KIPP Texas Public Schools
Deputy Chief, Instructional Excellence
🇺🇸 Houston, TX
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $140K
💻 Administrator
🗓️ February 16th, 2025
K-12
Edtech.com's Summary
KIPP is hiring a Deputy Chief of Instructional Excellence. The role involves creating and implementing strategic plans for curriculum quality and instruction that improve academic outcomes. The Deputy Chief will lead coaching efforts in schools, conduct content and data meetings, and oversee the implementation of improvement plans while closely monitoring progress and maintaining high instructional standards.
Highlights
Highlights
- Lead strategic curriculum and instructional planning.
- Conduct weekly content and data meetings in schools.
- Provide coaching to school leaders and teams.
- Monitor progress in data-driven culture and curriculum implementation.
- Minimum 10 years education leadership experience required.
- Strong instructional expertise across PreK-12.
- Starting salary at $140,000, commensurate based on experience.
- Bachelor’s degree is required; advanced degree preferred.
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and retirement plans.
Deputy Chief, Instructional Excellence Full Description
Company Description
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 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, offices, and communities 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 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.
Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, offices, and communities 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 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.
Job Description
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 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
● Equity-Minded: Exhibits a commitment to equity through modeling of equitable practices, and being a conscious disruptor of inequitable practices both at 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.
● Equity-Minded: Exhibits a commitment to equity through modeling of equitable practices, and being a conscious disruptor of inequitable practices both at 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
● 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
Qualifications
Required Education and/or Experience:
● Bachelor’s degree
● 10 years education leadership/management 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
● 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
● None
Preferred Licensure/Certification/Specialized Training:
● None
● 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.
● 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
Additional Information
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.
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