Managing Director of K-12 Academic Operations

Company Description About KIPP Nashville Public Schools

KIPP Nashville Public Schools is a network of high-performing, free, open‑enrollment K-12 schools that has been committed to positively affecting student outcomes in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000+ students nationwide and supports students from Pre‑Kindergarten through college, career and beyond. Through the KIPP Forward program, our team helps students identify their career of highest aspiration and develop the skills and confidence to chase their dreams.

KIPP Nashville currently operates 4 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 2 high schools and educates over 3,000 students in the Nashville metropolitan area.

The mission of KIPP Nashville is together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose – college, career and beyond – so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our core values are GROWTH, TEAM, and SHINE. If you share in these beliefs and values, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to be their best, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already aKIPPster.

KIPP Nashville Public Schools is committed to providing a college preparatory education to all students. The MD of K-12 Academic Operations plays a critical role in realizing this mission by ensuring the critical academic structures of curriculum, assessments, professional development, and grading are coordinated effectively together within our school calendar – as well as project managing the implementation of key academic strategies like Curriculum Management, Arc Reviews, Summer PD, and Regional PD.

• Ensure accurate Master Order Lists for K-12 Academics in alignment with OneKIPP implementation.
• Lead the region-wide procurement process for the purchasing of required academic materials including school leadership teams through implementation, as well as leaders on the School Support Team.
• Monitor contracts and manage bid/RFP processes for regional operations’ functions as needed to remain in compliance with state and federal purchasing regulations.
• Build the strategy and accountability systems for monitoring its procurement, delivery, and setup in classrooms/required spaces prior to each school year.
• Manage, organize and oversee KIPP Nashville’s K-12 online curriculum organizational systems to ensure efficient and effective stakeholder access.

• In partnership with the Chief of Schools, Chief Academic Officer and Heads of Schools, ensure regular academic progress monitoring for Principal Managers and the Regional Leadership Team.
• Manage the systems supporting the K-12 Arc of the Year – including shared drive materials management, the communication and collection of Arc Review pre‑work and post‑work (when applicable), and all day‑of logistics for each school’s review.
• OneKIPP Implementation:
  Coordinate with KIPP Foundation to ensure alignment of K-12 progress monitoring systems – K-8 Literacy, K-8 Math, and HS design.

• In partnership with the Chief of Schools and Chief Academic Officer, drive regional structures (APM meetings, cabinet meetings, and leader meetings) that ensure effective and timely progress monitoring of student achievement with key stakeholders.
• Collaborate actively with different academy levels to ensure efficient execution of regional priorities across campuses.
• Assist in the research, data collection, and preparation of internal academic reports and external requests, ensuring accuracy of content and timely delivery; including annual progress reports, external mandated documentation, and compliance reports.
• Manage, organize and oversee senior‑level meeting agendas, materials, and historical documents vital to organizational operations.

• Serve as primary point of contact with key assessment vendors.
• Managing the interim assessments each year (currently 3 per…