Head of Schools (26-27)

This is a general posting for potential future opportunities. At this time, there may or may not be a vacancy. Applications are collected on a rolling basis and reviewed for alignment with skills and experience. Communication regarding next steps may not occur until an aligned opportunity becomes available.

About the Role

The School Leader Manager is responsible for the overall quality of school programming and maintains a laser-focus on continually increasing the number of students who thrive in and graduate from the college of their choice. This role involves excellent management and development of a cohort of school leaders, and collaboration across organizational functions including development, operations, technology, talent, curriculum, and finance. The School Leader Manager reports to the Head of Schools and serves as an integral member of the Regional KIPP Texas academic leadership team, driving the overall direction and strategy for the region.

Responsibilities

• Lead KIPP TX’s School Leaders
  • Manage, supervise, and evaluate a cohort of PK3-12 school leaders to drive school improvement initiatives and regional results.
  • Champion KIPP TX core values and build a community of team and family members dedicated to achievement, inclusion, and belongingness.
  • Collaborate with the Regional Superintendent and Talent Team to hire school leaders and assistant principals.
  • Cultivate school leaders' leadership competencies in academics, school culture, people management, and team leadership through coaching and professional learning opportunities.
  • Nurture a healthy school leadership pipeline and engage in regional and organizational succession planning efforts.
• Build Academically Excellent and Joyful Schools
  • Support school leaders to internalize and implement KIPP TX’s academic and school culture strategy within and across school campuses.
  • Facilitate annual planning processes, including master schedule development, with a cohort of school leaders in alignment with regional and state-wide goals.
  • Organize and implement mechanisms to monitor progress toward 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 emerging bilinguals, students with IEPs, and 504s to receive exceptional services and supports, in compliance with state and federal regulations.
  • Support 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 Regional Leadership Team
  • Participate in the KIPP Texas regional leadership team to oversee the implementation of short and long-term strategy to reach regional and state-wide goals.
  • Partner with regional leadership to identify region-wide gaps to goals and respond with aligned interventions.
  • Work with the School Support Partners team to ensure that all operational, technology, talent, and financial needs of the schools are met.
  • Liaise with external stakeholders, community agencies, donors, and other third-party constituencies.

Requirements

• 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 leading students to significant academic growth.
• 5-10 years of experience as a school leader leading schools serving a similar student population to KIPP Texas; experience leading school improvement preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience managing school leaders, particularly in school transformation settings.
• Demonstrated success leading teams to accelerate progress for students in transformation settings.

Skills

• Demonstrated leadership with the ability to lead people and get 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 practices.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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.
• Participation 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 Requirements

• Considerable time spent at a desk using a computer/laptop.
• Attending conferences or training sessions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Work Environment

• Reports to school site Monday-Friday.
• Typical school environment with frequent interruptions.

Travel Requirements

Minimal travel; may travel to other school sites or regional office for professional learning or meetings.