School Leader 25-26

ABOUT THE ROLE

KIPP Texas is  hiring for School Leaders  in all four regional locations you will be asked for your preference as part of the application process:

• Austin TX
• Dallas TX
• Houston TX
• San Antonio TX

School Leaders play a critical role in advancing KIPP Texas mission to create joyful academically excellent schools. As a school leader you will set vision and direction in partnership with staff students and families to drive towards school improvement initiatives and KIPP Texas overall goals for healthy schools. You will manage coach and develop instructional operational and support staff to ensure all students have access to a positive learning community focused on preparing them with the skills to pursue the paths they choose with a particular focus on building a collegegoing culture. In collaboration with regional leadership and statewide departments you will leverage systems supports and processes to ensure that student enrollment school operations finances and talent are sound.  This is an ideal opportunity for a dynamic and visionary organizational leader with significant experience leading schools (particularly in transformation settings)  to improve and become a premier campus marked by academic excellence and joy. 

As a School Leader  you will internalize and drive towards academic and culturerelated goals in pursuit of supporting KIPP Texas Public Schools in meeting organizational goals;

• 100% of KTX School achieve an A or B rating TBD
• 95% of K2 students reading on grade level DIBELS
• KTX earn 90/75/40 on Reading STAAR
• KTX earn 90/75/40 on Math STAAR
• 60% of seniors graduate having scored a 3 on at least a AP/IB exam
• 40% of 11th grade students score 21 on the ACT
• 80% of student matriculate to a 4year college
• 97% Average Daily Attendance 
• 100% BOY Enrollment by Day 10
• 80% of Staff Retained

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead a team to successfully build a school of academic excellence and joy

• Set ambitious schoolwide vision and goals aligned to state wide targets that will lead to school improvement and put students on a path to and through college.
• Create and execute schoolwide plans to prioritize time and resources to achieve annual goals.
• Champion KIPP TX core values and build a community of team and family members dedicated to  achievement inclusion and belongingness.
• Lead coach and develop a school leadership team of Assistant Principals of Instructions Assistant Principal of Operations and other leadership staff.
• Hire supervise coach and retain instructional and support staff at all levels across the schools. 
• Partner with statewide departments to implement financial operations and talent systems and processes.
• Cultivate a diverse highpotential school leadership pipeline.

Act as the Schools Instructional Leader

• Partner with KIPP TXs Academic department and Head of Schools to translate KIPP TXs academic strategy to drive towards school improvement and student academic success.
• Develop staffs capacity to internalize high quality instructional materials including grade level standards curriculum assessments and lessons.
• Champion emerging bilinguals students with IEPs and 504s to receive exceptional services and supports in compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Cultivate staff to effectively deliver daily learning to drive student mastery.
• Develop and deliver systems and processes to monitor student learning and teacher development.
• Support staff to regularly collect and analyze student learning data in order to adjust instruction.
• Observe and coach campusbased instructional leaders (Assistant Principals of Instruction Grade level chairs department chairs etc) to ensure they are providing highimpact feedback to teachers.
• Create and leverage mechanisms for teacher collaboration within and across grade levels and departments.
• Lead wholeschool professional learning to drive improvements in teacher practice.
• Continuously engage in learning related to content pedagogy and instructional methods.

Foster a JoyFul School Culture

• Partner with your Assistant Principal of Operations and the statewide school operations department to design and implement a plan to cultivate register enroll and onboard New to KIPP families.
• Provide a collegegoing joyful environment where students experience connection belonging and rigorous learning.
• Maintain student enrollment to meet and exceed student enrollment targets.
• Establish and implement schoolwide systems to support strong daily attendance and partner with students staff and families to support and mitigate situations related to chronic absenteeism.
• Leverage schoolwide systems to develop a positive learning culture and establish strong rapport between staff and students and students and students.
• Partner with students teachers administrators and families to address breeches to school culture.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree required; Masters degree in education or related field from an accredited college or university preferred
• Texas Principal certification preferred
• 35 years experience as a principal leading schools serving a similar student population to KIPP Texas; experience leading school improvement( preferred).
• At least 2 years Assistant Principal or equivalent schoollevel leadership experience with a record of results of leading students to significant academic growth  (required)
• 2 years of teaching experience (required)
• Demonstrated success leading teams to accelerate progress for students in transformation settings.

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Demonstrated leadership with the ability to lead people and get results through work with others.
• Ability to work in a fastpaced environment demonstrating strong prioritization organization and followup 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 decisionmaking skills
• Ability to facilitate and lead change initiatives and embrace innovation
• Enthusiasm to engage parents and community

Additional Information :

What We Bring to the Table

The starting point for the salary range for this position is $92250 with the opportunity to earn more based on considered experience at an accredited K12 institution and internalequity.

• 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 $1200 a year.  403b plans also supported.
• KIPP also offers the following employeepaid benefits: legal plans LifeLock identity protection life insurance and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending account or highyield HSA.

Physical Requirements

• The 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 Environment

• Reports to school site MondayFriday.
• Typical school environment with frequent interruptions.

Travel Requirements

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

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime