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KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose —college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. KIPP Texas is a team and family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy.KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.Job Description
The Managing Director or Special Populations furthers the mission of KIPP Texas as it helps ensure that all students have the tools they need to learn. The KIPP Texas Managing Director of Special Populations will pursue high quality instruction, serving as a thought partner, problem solver, and change agent to internal and external stakeholders with steadfast commitment to action.Position OverviewAs a leader on the Academic Programs team, the KIPP Texas Managing Director of Special Populations plays a crucial role in ensuring KIPP realizes its mission through supporting schools and regions by providing high quality and inclusive educational programs. The Managing Director will lead the strategic direction for KIPP Texas Special Populations and related services (special education, dyslexia, 504, MTSS) and lead initiating of new strategy as well as overseeing implementation and project timelines of the strategic plan. He/she will work cooperatively with regional and school leaders, as well as the KTX Academics team to ensure the delivery of high quality programs, services and improved results in student achievement in compliance with all state, federal, and local requirements.
General Role DescriptionStrategy: Lead with a strategic vision and courage to ensure that all students achieve. Support school and regional teams to implement the Special Education Strategic Plan and provide comprehensive improvement of school performance using a collaborative approach to clear and specific performance targets aligned to the Special Education Strategic Plan and execute, monitor, edit strategic plans, annual goals and quarterly benchmarking for school improvement.Instructional Leadership: Work with regional teams to build instructional leadership capacity of School Leaders and school leadership teams with particular focus on pedagogy, data analysis, intervention, and professional development of school teams.Team Leadership: Supervise and coach a core team of KTX state-level Directors, Managers, and Program Coordinators in the areas of Special Education, Section 504, MTSS, and Dyslexia. They will be responsible for monitoring their performance, conducting evaluations and improvement plans to ensure full compliance with all requirements and deadlines. Responsible for the coaching and professional learning and overall development of regional Special Education leaders. Communication: Ensures KTX state-level teams and regional teams provide excellent communication, customer service and well-coordinated support. Legal Framework & Compliance: Experience and knowledge of IDEA and Texas State Education Law & Regulations, Section 504 Law & Regulations, and understanding of the essential elements of high performing MTSS systems and structures. Budget Management: Experience and knowledge of special education funding and accountability structures.Duties and Responsibilities1. Leadership and Collaboration:Provide leadership in fostering a collaborative culture within the Special Population Department including direct reports and regional leaders..Collaborate with other KIPP Texas academic team directors to establish a professional learning framework for regional leaders, school teams, and teachers.Coordinate with the KTX state curriculum team to ensure that curriculum supports and special education considerations are appropriately integrated into all KIPP Texas curriculum.2. Program Management and Development:Ensure the implementation of policies established by Federal and State law, State Board of Education rules, and local Board policy in the area of special education.Lead the analysis of Special Education data with school leadership, regional leadership, and the state academics team, resulting in school improvements.Coordinate and maintain quality Special Education programs, ensuring research-based instructional teaching and learning strategies for students with disabilities are evident and supported.Routinely evaluate the KIPP Texas Special Education program, Section 504 Program, Dyslexia Services, and Response to Intervention supports to ensure that objectives for student education are met.3. Instructional Leadership and Support:Provide leadership in planning and implementing curriculum and instructional improvements for students with disabilities, resulting in improved student performance.Allocate campus staff to maintain appropriate staffing levels and ensure the provision of needed support and services for students with disabilities.Provide instructional resources and materials to support departmental staff in meeting district and departmental goals.Ensure parents and community members are fully engaged as community partners in the special education process and the education of their children.4. Financial Management and Reporting: Develop an annual budget including local and federal funds for assigned areas of responsibility. Collaboration with Team Finance regarding grant designations and allocations. Develop budget recommendations and maintain expenditure control on established budgets.5. Professional Development and Compliance:Provide professional development opportunities to support special education staff in the instruction of students with disabilities.Work with the Deputy Chief of Academic Programs to plan professional development of all administrators, ensuring an understanding of special education, student support systems, and intervention strategies that benefit all students.Ensure compliance with, and prepare reports for, all state, federal, and local agencies.6. Community Engagement and Communication:Promote positive community relations through effective communication and involvement of parents and community.Work to support school and regional teams by spending approximately 50% of his/her time in schools working directly with teams to improve student performance and close opportunity and achievement gaps.Provide high-quality annual reports and quarterly status reports that clearly communicate performance toward all annual targets and dynamic intervention strategies to ensure that annual goals and targets are met.7. Other Duties: Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned by the Deputy Chief of Academic Programs. Qualifications
Education/ExperienceMaster’s Degree Required, Mid Management/Principal Certification preferred, Diagnostician Certification preferredFive (5) years of appropriate teaching experience (Special Education experience preferred)3-5 years of leadership experience as an systems level leader/administrator with demonstrated resultsProven success in leading district-wide efforts to transform the provision of services for students with disabilities in urban settings preferred.
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KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
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About KIPP Texas Public Schools KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose —college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. KIPP Texas is a team and family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in collaboration, academic success and joy.KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools, nearly 15,000 educators, and 123,000 students and alumni.Job Description
The OpportunityThe Student Enrollment and Data Team is focused on ensuring that schools are fully enrolled so that students
are free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities. The team supports this vision
through application acquisition and family onboarding, cultivation, and persistence. The Regional Manager of
Student Recruitment (SRM) is responsible for developing a regional annual student in-field recruitment plan to
achieve our organization’s application goals. This person will manage, coach, and hold the Recruitment
Community Coordinator(s) in their region accountable to meet their weekly and annual application goals.
