Regional Superintendent

Company Description

About the Organization 

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free 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 275 schools, nearly 16,500 educators, and 175,000 students and alumni.    

Our mission: Together with families and communities, we 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. 

Our vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities. 

The KIPP Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports KIPP schools across the country. The KIPP Foundation trains and develops outstanding educators to lead KIPP public schools; provides tools, resources, and training for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations. 

About Our Values: 

• Focus on Excellent Results: Winning for Children and Families – Denying people of color and people experiencing economic hardship excellent outcomes from public organizations is longstanding and only perpetuates inter-generational racism and poverty.  We pursue excellence at a world-class level because our children and families deserve nothing less.  We focus on excellent results, generated by excellent daily action because intentions alone will not enable our children to lead fulfilling lives. 

• Courageous Action: We do Hard Things All day, Every Day – Our work is centered on reversing the impact of generational racism and poverty on children of color from low-income families.  This work is inherently challenging and will never be easy.  Our mission requires that, through concerted action, we embrace, confront, and overcome adversity. 

• Resilient Solutions Focus:  Find a Way or Make One – We doggedly pursue solutions to every problem we confront.  For every problem, we find or invent a solution.  We are smart, optimistic, and thoughtful in crafting solutions, but also timely, recognizing that our children only have one life to live.  We embrace a growth mindset, believing that simply because we have not achieved our ultimate aims today does not mean that we cannot tomorrow.  We chase the continuous improvement of ourselves, our interpersonal relationships, our teams, and our organization.

Job Description

Position Overview  

As a regional superintendent supporting a portfolio of regions, this individual(s) will partner with Executive Directors to run the best school system in the country through support, strategic development, and driving accountability of regions to our outcomes. This position is charged with ensuring all schools within their portfolio succeed in providing the highest quality education to achieve our mission. The regional superintendent will oversee the Executive Directors of their regions by providing the leadership support, development, and accountability necessary for all our regions to thrive. Working under the direction of the President, the regional superintendent will partner closely with the Chief Schools Officer, other Chiefs, Executive Directors, and regional board chairs to ensure alignment of expectations, implementation of our model with fidelity, and direct support to our Schools Team.  

Key Responsibilities and Duties: 

• Collaborate with the President, other Regional Superintendents, Executive Directors, the Chief Schools Officer, and the Chief team to ensure a clear and aligned vision for academic excellence across all our schools through implementation of our programmatic model with fidelity and enthusiasm in service of achieving the highest student outcomes  

• Collaborate with regions across the network, identify emerging needs and as appropriate, participate in the delivery of potential solutions 

• Ensure the effective communication, cascading of information, and coordination, across and within regions through regular operating mechanisms and appropriate channels  

• Collaborate with other national teams to ensure all non-academic responsibilities and goals are met, including but not limited to operations, technology, finances, human resources, and advancement  

• Monitor aligned dashboards to identify gaps and deployment of strategies and resources to achieve our goals  

• Facilitate sharing and strong re