[2026-2027] Principal - High School

• Commitment to Anti-Racism & Equity: Join a team dedicated to dismantling systemic barriers and creating inclusive, culturally responsive schools where all students and staff can thrive.
• Joyful, Inclusive Community: Work in a collaborative, identity-affirming environment that values relationships, celebrates individuality, and supports the well-being of adults and children alike.
• Competitive & Equitable Compensation: Benefit from transparent compensation structures, including performance-based bonuses that recognize meaningful contributions.
• Professional Growth & Leadership Pathways: Access high-quality development – including coaching, workshops, and tailored leadership opportunities – designed to support your long-term career trajectory.
• Authenticity & Belonging : Be part of a culture that encourages you to show up as your full self and contribute to a community rooted in trust and respect.
• People-Centered Excellence: Join colleagues who believe strong relationships and thoughtful preparation drive excellent outcomes—for students and for staff.
• Comprehensive Well-Being Support: Receive whole-person support through coaching, mental health resources, wellness initiatives, and team-building experiences that prioritize your professional and personal growth.

• Establish, communicate, and build investment in an ambitious school-wide vision aligned to the KIPP Philadelphia region-wide vision for learning, school experience, and culture that sets the stage for both children and staff to grow and thrive

• Establish, communicate, and build investment in an ambitious school-wide vision aligned to the KIPP Philadelphia region-wide vision for learning, school experience, and culture that sets the stage for both children and staff to grow and thrive
• Create a welcoming, inclusive school environment, and operate with a mindset of families as authentic partners in children's school experience
• Operate with strong knowledge of the core academic and social-emotional skills, knowledge, and mindsets that are essential for children's development and success across middle school, ensuring that all students are challenged with rigorous, grade-appropriate content
• Ensure that school programming effectively serves all students, monitoring and enhancing special education, intervention, and student support services as needed, ensuring compliance with state law
• Set a vision for student culture that ensures all children are affirmed, valued, and challenged on a daily basis, and ensure that all student culture approaches, systems, and strategies are grounded in equity, are clear, effectively communicated, and are implemented by all staff
• Plan and prioritize time and resources to achieve annual goals and the broader vision of the school, analyzing and acting on data on a regular basis to identify, plan for, and drive the success of key initiatives and improvements in practice
• Prepare an annual operating school budget, detailing projected revenues and expenditures, conduct regular budget reviews to compare actual spending against projections, adjusting for unforeseen changes.

• Cultivate a positive, cohesive leadership team culture grounded in mutual trust by developing and upholding shared norms regarding communication, collaboration, decision-making, use of systems, and more, and creating opportunities for authentic relationship-building and coordination across workstreams

• Cultivate a positive, cohesive leadership team culture grounded in mutual trust by developing and upholding shared norms regarding communication, collaboration, decision-making, use of systems, and more, and creating opportunities for authentic relationship-building and coordination across workstreams
• Set a vision for adult culture rooted in our core values, building a community bound by mutual trust and a shared purpose and pride in the school’s vision
• Create and refine systems for communication and collaboration across school staff at large, ensuring opportunities for authentic discourse and clarity
• Build relationships with every staff member, child, and family, and create opportunities to understand and respond to staff, leader, student, and family needs and perspectives

• Directly coach, develop, and manage members of the leadership team via 1-1 check-ins, observation, walkthroughs, feedback, real-time feedback, practice, data analysis, co-planning, and other direct supports

• Directly coach, develop, and manage members of the leadership team via 1-1 check-ins, observation, walkthroughs, feedback, real-time feedback, practice, data analysis, co-planning, and other direct supports
• Create a culture of feedback, continuous improvement, and safety in trying new approaches
• Ensure teachers have the data, development, and consistent support needed to provide rigorous, affirming, high-quality instruction
• Sharpen and norm with APs on classroom analysis and classroom bar via walkthroughs
• Regularly observe and coach instructional coaches (Assistant Principals) to support them in 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 high-impact improvements in teacher practice
• Cultivate a diverse, high-potential school leadership pipeline (from teacher leader to AP to successor)
• Effectively interview, select, and onboard new staff members
• Operate with an intentional strategy regarding staff and teacher retention, cultivating a desire for the team to make KPPS their long-term home

• Create and model a warm, inclusive school environment for students and families with diverse needs and experiences; proactively and positively engage with families throughout the school year and when there are specific student behavioral concerns.
• Be highly present and visible, relentlessly ensuring the school has a strong school culture and serving as a model for engaging with students, families and staff
• Ensure families are treated as true partners and are effectively engaged in and aware of school systems, practices, and student programming
• Refine the vision for positive student culture, leveraging school context, lessons learned, and staff feedback to clarify the following:
• The student experience KPPS is striving for, and how this

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 3+ years of experience leading (Principal experience required) a strong school that serves an under-resourced population.
• Exceptional relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect quickly and authentically with diverse stakeholders
• Strong data analysis skills and the ability to use insights to drive decisions and improve systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – clear, professional, and compelling
• Highly organized; able to manage multiple workstreams, meet deadlines, and maintain accurate information
• Demonstrated ability to navigate change, solve problems, and work effectively in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment
• Commitment to equity, belief in the potential of all students, and alignment with KPPS’s mission and values.
• Openness to feedback, continuous learning, and personal/professional growth

• Salary range for this position is $136,000-$165,750 commensurate with K-12 Principal experience, or similar roles in K-12 settings that include a) directly coaching, supporting, and managing a team of leaders/managers (including instructional leaders) and b) accountability for school-wide performance and compliance.

• Salary range for this position is $136,000-$165,750 commensurate with K-12 Principal experience, or similar roles in K-12 settings that include a) directly coaching, supporting, and managing a team of leaders/managers (including instructional leaders) and b) accountability for school-wide performance and compliance.
• All full-time team members at KPPS enjoy a comprehensive health benefits package (including vision and dental, a telehealth option, and flexible spending accounts) for themselves and their families as well as a 403B matching program for retirement savings.