Transformation School Leader - (24-25)

Company Description

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

Transformation school Leaders play a critical role in advancing KIPP Texas mission to create joyful, academically excellent schools. As a transformation school leader you will lead one of KIPP Texas’ transformation schools and drive sustained and rapid student academic results. Transformation school leaders are focused on excellence, equity, and rapid improvement and expect these qualities in the school team you will lead. Through stabilizing student culture and improving daily learning you will ensure a positive learning community for all students. In collaboration with state-wide departments you will leverage systems, supports, and processes to ensure that student enrollment, school operations, finances are sound.  This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced, dynamic school leader to prove positive change in preparing students with the skills to pursue the paths they choose - with a particular focus on building a college-going culture. 

As a transformational school leader you will be accountable to following organization wide goals:  

• 100% of KTX School achieve an A or B rating - TBD

• 95% of K-2 students reading on grade level DIBELS

• KTX earn 90/75/40 on Reading STAAR

• KTX earn 90/75/40 on Math STAAR

• 60% of seniors graduate having scored a 3+ on at least a AP/IB exam

• 40% of 11th grade students score 21+ on the ACT

• 80% of student matriculate to a 4-year college

• 97% Average Daily Attendance 

• 100% BOY Enrollment by Day 10

• 80% of Staff Retained 

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Lead a team to successfully build a school of academic excellence and joy

• Meet or exceed school wide targets, aligned to state wide targets, that will lead to school improvement and put students on a path to and through college.

• Accelerate instructional improvements by implementing strategies in line with the priority areas identified by the Superintendent  of School Transformation.

• Strategically align resources to drive rapid growth in student outcomes

• Champion KIPP TX core values and build a community of team and family members dedicated to  achievement, inclusion and belongingness.

• Lead, coach, and develop a school leadership team of Assistant Principals of Instructions, Assistant Principal of Operations, and other leadership staff.

• Ensure school leadership team have clear roles and responsibilities with scheduled time to implement core leadership moves.

• Strategically hire and staff teachers based on student and staff needs and strengths.

• Supervise and coach instructional and support staff at all levels across the schools.

• Enact differentiated strategies to support and retain staff, particularly high-performers.

• Partner with state-wide departments to implement financial, operations, and talent systems and processes.

• Cultivate a diverse, high-potential school leadership pipeline.

Act as the School’s Instructional Leader

• Partner with KIPP TX’s Academic department and Head of Schools to translate KIPP TX’s academic strategy to drive towards school improvement and student academic success.

• Improve school leaders through consistent on-the- job development, including deliberate modeling and observation and feedback cycles.

• Develop staff’s capacity to internalize high quality instruc