Regional VP of Schools - Permian Basin (Immediate Opening)

About the role

Mission: The Vice President of Schools (VPS) is a senior leader responsible for managing schools, principals, and initiatives that shape the education of future graduates. They ensure the high performance of schools in the region. A skilled manager and coach, the VPS leads instructional improvement, school culture, and human capital development. Driven by goals and data, they monitor performance, create motivating plans, and inspire others to achieve academic outcomes. They balance strategy execution with building relationships across teams to drive change. The VPS focuses on building leadership capacity, reallocating resources when needed, and ensuring regional leaders are equipped to meet goals.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly manage principals and regional direct reports.

Location: This is a full-time onsite position located in the Permian Basin. Preference will be given to candidates who live in the region, or who are willing to relocate.

Travel Expectations: This role requires traveling and visiting campuses. Travel to IDEA Training events or step-back is required.

Responsibilities

• Support Academic Excellence: Implement and manage curricula, programs, strategies, and interventions to achieve academic gains and exceed district goals.
• Develop and Retain School Leadership: Develop principals into transformational leaders and retain top performers while building a strong leadership pipeline.
• Oversee School Culture and Operations: Execute regional culture vision with school and district leaders, ensuring a college-bound culture with clear expectations for all students. Create a safe and joyful learning environment for all.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Analyze all relevant data associated with students, staff, and families to identify trends and develop strategies to improve outcomes.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with HQ partners to ensure campuses meet goals.
• Compliance: Ensure that schools have efficient processes to have safe, well-run schools and meet compliance standards aligned to IDEA, state, and federal policies.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s Degree is required.

Experience: 5+ years of teaching experience; 3+ years of principal experience. Proven track record of achieving success and leading other leaders.

Qualifications

Education: Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and/or Administration or related field preferred.

Skills

• Make Strategic Decisions: fosters inclusive decision‑making, manages disagreements, communicates final decisions with context and impact.
• Manage Work and Teams: builds systems to track progress, defines roles, implements structured processes, allocates time and resources strategically.
• Grow Self and Others: uses data to assess development needs, designs learning opportunities, models growth mindset, ensures learning initiatives are impactful.
• Build a Culture of Trust: builds trust and drives positive engagement, addresses concerns, models transparency, fosters collaboration.
• Communicate Deliberately: communicates clear vision, identifies and addresses communication gaps, anticipates and resolves stakeholder concerns.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Disability and life insurance
• Parenting benefits
• Flexible spending account options
• Generous vacation time
• Referral bonuses
• Professional development
• 403(b) plan
• Relocation stipend (if applicable)

Pay

Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $138,400 and $167,500, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity. This role is also eligible for performance pay based on organizational performance and goal attainment.