To be successful in this role, a SRM brings a track record for designing and implementing successful recruitment
and/or sales strategies. They have experience building and maintaining relationships with city and neighborhood
partners like nonprofit organizations, business, residential complexes, daycares, and more. A SRM is data-driven and is actively making pivots in strategy based on application and enrollment numbers. They are comfortable working in an environment that requires you to project manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines, while never losing sight of the overarching goals and desired outcomes. A SRM must be available to work flexible hours, including some nights and weekends as they will be expected to meet their own individual
application targets.Key Responsibilities
Recruitment Planning and Progress Monitoring
● Devise, manage, and implement regional recruitment strategies that support the recruitment of students wishing to attend KIPP Texas in line with set targets
● Provide each Recruitment and Community Coordinator with their weekly field plan
● Responsible for reaching out and maintaining relationships with city-wide and neighborhood partners for the sake of setting up recruitment activities
● Supporting the team in collecting weekly application needs coming from the Student Recruitment team in the region by either participating in community events, phone banking, block walking, or tabling
● Identify, attend, and evaluate a range of student recruitment events including recruitment fairs, exhibitions, seminars, school visits, community-organized events, presentations at community partners, etc.
● Responsible for collecting and providing real-time feedback to the Recruitment and Community Coordinator in the field to improve recruitment practice
● Track investment and outcome of every recruitment activity to track return on investment
● Elicit, communicate with, and train school volunteers interested in participating in in-field recruitment efforts on an ongoing basisTeam Development & Regional Operating Mechanism Participation
● Holds weekly check-ins with direct reports, participates in quarterly meetings with peers, and shapes the professional development opportunities available to our recruiters statewide alongside the Director
● Progress monitors weekly application acquisition by the regional Student Recruitment team and makes pivots as needed to exceed weekly application goal
● Works cross-functionally with other regional operations leaders and voices over student recruitment efforts in bi-weekly Regional Ops Cabinet meetings
● Ensures that the regional recruitment team has the tools they need by procuring regional collateral and
swag resources for successful event set-up and information distributionData Analysis & Reporting Progress to Regional Stakeholders
● Tracks and analyzes daily application progress to identify grade-level gaps and a course of action for your team
● Oversees critical SchoolMint actions which include applying priority validations, removing duplicate and current student applications, and updating unconfirmed addresses
● Reports out on a bi-weekly basis to APOs and School Leaders enrollment progress on schools in their region; Planning & participation in meetings with regional leaders as needed
● Participates in the School Operations and regional APO tactical meetings as needed to share relevant
recruitment updatesOther duties as assigned.Qualifications
Skills and Qualifications:
● Results-driven approach to work with a passion for achieving goals and a flexible attitude to the working
environment.
● Exceptional project management and data assessment skills, with an ability to juggle multiple priorities
simultaneously
● Knowledge of complex stakeholder management, ability to collaborate and develop and maintain
successful and professional working relationships.
● Proven experience building operational efficiency while proactively finding solutions
● Proven excellent analytical skills and ability to gather and analyze data extracting insights and reporting.
● Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
● Excellent time management and organizational skills
● Exceptional attention to detail
● Highly motivated and self-starter / self-directed learner with a “whatever it takes” attitude to work
independently and as a team player
● Unquestioned integrity and commitment to the KIPP Texas mission and community
● Service-oriented, able to adapt to a changing environment while applying flexibility to work under
pressure and remaining calm amid competing demands
● Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and Google
applications (Sheets, Docs, Slides, Google Drive), with the ability to quickly learn new technologies
(SchoolMint, Slack, Customer Relations Management, video conferencing, and phone banking apps, etc)
● Must have reliable transportation to travel between campuses and to and from community
events/meetings
● Highly fluent in spoken and written Spanish preferred.Experience
● Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing successful student recruitment strategies and
delivering recruitment activities in an education context. Or, 3-4 years of experience with sales/recruitment-related work preferably in a business, nonprofit, education, community engagement, or advocacy organization.
● Strong evidence of meeting ambitious targets.
● Proven experience of managing staff with ability to motivate team members to meet targets.
● Strong cultural competency skills, including the ability to communicate and work effectively with a
diverse population
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KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
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About KIPP Texas Public Schools KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 30,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.Job Description
ROLE OVERVIEW:As a Regional Program Manager, you’ll leverage experience with effective content-based language instruction, instructional coaching, and biliteracy pedagogy to drive academic outcomes for emergent bilingual students. You'll serve as a language acquisition expert, utilizing your understanding of bilingual and dual language education frameworks and evidence-based language strategies to drive academic achievement and language development across primary grade bands and content areas. With a focus on effectively implementing KIPP Texas's multilingual products and frameworks, such as Get Ready!, Summit K12, 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom, and dual-language simultaneous biliteracy instruction, you’ll directly coach teachers, multilingual education specialist, and school leaders on effective strategies to support multilingual KIPPsters. Through strong coaching and ongoing progress monitoring, you’ll play a vital role in improving academic and linguistic outcomes across our campuses. You know you are successful if you support your portfolio of schools to meet their KIPP Texas targets each year, leading to: Significant emergent bilingual student growth in language development and academic achievement 100% of schools in your portfolio achieve an A or B rating100% of schools in your portfolio achieve the Domain III TELPAS growth measure. 