School Leader Manager

POSITION OVERVIEW
The School Leader Manager (SLM) is responsible for the overall quality of school programming and maintains a laser focus on increasing academic outcomes for KIPP Indy students. They pursue this work through excellent management and development of a cohort of school leaders and collaboration crossorganizationally with other development operations technology talent curriculum and finance leaders. The SLM reports to the Head of Schools and serves as an integral member of the Regional KIPP Indy academic leadership team which is responsible for driving the overall direction and strategy for the region. This is an ideal opportunity for a dynamic and visionary organizational leader with significant team leadership and school improvement experience to play a critical role in expanding and shaping a premier K12 network committed to supporting students to graduate college and succeed in school and life.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Team and Organizational Leadership

• Serve as a member of KIPP Indys Region Wide Leadership Team (RWLT) to set vision and direction establish and refine strategic priorities and lead organizational culture
• Collaborate with RWLT to support organizational health mitigate and address risks and model core values 
• Build deep relationships with school and regional leaders acting as a strategic advisor to them and problemsolving as issues arise
• Cultivate relationships with critical KIPP Indy stakeholders including families board members community partners and partners
• Participate in and staff all KIPP Indy Board of Directors meetings and functions
• Manage School Leaders and school leadership teams across the KIPP Indy network of schools  
• Support the organizations growth strategy collaborating with the RWLT to evaluate the financial implications of different growth scenarios

Lead KIPP Indy School Leaders

• Manage supervise and evaluate network school leaders to drive toward school improvement initiatives and regional results.
• Champion KIPP Indy core values and build a community of team and family members dedicated to achievement inclusion and belongingness.
• Collaborate with the Head of Schools and Talent Team to hire school leaders and assistant school leaders.
• Cultivate school leader leadership competencies in academics school culture people management and team leadership talent through leveraging coaching and professional learning opportunities.
• Nurture a healthy school leadership pipeline and engage in regional and organizational succession planning efforts.
   

Building Academically Excellent and Joyful Schools

• Support school leaders to internalize and implement KIPP Indys 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 statewide goals.
• Organize and implement mechanisms to monitor progress toward short and longterm goals and initiatives. 
• Develop a deep understanding of KIPP Indys highquality instructional materials and facilitate school leader 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 statewide academics and operations departments to implement initiatives aligned to school cohort and statewide priorities.
• Champion emerging bilinguals 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.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree
• A masters degree in education or a related field from an accredited college or university is highly preferred
• 3 years of teaching experience with a record of results of leading students to significant academic growth.
• 510 years of experience as a school leader leading schools serving a similar student population to KIPP Indy; experience leading school improvement preferred.
• 35 years of experience managing school leaders particularly in school transformation settings.
• Demonstrated success leading teams to accelerate progress for students in transformation settings.

Additional Information :

The salary for this position is $125000
Salary is commensurate with experience and includes a highly competitive benefits package. Opportunities for performancebased bonuses are also available.

KIPP Indy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race color religion sex age national origin veteran status disability sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime