Deputy Chief of School Culture and Achievement - (Immediate)

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About KIPP Texas

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 57 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 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 280 schools, nearly 15,000 educators, and 175,000 students and alumni.

Job Description

About the Role

KIPP Texas is looking for a Deputy Chief of School Culture and Achievement (DCSCA). Under the direction of the Chief Schools Officer (CSO), the DCSCA is responsible for implementing and overseeing all initiatives related to maintaining and improving school culture, leading to increased student achievement. The DCSCA will ensure that all KIPP schools are preparing students to succeed in college and developing mindsets and skills to support their achievement. The DCSA will play a critical role in coaching and supporting School Leader Managers and School Leaders in creating equitable, joyful, academically excellent learning environments that improve student achievement outcomes by closing opportunity gaps. The DCSCA will advise the CSO and the Regional Superintendents on instructional methodologies and professional development for staff and administration to ensure that all KIPP schools create a sense of belonging for students so that they can achieve extraordinary outcomes. In this role, the DCSCA will be a trusted partner of the Talent team to align with the Rubric for Educational Excellence and professional learning. The Deputy Chief of School Achievement will manage the school wellness and culture team. 

This is an ideal role for an innovative systems-level leader with a track record of transformative change in schools. The DCSCA will assist in developing short- and long-term goals to ensure the successful implementation of KIPP Texas’ mission, including working to impact system change, remove barriers, and scale academic achievement across all KIPP Texas schools.

You know you are successful if:

• You communicate and embody KIPP Texas’ culture and core values and deeply understand how the values should be lived at our schools;
• You model effective leadership practices, including articulating a vision for effective support to schools, utilizing time management strategies, and prioritizing work;
• You provide coaching and support to Regional leaders and their school leadership teams in leadership competencies aligned to their individual professional learning plans, specifically in the areas of equity-based leadership, instructional leadership, leading through others, and leveraging impact and influence to drive transformational change;
• You are a model of equitable practices while teaching and insisting that School Leaders (SLs) and School Leader Managers (SLMs) also be models of equitable practices in their decision-making for both BIG and Little KIPPsters;
• You analyze data at the student level through the regional level to support SLs and SLMs in crafting plans that are responsive to both strengths and areas of opportunities around school culture, leadership, and student outcomes;
• You assist in setting the vision and direction for Big KIPPster's professional learning experiences that are rigorous, aligned, and collaborative in service of building community within, and across, horizontal communities of SLs and SLMs.

Key Responsibilities

• Create a vision for ensuring every staff member at KIPP understands and insists on an effective school culture focused on belonging and achievement;
• Insist on the implementation of the KIPP Texas Academic Strategy and other KTX strategic initiatives.
• Plan and implement high quality professional learning for regional leaders.
• Ensure alignment on student culture and achievement through all departments at KIPP Texas to ensure consistency and cla