100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Reading STAAR, with minimal gaps between EBs and non-EBs.100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Math STAAR, with minimal gaps between EBs and non-EBs.Key ResponsibilitiesFocus on Achievement: Demonstrate a deep desire and record of results to support schools with closing achievement gaps for all emergent bilingual learners. Understand the research and importance of comprehensible input strategies to engage all emergent bilingual learners. Hold high expectations for themselves as well as the leaders and teachers to remove barriers for multilingual learners from academic achievement. Use research and various levels of data analysis to focus on student outcomes and how they are achieved to support responsiveness to both strengths and areas of opportunities for emergent bilingual learners. Content Expert: Demonstrate expertise and understanding of multilingual frameworks, pedagogy, and instructional materials in an area of content expertise. You have experience effectively implementing KIPP Texas’s chosen resources and frameworks such as Get Ready!, Summit K12, 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom, and dual-language simultaneous biliteracy instruction. Stay well-informed of current curricular and educational thoughts, trends, and practices, as well as legislation impacting multilingual programming.Effective Coach: Lead instructional improvement efforts on a portfolio of schools by planning and facilitating professional learning, modeling effective CBLI strategies, observing classroom instruction, and providing actionable feedback to classroom teachers, deans of multilingual education, and school leaders. Effectively coach teachers to improve instructional effectivenessProvide support to primary schools by:Partnering with the school-based leadership team, specifically by coaching deans of multilingual education, with a focus to impact the execution of CBLI strategies to meet the affective, linguistic, and cognitive needs of EB students through content in the students’ primary language and/or English.Leading deans of multilingual education and teachers in setting clear, measurable goals and providing ongoing support to plan and execute effective CBLI strategies through targeted observation and professional developmentConducting individualized coaching sessions with deans of multilingual education to observe ELDA instruction, provide feedback, and collaboratively develop actionable strategies for improving comprehensible and compelling input for newcomers.Ensure consistent implementation of the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and linguistic accommodations aligned to students’ language proficiency levels. Facilitate professional learning communities that drive emergent bilingual achievementProvide support to primary schools and deans of multilingual education by: Planning & co-leading content team focused on the execution of CBLI strategies within the adopted KIPP Texas instructional materialsPlanning & co-leading data team meetings focused on the academic and language achievement of emergent bilingual students by analyzing cohort comparison data and summit K12 data trendsLeading school-based practice clinics & teach backs focused on CBLI strategiesLeading weekly PLCs for deans of multilingual education in their execution of ELDA, Summit K12 and CBLI strategiesEngage in continuous data analysis and action planningProvide support to primary schools by:In collaboration with the school leader managers & leadership teams, craft and implement strategic response plans to meet the KTX emergent bilingual targets, including TELPAS growth and Domain III targets.Supporting school leader managers & school leadership teams in progress monitoring actions that drive academic achievement and language development for all current and monitored emergent bilingual students.Coaching deans of multilingual education on effective cohort data analysis practicesAnalyzing school-specific and regional data to identify emergent bilingual trends and support the development of response plans to meet annual goalsProgress monitor state and federal guidelines and policiesProvide support to primary schools by:Ensure that all state and federal guidelines are implemented across portfolio of schools by working collaboratively with KTX compliance manager and campus dean of multilingual educationAssist with Title III engagement activities to increase and strengthen the family, parent, and community connections and supports to emergent bilingual learnersSupport KIPP teachers in acquiring required Bilingual and ESL certification with the support of the HR and talent teamsAssist with planning the Summer Language Program recruitment, hiring, training, and monitor effectiveness aligned to students' growthCollaborate with regional and school-level CTCs to facilitate and monitor campus TELPAS testing plans for successful and accurate data collectionQualifications
Successful candidates must demonstrate a deep belief in the capacity of all students to achieve at high levels, demonstrate strong instructional expertise, and have the ability to work collaboratively with a diverse set of leaders and teachers to improve student achievement. Additionally, Bachelor’s degree, relevant Master’s degree in Multilingual Education preferredMinimum of 2 years experience as a successful assistant principal, school leader, or full-time sheltered instruction or bilingual instructional coach at a primary campusProven record of results driving emergent bilingual academic and linguistic growth Deep knowledge of content-based language instruction (CBLI), dual-language and simultaneous biliteracy instruction and pedagogy Leadership in planning and monitoring multilingual compliance policiesExceptional ability to set clear metrics for success, monitor progress, and demonstrate persistence in overcoming obstacles to achieving short- and long-term goals.Excellent leadership and management skills required; the ability to impact, influence, motivate, educate, coach, and inspire both internal and external audiencesExceptional coaching skills that lead to improved instructional effectivenessHigh self-awareness, humility, and integrityDemonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
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What We Bring to the TableThe starting point for the salary range for this position is $73,000 - $80,000 commensurate upon experience and internal-equity.Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.Paid family leave.Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered.Employee assistance programs. Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).457 Roth retirement plan option with KIPP matching contribution up to $1,200 a year. 403b plans also supported.KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.Physical RequirementsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.Considerable time spent at a desk using a computer/laptop.Attending conferences or training sessions. Work EnvironmentReports to school site and/or regional central office Monday-Friday.Typical school environment with frequent interruptions.Travel RequirementsRegular travel across KIPP Texas regions for school visits, in person meetings, trainings, and conferences.KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
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About KIPP Texas Public Schools KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 30,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.Job Description
