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- KIPP Tulsa College Prep and KIPP Tulsa University Prep

The Student Support Interventionist (SSI) is a 10 month, certified position that will provide services for KIPP Tulsa’s middle school and high school. The SSI is responsible for working closely with students, teachers, families, School Leaders, and the Student Support Director, to enhance the school’s ability to meet its academic mission, when learning and performance is impacted by student’s social, emotional, and behavioral health.

Student Support Interventionist focuses on setting clear expectations for behavior, identifying students at risk for behavioral and mental health issues, and providing teachers and schools with the practices and interventions necessary to promote positive behavior.  SSI provides early identification of behavioral, social, and emotional health issues; and develops targeted data- informed behavioral plans to develop the whole child.

Success in this role is measured by: 

• improving students’ behavioral well-being 
• improving students’ social/emotional well-being 
• establishing evidence-based behavioral techniques that are effective in a school setting to promote age-appropriate  behavioral, social and emotional development, 
• Using the principles of a multi-tiered system (MTSS) of support within the context of a comprehensive school program to provide instruction and interventions matched to student need
• Adhering to the unique legal and ethical principles of working with students in a school setting 
• Adhering to the ethical and statutory limits of confidentiality  

Responsibilities include:

• Assess student’s needs through conducting functional behavior assessments (FBA) 
• Develop behavior plans based on the student's goals for improving behavior based upon individual student targets and goals
• Utilize MTSS methods to provide tier 2 and 3 group and individual intervention sessions with students
• Prepare weekly reports of referrals, intervention sessions, and student progress towards goals 
• Conduct intervention meetings with families, teachers, and school leadership
• Conduct professional development with school teams on behavior management skills
• Collaborate with the school leadership teams to develop social, emotional, and  behavior management system priorities and activities
• Submits referrals for counseling to mental health agencies 
• Tracking referrals and follow-up with mental health agencies
• Serves as a member of the IEP team if a student has a behavior plan included in their IEP.
• Supports students who are in mental health or emotional crisis

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, education, or related field
• Master’s degree preferred in social work, school counseling, education, or related field
• A minimum of 1-3 years of experience in a school setting working in behavioral or mental health
• Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and great communication and interpersonal skills 
• Demonstrated technology skills 
• Transportation to travel between middle and high school several times a week

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

Compensation and Benefits:

This is a Full-Time.

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.