[2023 - 2024] KIPP Pride High College Readiness & Career Exploration Instructor

Company Description

Organizational Overview

**This position is located in Northampton County, 4 hours east of Charlotte**

KIPP NC is a network of eight high-performing, college-preparatory public charter schools providing an academically rigorous and joyous school experience to more than 3,500 students in grades K-12 in Charlotte, Durham, Gaston, and Halifax. KIPP NC supports several thousand alumni on their journey to and through high school, college, and career.   

KIPP NC is building on a rich tradition of academic excellence and relentless fight for social justice present from the founding of both KIPP ENC and KIPP Charlotte. KIPP ENC is the second oldest KIPP region in the nation. In its 20 years of operation, KIPP ENC has been a cornerstone for students and families in rural Gaston and Halifax, operating two primary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. Over the past five years, it grew to serve even more students by opening up a middle school in Durham, an urban center in the center part of the state. KIPP Charlotte, which grew out of the strong traditions and academics of KIPP ENC, has supported students and families for the past 13 years, operating one primary school and one middle school in the largest city in North Carolina.

KIPP North Carolina is building upon the successes and experiences of KIPP ENC and KIPP Charlotte to provide inclusive school environments and an educational program that will enable our students to lead full lives and equip graduates to be future leaders and agents of change in North Carolina and beyond. KIPP NC is engaging in direct, anti-racist work, and contributes meaningfully to the dismantling of structures of inequality within our organization, schools, and classrooms. We’re committed to expanding our efforts to embed anti-racism in all of our activities and engagements within our classrooms and schools, across our organization, and throughout the State of North Carolina. All of this will be in a tireless effort to create classrooms that are homeplaces for our students, places where they feel safe, loved, validated, seen, and heard, places where all their beautiful identities will be affirmed and celebrated, and places where they will learn the academic knowledge and skills needed for college, career, and beyond.

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION OVERVIEW

**This is a teaching role and teaches students for the majority of the time in the Fall Semester**

Counseling services can transform the college and career dreams into a reality. Evidence has shown that the lack of access to information and guidance on college admissions and financial aid is a prohibitive barrier for many low-income families. In the absence of good information, many families develop critical misconceptions about what it takes to get into and stay in college. By employing a diverse range of outreach efforts – from individualized, one-on-one meetings to large-group workshops to a rigorous, personalized Senior Seminar course – the College & Career Counseling Team closes the information divide for KIPP Pride High School students and families, breaking down the barriers to college access. 

We believe that, for most of our students, a Bachelor’s degree is the stepping stone for students to pursue professional and personal success and therefore will ensure that ALL our students have the skills, knowledge, and character to earn at least one acceptance to a four-year university. We also believe that this is not the only path to professional and personal success, and are committed to supporting 100% of our students, including those who choose a non-college post-secondary pathway. We believe in career exploration and exposure throughout high school so all students leave with a strong sense of their passion, purpose, and plan for a strong start in college or a progressive professional pathway of their choosing. We know that truly preparing students for college and career requires an intense focus on student GPAs and ACT results, experiential learning opportunities such as summer programs and dual enrollment courses, excellent college & career counseling, and strong relationships with and programming for students and their families.  

The College Counselor reports to the Director of College Counseling, is an in-person role who works every day on the KIPP Pride High School campus, and who teaches classes on college and career as well as counsels students on their options and opportunities after high school.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES &  RESPONSIBILITIES

**This is a teaching role and teaches students for the majority of the time in the Fall Semester**

Teaching & Advising:

• Teach and facilitate college and career readiness seminar classes, with emphasis