Postado em: Outros em Dallas | Última actualização: |
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 instructional materials, including grade level standards, curriculum, assessments, and lessons especially for diverse learners.
Champion emerging bilinguals, students with IEPs and 504s to receive exceptional services and supports, in compliance with state and federal regulations.
Leverage reach based teaching practices to develop staff to effectively deliver daily learning to drive student mastery through research based teaching practices.
Develop and sustain school-wide systems and processes to monitor student learning and teacher development.
Support staff to regularly collect and analyze student learning data in order to adjust instruction.
Observe and coach campus-based instructional leaders (Assistant Principals of Instruction, Grade level chairs, department chairs, etc) to ensure they are providing high-impact and actionable feedback to teachers.
Create and implement systems for teacher collaboration within and across grade levels and departments.
Lead whole-school professional learning to drive improvements in teacher practice.
Continuously engage in learning related to content, pedagogy, and instructional methods.
Foster a Joyful School Culture
Collaborate with your Assistant Principal of Operations and the state-wide school operations department to design and implement a plan to cultivate, register, enroll, and onboard New to KIPP families.
Provide a college-going, joyful environment where students experience connection, belonging, and rigorous learning.
Maintain student enrollment to meet and exceed student enrollment targets.
Establish and implement school-wide systems to support strong daily attendance and partner with students, staff, and families to support and mitigate situations related to chronic absenteeism.
Leverage school-wide systems to develop a positive learning culture and establish strong rapport between staff and students and students and students.
Oversee school-wide practices that demonstrate high expectations and shared ownership for student success, with a focus on college and career readiness in all learning spaces.
Partner with students, teachers, administrators, and families to address breeches to school culture.
Strengthen staff’s capacity to develop and sustain meaningful relationships with families of diverse backgrounds and with community members who support student achievement and well-being.
