Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 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 just world.

Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

You can see all our job opportunities at https://kipptexas.org/join-our-team/.

Job Description

The Opportunity

Lead the work to ensure KIPP Texas continues to be the destination for new teachers to thrive, grow, and launch into a lifelong career in teaching.

• Improve overall statewide teacher retention;
• Expansion of the Teacher Incentive Allotment to include 90% of KIPP Texas teachers;
• Support KIPP Texas being the employer of choice for those pursuing a life long career in education
• Support new to KIPP and new to teaching teachers in their development

Goals of the role

• Year 1 teachers retained at higher year over year rate than prior school year
• Expansion of the Teacher Incentive Allotment to include 90% of KIPP Texas teachers;
• Expand teacher opportunities for growth and development, particularly focusing on new to teaching and new to KIPP teachers

Role Responsibilities

• Design professional development for new teachers to ensure new to teaching and new to KIPP teachers are adequately developed.
• Partner with School Leaders, APs, and other campus leaders to support new to teaching and new to KIPP teachers
• Liaise with school leaders, keeping them informed of the progress of their new teachers
• Support KIPP Texas in the pursuit of TEA Teacher Incentive Allotment expansion applications and subsequent management of our TIA programs
• Lead and facilitate decision-making for the Teacher Career Pathway and Teacher Incentive Allotment in partnership with internal Steering Committee members (with key stakeholders from Finance, Compliance, Human Resources, Academics, Analytics team members)
• Design professional development and other development opportunities around the Rubric for Equity & Excellence, our statewide instructional rubric
• Manage others to continued excellent outcomes

Qualifications

• School leadership and management experience preferred
• Experience setting vision and direction for a school or department
• Experience having been an excellent teacher coach
• Knowledge of teacher development and supports, current educational trends, methods, research, and technology, professional development design, and program planning and implementation
• Knowledge of new teacher development and supports, current educational trends, methods, research, and technology, professional development design, and program planning and implementation
• A commitment to promoting equity through the identification and removal of barriers, facilitation of learning, cultivation of community, and empowerment of people
• Experience leading engaging and effective professional development for adults
• Strong communication skills and follow-through
• Demonstrated initiative in prioritizing amidst complex needs and strategically planning to get results
• Flexibility and ability to multi-task within an ambiguous, fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment while also driving toward clarity and solutions

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits

As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance, and disability plans.

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.