Director of Student Health Services

• Department:
  Regional Support and Leadership
• Compensation: USD 90,000 - USD 100,000 - yearly

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 our 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!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas—founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018,we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

The KIPP Texas Director of Student Health Services will support schools to foster healthy and safe environments for students to reach optimum achievement and health, serving as a thought partner, problem solver, and change agent to internal and external stakeholders with steadfast commitment to action. Since health and educational goals are interdependent, this position furthers the mission of KIPP Texas as it helps ensure that all students have access to care that meets their diverse emotional and behavioral needs.

The KIPP Texas Director of School Health Services is a senior leader and will lead the implementation of the strategic direction for School Health Services, initiating new strategy as well as implementation of project timelines of the strategic plan. He/she will work cooperatively with regional and school leaders, school-based school health staff as well as the state team to ensure the delivery of high quality programs, services and improved results in student achievement.

Lead collaborative departmental meetings supporting strategic initiatives, including developing a 'Student Health arc of the year' roadmap.

Routinely evaluate the KTX Student Health program to ensure student education objectives are met and program performance tracks against annual targets.

Identify, analyze, and apply current nursing and medical research findings to drive health care delivery and strategic improvements.

Provide operational leadership to School Health Services, ensuring quality programming, consistent intervention support, and adherence to state statutes regarding protected health information.

Maintain district compliance through accurate state-required reporting, consistent policy updates in alignment with state guidance, proper maintenance of student health data, and the development of proactive disease prevention/response systems.

Ensure all student health concerns are documented and supported to allow for student success in the classroom

Partner with the Special Education team to manage Individual Health Plans, including one-to-one nursing and homebound services.

Coordinate implementation of state mandates (e.g., CPR/AED, screenings, immunizations, Type 2 Diabetes) and serve on…