Manager of Academic Strategy & Projects (Immediate)

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 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 Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our team to immediately have an impact on our productivity, streamlining strategic initiatives, focusing on school health initiatives and measures, overseeing program management, and communicating objectives between departments. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in an academic strategy management role, with a special focus on executive-level advising, interdepartmental collaboration, and developing partnerships. 

Position Overview

The Manager of Academic Strategy & Projects will lead the execution of our long term academic strategy with academic leaders across all four regions within KIPP Texas Public Schools. They will support the creation and implementation of a culturally responsive academic approach, created by student achievement and culture data. This person will maintain clear, predictable and reliable communication, and facilitate side-by-side decision making with executive leadership teams.

In addition to developing and progress monitoring a long term academic strategy, the Manager of Academic Strategy & Projects will facilitate regular and ongoing collaboration between the Academics and School Management teams. As a leader, they will ensure that the department goals are aligned to the organization mission, vision and values while pursuing excellence for each functional team. 

They will consistently demonstrate their experience in the design, integration, and implementation of a large complex system to improve student results, as well as making conscious connections with inner functional teams and external departments and organizations. 

General Role Description

• School Improvement Plans | Oversees the development and implementation of targeted improvement plans, and facilitates the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data to make conclusions and take timely action toward meeting annual goals 
• Policies and Procedures | Provides leadership in the development, writing, and implementation of policies and procedures for the school system
• Academic Operations | Ensures that the academic operations are in compliance with federal, state and local requirements and reflect the best thinking and practices of educators and professionals in their respective fields.
• Academics & School Management Collaboration| Lead the collaboration between the Deputy Chiefs of the functional teams of Academics and School Management and support with their functional workstreams (project management, department liaison, hiring support and management, cross-team collaboration, and more)
• Academic Budget Management | Support the management of the academics budget, including facilitating the collaboration of budget guidance for schools as it relates to the full academic program
• Academic Strategy |Support  the creation, feedback and implementation of the five-year academic strategy
• Enabling Systems |Monitor and improve the systems and structures that drive instructional excellence such as academic progress meetings, content team meetings, internalization structures, etc
• Communication and Materials Storage | Create and maintain systems that allow for clear, predictable, and transparent communication across multiple functional teams and departments within the organization