About KIPP Texas Public Schools

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas, 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 fair world.

Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

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 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

About the Opportunity
The role of Deputy Chief of Instructional Excellence is to create, implement, and progress
monitor the execution of the strategic plan for curriculum high quality curriculum
implementation and instruction in service of improving academic achievement outcomes in
conformance with organizational and state goals and objectives, and within budget guidelines.
This role is an exciting opportunity to work alongside a diverse and dynamic Team and Family
committed to building academically excellent, and critically conscious schools in KIPP Texas.

The Candidate
Successful candidates must demonstrate a deep belief in the capacity of all students to
achieve at high levels, demonstrate strong instructional expertise and have the ability to work
collaboratively with a diverse set of leaders and teachers to improve student
achievement. Additionally,

• A minimum of 3 years of experience as a Successful School Leader Manager
•  A minimum of 3 years of experience as a Successful School Leader
•  Preference will be given to candidates with experience leading organizational
• turnaround work
• Instructional expertise and experience across all grade bands, PreK- 12

Duties and Essential Job Functions:
The Deputy Chief of Instructional Excellence will lead a team who is responsible for
providing coaching support to transformation primary schools and priority secondary schools
via:

• Planning & co-leading weekly content team meetings in assigned schools
• Planning & co-leading weekly data team meetings in assigned schools
• Leading school-based practice clinics & teach backs
• Coaching APIs to impact with a focus on high quality instruction &
• curriculum implementation
• Supporting transformational school leader managers & school leadership
• team in progress monitoring actions that drive improvement in the areas of
• data-driven culture, curriculum implementation, and high quality
• instruction that leads to teacher impact
• Crafting and executing on school, regional and org-wide improvement plans
• in response to curriculum implementation data
• Implementing small group instruction during Crescendo season in assigned
• schools
• Leading weekly Coaching & Learning communities
   

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a steadfast commitment to fairness by modeling best practices and proactively addressing any procedures that may lead to imbalanced outcomes at both the school and organizational levels.
• Instructional: Identifies effective practices in the first teach and in acceleration
• classrooms, and understands pedagogy that results in improved student learning outcomes;
•  Data-driven: Uses multiple data sources to differentiate the types of instructional
• supports and interventions needed for individual students, specific student groups,
• schools, and across a targeted group of schools;
• Achievement-Focused: Sets challenging goals, demonstrating persistence and
• overcoming obstacles to achieve goals without confusing effort for results;
•  Demonstrated ability to deal with sensitive and difficult situations and information; in
• interpersonal problem-solving, decision-making and leadership skills; to communicate
• effectively, both orally and in writing and to manage and work with a team to
• accomplish mission and goals. Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive
• information.
• Continuous Learner: Researches a variety of information (e.g. current practices,
• instructional materials, methods, curriculum guidelines, etc.) for the purpose of
• developing new programs and/or master plans.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of instructional best practices rooted in the most current research
• Knowledge of curriculum selected by KTX and instructional frameworks
• Knowledge of general education, multilingual and special education
• Knowledge of federal designation grant requirements
• Knowledge of effective school-level and systems level strategies for acceleration
• Strong skills in strategic planning and communication
• Demonstrated expertise in developing a community of leaders and learners
• Experience in resource allocation for education programs, human resources,
• physical/equipment resources
• Effective collaboration skills alongside a variety of internal & external shareholder
• groups

Required Education and/or Experience:
● Bachelor’s degree
● 10 years education leadership/management experience

Preferred Education and/or Experience:
● A minimum of 3 years of experience as a Successful School Leader Manager
● A minimum of 3 years of experience as a Successful School Leader
● MA or other advanced degree in learning, organizational development, or school
administration

Required Licensure/Certification/Specialized Training:
● None

Preferred Licensure/Certification/Specialized Training:
● None

Physical Requirements:
● Visual acuity to read information from computer screens, forms and other printed
materials and information.
● Able to speak (enunciate) clearly in conversation and general communication.
● Hearing ability for verbal communication/conversation/responses via telephone,
telephone systems, and face-to-face interactions.
● Manual dexterity for typing, writing, standing and reaching, flexibility, body movement
for bending, crouching, walking, kneeling and prolonged sitting.
● Lifting and moving objects and equipment up to 25 lbs.

Work Environment:
● Office, central office and school facilities

Travel Requirements:
● Estimated 25% to regions within Texas
● Travel to various school locations within each region for on-site visits also required

What We Bring to the Table

• The starting point for the salary range for this position is $140,000 and is commensurate upon experience and internal-equity.

• Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.

• Paid family leave.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered.

• Employee assistance programs. 

• Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).

• 457 Roth retirement plan option with KIPP matching contribution up to $1,200 a year.  403b plans also supported.

• KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.

• Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.