Join the KIPP Team & Family

KIPP is hiring a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with the unyielding belief that every child will succeed.

KIPP Oklahoma is a part of a national network of free, open-enrollment, public charter schools offering a choice to families and children in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. We are driven and committed to our mission and vision.

KIPP Oklahoma currently educates over 1,000 students and supports hundreds of alumni. Today, the KIPP Oklahoma network consists of KIPP Tulsa Public Charter Schools (grades 5th – 12th) and KIPP OKC Public Schools (grades PreK, Kindergarten and 5th – 8th). KIPP OKC Public Schools is growing one grade per year until they are a full PreK – 8th grade program.  

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.

Vision:

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

We are a Team & Family

At KIPP, we see the gifts in everyone who walks through the doors of our schools. Especially our teachers. Their skill. Energy. Love. Their determination. On the good days and on the hard days. So we support our teachers to make the most of those gifts. It starts with respect – for our teacher’s innate talent and desire to learn, for their professional growth and the lives they lead beyond our walls.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE TEACHING AT KIPP

You’ll Work With A Team That Lives Its Values

Weather in a school-based or campus support role, our team is dedicated to living our values. Together, we work in schools and communities, not classrooms. We contribute to and are responsible for shared success. Like a family, we act with empathy and support one another to build strong relationships.

You’ll Be The Change

You’ll be part of a national network of 270 KIPP schools and 3 dedicated schools in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. We believe in the infinite potential of all people. Our hope, drive, and optimism fuel our daily work and drive us toward achieving a more equitable and just world, starting with our KIPP scholars.

You’ll Be Valued

Our teachers are well compensated and have the tools, training, and technology to bring innovation to the classroom.

You’ll Never Stop Learning

The joy of teaching is that there’s always more to learn. We support our teachers – from those in their 1st year to those in their 20th year – with individualized coaching, professional learning communities, leadership development programs, and extensive resource-sharing.

You’ll Have Fun!

Whether at a family movie night, a staff professional development with an impromptu choir and dance, or a gratitude celebration, we create and celebrate joyful moments with our students, their families, and each other. 

Position Overview

The School Operations and Community Lead (SOCL) is critical to the successful and efficient running of KIPP OKC schools.  This position ensures the implementation and maintenance of clear operational systems that allow the principal and teachers to focus on students and families in elementary and middle school.  The School Operations and Community Lead will therefore be an individual who embraces innovation and continuous improvement, is willing to get his/her hands dirty, and relishes the challenge of finding ways to work smarter and more cost-efficiently.

The School Operations and Community Lead reports to the KIPP Oklahoma Chief Operations Officer.  He/she supports the school leadership team, works collaboratively with teachers and families,  and participates in the financial management of the budget. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads:  Leads the general office staff general office to ensure the smooth operation of the office, including mailings, attendance reporting, office machine maintenance, support of the academic team with managing substitutes, teacher attendance, extra duty pay, etc.  The SOCL collaborates with and supports the School Leadership Team.
• Student Recruitment and Community Engagement: Leads student recruitment, admissions applications, enrollment, registration, and waitlist and engages new families in school activities. The SOCL is committed to ensuring full student enrollment and maintaining effective communication between the school and students’ families. Also, ensuring educationally disadvantaged students are aware of the opportunity to attend a KIPP school in their community and set a precedent for active family engagement and community involvement.
• Teacher Recruitment: Coordinate career fairs and compile materials (banners, flyers, etc.), post positions and conduct HR duties.
• External Relations: Acts as point person in hosting visitors for school tours and community presentations.
• Facilities: Oversees the school’s facility maintenance, design, and strategic development in collaboration with the school leadership team.
• Finance and Purchasing: Assists with the school’s budget and finances; oversees school-based purchasing and applies the KIPP OKC culture of thrift to all purchasing.  Ensures adherence to the school’s fiscal policy and procedures and trains others. 
• Logistics (school, trips, and events): Plans and coordinates logistics for out-of-state multi-day end-of-year grade-level events, and other logistically complex activities and events, including school-wide family events, concerts, and advancement ceremonies.
• Calendars: Parent Data Meetings, Parent-Teacher Student Organizations, Professional Development, security, and drills in collaboration with middle school. 
• Technology:  Oversees the strategic procurement and maintenance of technology equipment in partnership with IT. 
• Student Information and Reporting: Oversees the integrity of the school’s student information system; and coordinates with KIPP OKC Regional Office Team with regard to all data analysis and reporting.
• Student Support: Oversees morning duty, lunch duty, end of the day duty, cafeteria duty, and all vendors and guest
• Compliance: Assists the KIPP OKC Regional Office Team to ensure school-wide compliance with accreditation, civil rights reports, health and safety laws, teacher certification and fingerprinting city and state education mandates, and all federal and state workplace regulations and statutes.
• Human Resources: Ensure school-based employees receive timely and accurate payroll and benefits.
• Testing Coordinator: Assist school leader with state and mandated testing logistics.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with at least 5 years of work experience  
• At least 3 years experience leading a small team and multiple complex projects
• Demonstrated ability to indirectly influence teams and individuals to meet specific and strategic outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple projects and competing priorities across multiple teams of people with meticulous attention to detail
• Demonstrated success overseeing budgets and a clear understanding of how to read a detailed financial statement
• Demonstrated passion for and commitment to the KIPP mission with school-based experience strongly preferred 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong customer service skills and behaviors
• Team player with strong interpersonal/influence skills
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Excel 
• Zest, grit, hope, social intelligence, gratitude, and a sense of humor

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation and Benefits:

This is a Full-Time, 12-month position.  

Salary Range: $60,000 - $70,000

Employees are eligible to participate in employer benefits including health, dental, life, accidental death and dismemberment, short and long term disability and participation in Oklahoma Teacher Retirement plans.

As an equal opportunity employer, KIPP Oklahoma does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or any other basis made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations.