School Leader

Company

Description:

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open‑enrollment, pre‑K‑12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. 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.

We are hiring School Leaders across four regional locations. Preference will be considered during the application process.

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

• Set ambitious school‑wide vision and goals, aligned to state-wide targets.
• Create and execute school-wide 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.
• Lead, coach, and develop a school leadership team of Assistant Principals of Instruction, 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 state-wide departments to implement financial, operations, and talent systems and processes.
• Cultivate a high‑potential school leadership pipeline.

• Partner with KIPP TX’s Academic department and Head of Schools to translate KIPP TX’s academic strategy to drive toward student academic success.
• Develop staff 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 to adjust instruction.
• Observe and coach campus-based instructional leaders to ensure high-impact feedback to teachers.
• Create and leverage mechanisms for teacher collaboration within and across grade levels and departments.
• Lead whole‑school professional learning to drive improvements in teacher practice.
• Continuously engage in learning related to content, pedagogy, and instructional methods.

• Partner with your Assistant Principal of Operations and the state-wide school operations department to design and implement a plan to cultivate, register, enroll, and onboard new families.
• Provide a college‑going, joyful environment where students experience connection and rigorous learning.
• Maintain student enrollment to meet and exceed enrollment targets.
• Establish and implement school-wide systems to support strong daily attendance and partner with students, staff, and families to support and mitigate chronic absenteeism.
• Leverage school-wide systems to develop a positive learning culture and establish strong rapport between staff and students.
• Partner with students, teachers, administrators, and families to address breaches in school culture.

• Bachelor’s degree required;
  Master’s degree in education or related field preferred.
• Texas Principal certification preferred.
• 3–5 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 school-level leadership experience with a record of results in leading students to significant academic growth.
• 2 years of teaching experience.
• Demonstrated success leading teams to accelerate progress for students in transformation settings.

• Demonstrated leadership with the ability to lead people and get results through collaboration.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment, demonstrating strong prioritization, organization and follow‑up skills.
• Effective teaching and learning practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, human relations, and stress and…