiceCultivate School Leader’s own success and sustainability by engaging lifelines and renewing to get stronger