School Operations Manager

About KIPP Texas Public Schools

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K–12 schools across Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well‑rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way.

Please note that this is a general posting for current and potential future opportunities. At this time, there may or may not be a vacancy. We are collecting applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply. Your application will be reviewed and considered for any opportunity that matches your skills and experience. Please be aware that you may not receive communication regarding next steps until an aligned opportunity becomes available.

We appreciate your interest in the role and KIPP Texas.

Every member of the Team & Family at KIPP Texas Public Schools plays a critical role in ensuring our students have the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career and beyond. Our educators are passionate advocates for their students and their families, working tirelessly to ensure that our students have access to opportunity. In our classrooms and across the KIPP family, we embrace, honor and celebrate our differences across several characteristics that construct our unique identities in our little and big KIPPsters.

We are especially committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences of our students because we believe the best work we do is grounded in the realities and experiences of our families and KIPPsters. The School Operations Team is focused on creating the conditions by which our schools can thrive by successfully driving attendance, enrollment, and school-wide systems;

leading safety and crisis management; and providing exemplary customer service for students, families and staff members.

• Manage day-to-day school-based operations policies and procedures.
• Implement daily school-wide procedures such as arrival, lunch, and dismissal.
• Oversee daily busing operations, process changes, address challenges, and coordinate processes.
• Coordinate with Child Nutrition for day-to-day logistics of service such as meal card replacement and rosters.
• Support field lesson logistics by booking buses and ordering meals.
• Schedule shared space.
• Ensure that substitutes are booked and given attendance roster materials.

• Drive school-based strategies to ensure kids are in seats every day and year over year.
• Manage school event coordination and family engagement sessions.
• Curate any school-based social media communications and postings.
• Provide tours for prospective families.
• Serve as a key ambassador to the school’s larger community, building relationships with families, staff, and stakeholders with compassion, direct communication, and reliability.
• Makes daily attendance calls based on guidance from Attendance and PEIMS Specialist.
• Execute interventions to support chronically absent students in improving attendance.
• Support families in completion of registration documents.

• Maintain school inventory system and implement purchasing and accounting best practices.

• Manage copier and teacher workroom supplies, troubleshoot copiers, and receive training on copiers.
• Manage student technology audits, distribution, collection, and repair requests.

• Manage and develop School Operations Associate toward excellence in their role and with an eye toward their long-term development.
• If the school model does not include an SOA, SOM acts as front office, greeting families, answering phone calls, and providing best-in-class customer service.

• Bilingual:
  English and Spanish preferred.
• 2–3 years of related work experience.
• Minimum 2 years experience in operations or education.

• Unwavering commitment to the KIPP Texas mission, core values, and willingness to go above and beyond to meet the…