ROLE OVERVIEW:As a Regional Program Manager, you’ll leverage experience with effective content-based language instruction, instructional coaching, and biliteracy pedagogy to drive academic outcomes for emergent bilingual students. You'll serve as a language acquisition expert, utilizing your understanding of bilingual and dual language education frameworks and evidence-based language strategies to drive academic achievement and language development across primary grade bands and content areas. With a focus on effectively implementing KIPP Texas's multilingual products and frameworks, such as Get Ready!, Summit K12, 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom, and dual-language simultaneous biliteracy instruction, you’ll directly coach teachers, multilingual education specialist, and school leaders on effective strategies to support multilingual KIPPsters. Through strong coaching and ongoing progress monitoring, you’ll play a vital role in improving academic and linguistic outcomes across our campuses. You know you are successful if you support your portfolio of schools to meet their KIPP Texas targets each year, leading to: Significant emergent bilingual student growth in language development and academic achievement 100% of schools in your portfolio achieve an A or B rating100% of schools in your portfolio achieve the Domain III TELPAS growth measure. 100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Reading STAAR, with minimal gaps between EBs and non-EBs.100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Math STAAR, with minimal gaps between EBs and non-EBs.Key ResponsibilitiesFocus on Achievement: Demonstrate a deep desire and record of results to support schools with closing achievement gaps for all emergent bilingual learners. Understand the research and importance of comprehensible input strategies to engage all emergent bilingual learners. Hold high expectations for themselves as well as the leaders and teachers to remove barriers for multilingual learners from academic achievement. Use research and various levels of data analysis to focus on student outcomes and how they are achieved to support responsiveness to both strengths and areas of opportunities for emergent bilingual learners. Content Expert: Demonstrate expertise and understanding of multilingual frameworks, pedagogy, and instructional materials in an area of content expertise. You have experience effectively implementing KIPP Texas’s chosen resources and frameworks such as Get Ready!, Summit K12, 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom, and dual-language simultaneous biliteracy instruction. Stay well-informed of current curricular and educational thoughts, trends, and practices, as well as legislation impacting multilingual programming.Effective Coach: Lead instructional improvement efforts on a portfolio of schools by planning and facilitating professional learning, modeling effective CBLI strategies, observing classroom instruction, and providing actionable feedback to classroom teachers, deans of multilingual education, and school leaders. Effectively coach teachers to improve instructional effectivenessProvide support to primary schools by:Partnering with the school-based leadership team, specifically by coaching deans of multilingual education, with a focus to impact the execution of CBLI strategies to meet the affective, linguistic, and cognitive needs of EB students through content in the students’ primary language and/or English.Leading deans of multilingual education and teachers in setting clear, measurable goals and providing ongoing support to plan and execute effective CBLI strategies through targeted observation and professional developmentConducting individualized coaching sessions with deans of multilingual education to observe ELDA instruction, provide feedback, and collaboratively develop actionable strategies for improving comprehensible and compelling input for newcomers.Ensure consistent implementation of the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and linguistic accommodations aligned to students’ language proficiency levels. Facilitate professional learning communities that drive emergent bilingual achievementProvide support to primary schools and deans of multilingual education by: Planning & co-leading content team focused on the execution of CBLI strategies within the adopted KIPP Texas instructional materialsPlanning & co-leading data team meetings focused on the academic and language achievement of emergent bilingual students by analyzing cohort comparison data and summit K12 data trendsLeading school-based practice clinics & teach backs focused on CBLI strategiesLeading weekly PLCs for deans of multilingual education in their execution of ELDA, Summit K12 and CBLI strategiesEngage in continuous data analysis and action planningProvide support to primary schools by:In collaboration with the school leader managers & leadership teams, craft and implement strategic response plans to meet the KTX emergent bilingual targets, including TELPAS growth and Domain III targets.Supporting school leader managers & school leadership teams in progress monitoring actions that drive academic achievement and language development for all current and monitored emergent bilingual students.Coaching deans of multilingual education on effective cohort data analysis practicesAnalyzing school-specific and regional data to identify emergent bilingual trends and support the development of response plans to meet annual goalsProgress monitor state and federal guidelines and policiesProvide support to primary schools by:Ensure that all state and federal guidelines are implemented across portfolio of schools by working collaboratively with KTX compliance manager and campus dean of multilingual educationAssist with Title III engagement activities to increase and strengthen the family, parent, and community connections and supports to emergent bilingual learnersSupport KIPP teachers in acquiring required Bilingual and ESL certification with the support of the HR and talent teamsAssist with planning the Summer Language Program recruitment, hiring, training, and monitor effectiveness aligned to students' growthCollaborate with regional and school-level CTCs to facilitate and monitor campus TELPAS testing plans for successful and accurate data collectionQualifications
Successful candidates must demonstrate a deep belief in the capacity of all students to achieve at high levels, demonstrate strong instructional expertise, and have the ability to work collaboratively with a diverse set of leaders and teachers to improve student achievement. Additionally, Bachelor’s degree, relevant Master’s degree in Multilingual Education preferredMinimum of 2 years experience as a successful assistant principal, school leader, or full-time sheltered instruction or bilingual instructional coach at a primary campusProven record of results driving emergent bilingual academic and linguistic growth Deep knowledge of content-based language instruction (CBLI), dual-language and simultaneous biliteracy instruction and pedagogy Leadership in planning and monitoring multilingual compliance policiesExceptional ability to set clear metrics for success, monitor progress, and demonstrate persistence in overcoming obstacles to achieving short- and long-term goals.Excellent leadership and management skills required; the ability to impact, influence, motivate, educate, coach, and inspire both internal and external audiencesExceptional coaching skills that lead to improved instructional effectivenessHigh self-awareness, humility, and integrityDemonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Additional Information
What We Bring to the TableThe starting point for the salary range for this position is $73,000 - $80,000 commensurate upon experience and internal-equity.Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.Paid family leave.Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered.Employee assistance programs. Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).457 Roth retirement plan option with KIPP matching contribution up to $1,200 a year. 403b plans also supported.KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.Physical RequirementsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.Considerable time spent at a desk using a computer/laptop.Attending conferences or training sessions. Work EnvironmentReports to school site and/or regional central office Monday-Friday.Typical school environment with frequent interruptions.Travel RequirementsRegular travel across KIPP Texas regions for school visits, in person meetings, trainings, and conferences.KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
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KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.
Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.Job Description
Transformation School Leader Managers play a critical role in advancing KIPP Texas mission to create joyful, academically excellent schools. As a Transformation School Leader Manager you will provide strategic support and accountability to a cohort of KIPP Texas transformation schools to rapidly improve student achievement outcomes. The Transformation School Leader Manager is responsible for oversight of the implementation of KIPP TX programmatic oversight and ensuring high-quality supervision of the school improvement process at assigned schools. Through maintaining a laser-focus on excellence, fairness, and rapid improvement, the Transformation School Leader Manager develops and manages a cohort of transformation school leaders, and serves as an integral member of the KIPP Texas transformation leadership team, which is responsible for driving the overall direction and strategy for KIPP TX’s transformation work. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced, dynamic systems-level turnaround leader to prove positive change in preparing students with the skills to pursue the paths they choose - with a particular focus on building a college-going culture. This position is a strong fit for senior-level educational leaders who have a proven track record of managing high-stakes school improvement efforts and developing instructional leadership capacity.This leader must be adept at balancing collaboration with independent decision-making and be comfortable navigating ambiguity to achieve results. The Transformation School Leader Manager must be skilled in directive performance management structures, ensuring high expectations, clear accountability, and coaching leaders through difficult yet necessary conversations that drive change.As a Transformation School Leader Manager you will be accountable to following organization wide goals: 100% of KTX School achieve an A or B rating - TBD95% of K-2 students reading on grade level DIBELSKTX earn 90/75/40 on Reading STAARKTX earn 90/75/40 on Math STAAR60% of seniors graduate having scored a 3+ on at least a AP/IB exam40% of 11th grade students score 21+ on the ACT80% of student matriculate to a 4-year college97% Average Daily Attendance 100% BOY Enrollment by Day 1080% of Staff Retained Key Responsibilities and DutiesLead KIPP TX’s School LeadersManage, supervise, and evaluate a cohort of transformation school leaders (typically 3-5) to improve schools and student achievement outcomes. Own the development and implementation of professional learning for School Leaders and Assistant Principals of Instruction, ensuring alignment with rigorous academic and instructional priorities.Recognize when to engage in difficult conversations and execute them with skill to ensure sustained school improvement.Coordinate and implement high-impact actions to provide strategic assistance and remove barriers for transformation schools.Supports alignment of key resources to align with school improvement strategy and implementation plan.Champion KIPP TX core values and build a community of team and family members dedicated to excellence, persistence, belongingness, teamwork, and joy.Communicate school improvement priorities to key stakeholders, including state-wide departments and schools, and ensure that staff are aligning to critical needs to sustain school improvement.Collaborate with the Superintendent of Transformation and Talent Team to recruit and hire exceptional school leaders and assistant principals focused on school improvement efforts.Coach transformation school leaders to strengthen leadership competencies in academics, school culture, people management and team leadership talent.Nurture a healthy school leadership pipeline and engage in regional and organization succession planning efforts.Build Academically Excellent and Joyful SchoolsSupport school leaders to internalize and implement KIPP TX’s academic and school culture strategy within and across school campuses.Provide clear, directive performance management to school leaders to drive results.Facilitate annual planning processes, including master schedule development, with a cohort of school leaders in alignment with regional and state-wide goals.Maintain high visibility in assigned transformational schools providing targeted feedback on classroom instruction, lesson internalization and data meetings, observation and debrief cycles, and professional learning. Organize and implement mechanisms to monitor progress towards short and long term goals and initiatives. Develop a deep understanding of KIPP TX’s high - quality instructional materials and facilitate school leaders capacity for strong implementation at their respective school campuses.Examine student learning and culture data within and across schools to identify school and cohort priorities.Collaborate with regional leadership and the state-wide academics and operations departments to implement initiatives aligned to school, cohort, and state-wide priorities.Champion emergent bilingual students with IEPs and 504s to receive exceptional services and support, in compliance with state and federal regulations.Supports the development of strong school operational systems and processes with a focus on data collection, scheduling, and Special Education programs and services.Serve as member of Transformation Cohort Leadership TeamParticipates in KIPP Texas transformation leadership team to oversee implementation of short and long-term strategy to reach regional and state-wide goals.Partners with leadership to identify region-wide gaps to goals and responds with aligned interventions.Works with the School Support Partners team to ensure that all of the operations, technology, talent, and financial needs of the schools are met.Liaises with external stakeholders, community agencies, donors, and other third-party constituencies.Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree in education or related field from an accredited college or university highly preferred.3 years of teaching experience with a record of results of leading students to significant academic growth.5-10 years experience as a school leader leading schools serving a similar student population to KIPP Texas; experience leading school improvement and elementary experience preferred.3-5 years experience managing school leaders, particularly in school improvement settings.Senior leadership or executive leadership experience in large school districts strongly preferred.Demonstrated success leading teams to accelerate progress for students in transformation settings.SkillsExceptional leadership judgment with the ability to manage through ambiguity and make decisive, strategic choices.Ability to navigate high-stakes conversations and drive accountability through clear, structured performance management.Demonstrated leadership with the ability to coach and lead people and get student achievement results through work with others.Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating strong prioritization, organization and follow-up skills.Demonstration of effective teaching and learning and building positive school culture practices.Exceptional leadership judgment with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complex situations.Excellent interpersonal, human relations, and stress and conflict management skills.Excellent planning, goal setting, coordinating, problem analysis and decision-making skills.Ability to facilitate and lead change initiatives and embrace innovation.Enthusiasm to engage parents and community.
Additional Information
What We Bring to the TableThe starting point for the salary range for this position is $155,000 and is commensurate upon experience and internal-equity.Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.Paid family leave.Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered.Employee assistance programs. Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).457 Roth retirement plan option with KIPP matching contribution up to $1,200 a year. 403b plans also supported.KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.Physical RequirementsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.Considerable time spent at a desk using a computer/laptop.Attending conferences or training sessions. Work EnvironmentReports to school site and/or regional central office Monday-Friday.Typical school environment with frequent interruptions.Travel RequirementsDaily travel required throughout the region to school sites.Some travel required to other KIPP TX regions for workshops, conferences, or meetings (20-30%).KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionCompany Description
KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.
Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.Job Description
Transformation School Leader Managers play a critical role in advancing KIPP Texas mission to create joyful, academically excellent schools. As a Transformation School Leader Manager you will provide strategic support and accountability to a cohort of KIPP Texas transformation schools to rapidly improve student achievement outcomes. The Transformation School Leader Manager is responsible for oversight of the implementation of KIPP TX programmatic oversight and ensuring high-quality supervision of the school improvement process at assigned schools. Through maintaining a laser-focus on excellence, fairness, and rapid improvement, the Transformation School Leader Manager develops and manages a cohort of transformation school leaders, and serves as an integral member of the KIPP Texas transformation leadership team, which is responsible for driving the overall direction and strategy for KIPP TX’s transformation work. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced, dynamic systems-level turnaround leader to prove positive change in preparing students with the skills to pursue the paths they choose - with a particular focus on building a college-going culture. This position is a strong fit for senior-level educational leaders who have a proven track record of managing high-stakes school improvement efforts and developing instructional leadership capacity.This leader must be adept at balancing collaboration with independent decision-making and be comfortable navigating ambiguity to achieve results. The Transformation School Leader Manager must be skilled in directive performance management structures, ensuring high expectations, clear accountability, and coaching leaders through difficult yet necessary conversations that drive change.As a Transformation School Leader Manager you will be accountable to following organization wide goals: 100% of KTX School achieve an A or B rating - TBD95% of K-2 students reading on grade level DIBELSKTX earn 90/75/40 on Reading STAARKTX earn 90/75/40 on Math STAAR60% of seniors graduate having scored a 3+ on at least a AP/IB exam40% of 11th grade students score 21+ on the ACT80% of student matriculate to a 4-year college97% Average Daily Attendance 100% BOY Enrollment by Day 1080% of Staff Retained Key Responsibilities and DutiesLead KIPP TX’s School LeadersManage, supervise, and evaluate a cohort of transformation school leaders (typically 3-5) to improve schools and student achievement outcomes. Own the development and implementation of professional learning for School Leaders and Assistant Principals of Instruction, ensuring alignment with rigorous academic and instructional priorities.Recognize when to engage in difficult conversations and execute them with skill to ensure sustained school improvement.Coordinate and implement high-impact actions to provide strategic assistance and remove barriers for transformation schools.Supports alignment of key resources to align with school improvement strategy and implementation plan.Champion KIPP TX core values and build a community of team and family members dedicated to excellence, persistence, belongingness, teamwork, and joy.Communicate school improvement priorities to key stakeholders, including state-wide departments and schools, and ensure that staff are aligning to critical needs to sustain school improvement.Collaborate with the Superintendent of Transformation and Talent Team to recruit and hire exceptional school leaders and assistant principals focused on school improvement efforts.Coach transformation school leaders to strengthen leadership competencies in academics, school culture, people management and team leadership talent.Nurture a healthy school leadership pipeline and engage in regional and organization succession planning efforts.Build Academically Excellent and Joyful SchoolsSupport school leaders to internalize and implement KIPP TX’s academic and school culture strategy within and across school campuses.Provide clear, directive performance management to school leaders to drive results.Facilitate annual planning processes, including master schedule development, with a cohort of school leaders in alignment with regional and state-wide goals.Maintain high visibility in assigned transformational schools providing targeted feedback on classroom instruction, lesson internalization and data meetings, observation and debrief cycles, and professional learning. Organize and implement mechanisms to monitor progress towards short and long term goals and initiatives. Develop a deep understanding of KIPP TX’s high - quality instructional materials and facilitate school leaders capacity for strong implementation at their respective school campuses.Examine student learning and culture data within and across schools to identify school and cohort priorities.Collaborate with regional leadership and the state-wide academics and operations departments to implement initiatives aligned to school, cohort, and state-wide priorities.Champion emergent bilingual students with IEPs and 504s to receive exceptional services and support, in compliance with state and federal regulations.Supports the development of strong school operational systems and processes with a focus on data collection, scheduling, and Special Education programs and services.Serve as member of Transformation Cohort Leadership TeamParticipates in KIPP Texas transformation leadership team to oversee implementation of short and long-term strategy to reach regional and state-wide goals.Partners with leadership to identify region-wide gaps to goals and responds with aligned interventions.Works with the School Support Partners team to ensure that all of the operations, technology, talent, and financial needs of the schools are met.Liaises with external stakeholders, community agencies, donors, and other third-party constituencies.Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree in education or related field from an accredited college or university highly preferred.3 years of teaching experience with a record of results of leading students to significant academic growth.5-10 years experience as a school leader leading schools serving a similar student population to KIPP Texas; experience leading school improvement and elementary experience preferred.3-5 years experience managing school leaders, particularly in school improvement settings.Senior leadership or executive leadership experience in large school districts strongly preferred.Demonstrated success leading teams to accelerate progress for students in transformation settings.SkillsExceptional leadership judgment with the ability to manage through ambiguity and make decisive, strategic choices.Ability to navigate high-stakes conversations and drive accountability through clear, structured performance management.Demonstrated leadership with the ability to coach and lead people and get student achievement results through work with others.Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating strong prioritization, organization and follow-up skills.Demonstration of effective teaching and learning and building positive school culture practices.Exceptional leadership judgment with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complex situations.Excellent interpersonal, human relations, and stress and conflict management skills.Excellent planning, goal setting, coordinating, problem analysis and decision-making skills.Ability to facilitate and lead change initiatives and embrace innovation.Enthusiasm to engage parents and community.
Additional Information
What We Bring to the TableThe starting point for the salary range for this position is $155,000 and is commensurate upon experience and internal-equity.Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.Paid family leave.Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered.Employee assistance programs. Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).457 Roth retirement plan option with KIPP matching contribution up to $1,200 a year. 403b plans also supported.KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.Physical RequirementsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.Considerable time spent at a desk using a computer/laptop.Attending conferences or training sessions. Work EnvironmentReports to school site and/or regional central office Monday-Friday.Typical school environment with frequent interruptions.Travel RequirementsDaily travel required throughout the region to school sites.Some travel required to other KIPP TX regions for workshops, conferences, or meetings (20-30%).KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionCompany Description
KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.
Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.Job Description
Transformation School Leader Managers play a critical role in advancing KIPP Texas mission to create joyful, academically excellent schools. As a Transformation School Leader Manager you will provide strategic support and accountability to a cohort of KIPP Texas transformation schools to rapidly improve student achievement outcomes. The Transformation School Leader Manager is responsible for oversight of the implementation of KIPP TX programmatic oversight and ensuring high-quality supervision of the school improvement process at assigned schools. Through maintaining a laser-focus on excellence, fairness, and rapid improvement, the Transformation School Leader Manager develops and manages a cohort of transformation school leaders, and serves as an integral member of the KIPP Texas transformation leadership team, which is responsible for driving the overall direction and strategy for KIPP TX’s transformation work. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced, dynamic systems-level turnaround leader to prove positive change in preparing students with the skills to pursue the paths they choose - with a particular focus on building a college-going culture. This position is a strong fit for senior-level educational leaders who have a proven track record of managing high-stakes school improvement efforts and developing instructional leadership capacity.This leader must be adept at balancing collaboration with independent decision-making and be comfortable navigating ambiguity to achieve results. The Transformation School Leader Manager must be skilled in directive performance management structures, ensuring high expectations, clear accountability, and coaching leaders through difficult yet necessary conversations that drive change.As a Transformation School Leader Manager you will be accountable to following organization wide goals: 100% of KTX School achieve an A or B rating - TBD95% of K-2 students reading on grade level DIBELSKTX earn 90/75/40 on Reading STAARKTX earn 90/75/40 on Math STAAR60% of seniors graduate having scored a 3+ on at least a AP/IB exam40% of 11th grade students score 21+ on the ACT80% of student matriculate to a 4-year college97% Average Daily Attendance 100% BOY Enrollment by Day 1080% of Staff Retained Key Responsibilities and DutiesLead KIPP TX’s School LeadersManage, supervise, and evaluate a cohort of transformation school leaders (typically 3-5) to improve schools and student achievement outcomes. Own the development and implementation of professional learning for School Leaders and Assistant Principals of Instruction, ensuring alignment with rigorous academic and instructional priorities.Recognize when to engage in difficult conversations and execute them with skill to ensure sustained school improvement.Coordinate and implement high-impact actions to provide strategic assistance and remove barriers for transformation schools.Supports alignment of key resources to align with school improvement strategy and implementation plan.Champion KIPP TX core values and build a community of team and family members dedicated to excellence, persistence, belongingness, teamwork, and joy.Communicate school improvement priorities to key stakeholders, including state-wide departments and schools, and ensure that staff are aligning to critical needs to sustain school improvement.Collaborate with the Superintendent of Transformation and Talent Team to recruit and hire exceptional school leaders and assistant principals focused on school improvement efforts.Coach transformation school leaders to strengthen leadership competencies in academics, school culture, people management and team leadership talent.Nurture a healthy school leadership pipeline and engage in regional and organization succession planning efforts.Build Academically Excellent and Joyful SchoolsSupport school leaders to internalize and implement KIPP TX’s academic and school culture strategy within and across school campuses.Provide clear, directive performance management to school leaders to drive results.Facilitate annual planning processes, including master schedule development, with a cohort of school leaders in alignment with regional and state-wide goals.Maintain high visibility in assigned transformational schools providing targeted feedback on classroom instruction, lesson internalization and data meetings, observation and debrief cycles, and professional learning. Organize and implement mechanisms to monitor progress towards short and long term goals and initiatives. Develop a deep understanding of KIPP TX’s high - quality instructional materials and facilitate school leaders capacity for strong implementation at their respective school campuses.Examine student learning and culture data within and across schools to identify school and cohort priorities.Collaborate with regional leadership and the state-wide academics and operations departments to implement initiatives aligned to school, cohort, and state-wide priorities.Champion emergent bilingual students with IEPs and 504s to receive exceptional services and support, in compliance with state and federal regulations.Supports the development of strong school operational systems and processes with a focus on data collection, scheduling, and Special Education programs and services.Serve as member of Transformation Cohort Leadership TeamParticipates in KIPP Texas transformation leadership team to oversee implementation of short and long-term strategy to reach regional and state-wide goals.Partners with leadership to identify region-wide gaps to goals and responds with aligned interventions.Works with the School Support Partners team to ensure that all of the operations, technology, talent, and financial needs of the schools are met.Liaises with external stakeholders, community agencies, donors, and other third-party constituencies.Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree in education or related field from an accredited college or university highly preferred.3 years of teaching experience with a record of results of leading students to significant academic growth.5-10 years experience as a school leader leading schools serving a similar student population to KIPP Texas; experience leading school improvement and elementary experience preferred.3-5 years experience managing school leaders, particularly in school improvement settings.Senior leadership or executive leadership experience in large school districts strongly preferred.Demonstrated success leading teams to accelerate progress for students in transformation settings.SkillsExceptional leadership judgment with the ability to manage through ambiguity and make decisive, strategic choices.Ability to navigate high-stakes conversations and drive accountability through clear, structured performance management.Demonstrated leadership with the ability to coach and lead people and get student achievement results through work with others.Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating strong prioritization, organization and follow-up skills.Demonstration of effective teaching and learning and building positive school culture practices.Exceptional leadership judgment with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complex situations.Excellent interpersonal, human relations, and stress and conflict management skills.Excellent planning, goal setting, coordinating, problem analysis and decision-making skills.Ability to facilitate and lead change initiatives and embrace innovation.Enthusiasm to engage parents and community.
Additional Information
What We Bring to the TableThe starting point for the salary range for this position is $155,000 and is commensurate upon experience and internal-equity.Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.Paid family leave.Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered.Employee assistance programs. Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).457 Roth retirement plan option with KIPP matching contribution up to $1,200 a year. 403b plans also supported.KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.Physical RequirementsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.Considerable time spent at a desk using a computer/laptop.Attending conferences or training sessions. Work EnvironmentReports to school site and/or regional central office Monday-Friday.Typical school environment with frequent interruptions.Travel RequirementsDaily travel required throughout the region to school sites.Some travel required to other KIPP TX regions for workshops, conferences, or meetings (20-30%).KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionCompany Description
KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.
Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.Job Description
Transformation School Leader Managers play a critical role in advancing KIPP Texas mission to create joyful, academically excellent schools. As a Transformation School Leader Manager you will provide strategic support and accountability to a cohort of KIPP Texas transformation schools to rapidly improve student achievement outcomes. The Transformation School Leader Manager is responsible for oversight of the implementation of KIPP TX programmatic oversight and ensuring high-quality supervision of the school improvement process at assigned schools. Through maintaining a laser-focus on excellence, fairness, and rapid improvement, the Transformation School Leader Manager develops and manages a cohort of transformation school leaders, and serves as an integral member of the KIPP Texas transformation leadership team, which is responsible for driving the overall direction and strategy for KIPP TX’s transformation work. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced, dynamic systems-level turnaround leader to prove positive change in preparing students with the skills to pursue the paths they choose - with a particular focus on building a college-going culture. This position is a strong fit for senior-level educational leaders who have a proven track record of managing high-stakes school improvement efforts and developing instructional leadership capacity.This leader must be adept at balancing collaboration with independent decision-making and be comfortable navigating ambiguity to achieve results. The Transformation School Leader Manager must be skilled in directive performance management structures, ensuring high expectations, clear accountability, and coaching leaders through difficult yet necessary conversations that drive change.As a Transformation School Leader Manager you will be accountable to following organization wide goals: 100% of KTX School achieve an A or B rating - TBD95% of K-2 students reading on grade level DIBELSKTX earn 90/75/40 on Reading STAARKTX earn 90/75/40 on Math STAAR60% of seniors graduate having scored a 3+ on at least a AP/IB exam40% of 11th grade students score 21+ on the ACT80% of student matriculate to a 4-year college97% Average Daily Attendance 100% BOY Enrollment by Day 1080% of Staff Retained Key Responsibilities and DutiesLead KIPP TX’s School LeadersManage, supervise, and evaluate a cohort of transformation school leaders (typically 3-5) to improve schools and student achievement outcomes. Own the development and implementation of professional learning for School Leaders and Assistant Principals of Instruction, ensuring alignment with rigorous academic and instructional priorities.Recognize when to engage in difficult conversations and execute them with skill to ensure sustained school improvement.Coordinate and implement high-impact actions to provide strategic assistance and remove barriers for transformation schools.Supports alignment of key resources to align with school improvement strategy and implementation plan.Champion KIPP TX core values and build a community of team and family members dedicated to excellence, persistence, belongingness, teamwork, and joy.Communicate school improvement priorities to key stakeholders, including state-wide departments and schools, and ensure that staff are aligning to critical needs to sustain school improvement.Collaborate with the Superintendent of Transformation and Talent Team to recruit and hire exceptional school leaders and assistant principals focused on school improvement efforts.Coach transformation school leaders to strengthen leadership competencies in academics, school culture, people management and team leadership talent.Nurture a healthy school leadership pipeline and engage in regional and organization succession planning efforts.Build Academically Excellent and Joyful SchoolsSupport school leaders to internalize and implement KIPP TX’s academic and school culture strategy within and across school campuses.Provide clear, directive performance management to school leaders to drive results.Facilitate annual planning processes, including master schedule development, with a cohort of school leaders in alignment with regional and state-wide goals.Maintain high visibility in assigned transformational schools providing targeted feedback on classroom instruction, lesson internalization and data meetings, observation and debrief cycles, and professional learning. Organize and implement mechanisms to monitor progress towards short and long term goals and initiatives. Develop a deep understanding of KIPP TX’s high - quality instructional materials and facilitate school leaders capacity for strong implementation at their respective school campuses.Examine student learning and culture data within and across schools to identify school and cohort priorities.Collaborate with regional leadership and the state-wide academics and operations departments to implement initiatives aligned to school, cohort, and state-wide priorities.Champion emergent bilingual students with IEPs and 504s to receive exceptional services and support, in compliance with state and federal regulations.Supports the development of strong school operational systems and processes with a focus on data collection, scheduling, and Special Education programs and services.Serve as member of Transformation Cohort Leadership TeamParticipates in KIPP Texas transformation leadership team to oversee implementation of short and long-term strategy to reach regional and state-wide goals.Partners with leadership to identify region-wide gaps to goals and responds with aligned interventions.Works with the School Support Partners team to ensure that all of the operations, technology, talent, and financial needs of the schools are met.Liaises with external stakeholders, community agencies, donors, and other third-party constituencies.Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree in education or related field from an accredited college or university highly preferred.3 years of teaching experience with a record of results of leading students to significant academic growth.5-10 years experience as a school leader leading schools serving a similar student population to KIPP Texas; experience leading school improvement and elementary experience preferred.3-5 years experience managing school leaders, particularly in school improvement settings.Senior leadership or executive leadership experience in large school districts strongly preferred.Demonstrated success leading teams to accelerate progress for students in transformation settings.SkillsExceptional leadership judgment with the ability to manage through ambiguity and make decisive, strategic choices.Ability to navigate high-stakes conversations and drive accountability through clear, structured performance management.Demonstrated leadership with the ability to coach and lead people and get student achievement results through work with others.Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating strong prioritization, organization and follow-up skills.Demonstration of effective teaching and learning and building positive school culture practices.Exceptional leadership judgment with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complex situations.Excellent interpersonal, human relations, and stress and conflict management skills.Excellent planning, goal setting, coordinating, problem analysis and decision-making skills.Ability to facilitate and lead change initiatives and embrace innovation.Enthusiasm to engage parents and community.
Additional Information
What We Bring to the TableThe starting point for the salary range for this position is $155,000 and is commensurate upon experience and internal-equity.Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.Paid family leave.Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered.Employee assistance programs. Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).457 Roth retirement plan option with KIPP matching contribution up to $1,200 a year. 403b plans also supported.KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.Physical RequirementsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.Considerable time spent at a desk using a computer/laptop.Attending conferences or training sessions. Work EnvironmentReports to school site and/or regional central office Monday-Friday.Typical school environment with frequent interruptions.Travel RequirementsDaily travel required throughout the region to school sites.Some travel required to other KIPP TX regions for workshops, conferences, or meetings (20-30%).KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
