Mar 24, 2020
High School Strategic Projects Director High School Team, KIPP Foundation KIPP Great education transforms lives. KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a non-profit network of 242 college-preparatory, public charter schools educating more than 100,000 early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students. KIPP schools are tuition-free, public charter schools open to all students. KIPP schools, KIPP regions, and the KIPP Foundation are united by a common mission, a commitment to excellence, and a belief that if we help children develop the academic and character strengths they need for college and career success, they will be able to build a better tomorrow for themselves, for their communities, for us all. KIPP Foundation trains and develops outstanding educators to lead KIPP schools, provides tools, resources, and training for excellent teaching and learning, promotes innovation, and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas within the KIPP network and with partners including: other charters, districts, colleges and universities, and non-profit organizations across the country. Why work at KIPP? By working for the KIPP Foundation, you help more students across the country receive the high-quality education they deserve. If you believe all children deserve great schools and programs where they can gain the knowledge, skills, character, and habits necessary to achieve their dreams while making the world a better place, please join us! About KIPP High Schools The High School team at the KIPP Foundation works in close partnership with the KIPP network to drive student results at the 35 high schools across the country serving over 16000 students. The HS team sets a national vision and bar of excellence, based on proven practices from high schools in and out of the network and codified in our High School Excellence Blueprint, and works tirelessly to support our regions and schools in meeting that bar. The team works in partnership with our schools and regions and evaluates our success and effectiveness via their impact on student outcomes. The HS team believes in a holistic and integrated approach to supporting our schools and while individuals own specific workstreams, we work collaboratively to ensure alignment across all aspects of high school design (i.e. instructional leadership, curriculum and assessments, school culture, etc.). The High School work is also part of a broader cross-team focused on improving Estimated College Completion (ECC) rates (a leading indicator that predicts the likelihood of college graduation for students). Collectively we are building a national strategy that focuses on key levers and inputs that determine ECC including ACT outcomes, course rigor, AP participation and passing rates, GPA, College Match, Attrition, HS retention from KIPP middle schools and continued HS growth. Over the next five years we will harness the power of our national network through the KIPP College Success Network, a collaboration of leaders within the broader KIPP high school community who are committed to leveraging continuous improvement methods to tackle the key challenges and obstacles standing in their way. We will leverage the collective experience across regions to improve practice in three key areas that support college success: college advising/match processes, students' access to and success in rigorous coursework (e.g. Advanced Placement), and student academic profiles (especially GPA). Position Overview Reporting to the Senior Director of High Schools, the High School Strategic Projects Director will take the lead on one of our highest priority initiatives: improving student GPAs and decreasing course failure rates. The director will build regional and school capacity to take this vision for aligned and rigorous academic health and make it a reality within their local context. In doing so, the director will gain insight to inform future recommendations and potential revisions. In addition to the core work focused on grades and GPAs, the director will serve a key role in helping to enhance the effectiveness and impact of the high school team. In particular, the director will collaborate closely with our national KIPP Through College team to ensure we are driving an aligned and cohesive strategy across our communities and workstreams. Additionally, in partnership with the Senior Director of High Schools, the director will support progress monitoring across all high school team priorities and help to ensure that the team is modeling continuous improvement practices such as learning from mistakes, measuring both process and outcome data, and determine what works, why and with whom. In addition, this key leader on our high school team will take the lead on other strategic initiatives, including 8 th to 9 th grade continuation and further codification of high school effective practices. Key Responsibilities and Duties Refine and drive implementation of a national set of recommendations around academic polic ies and academic health progress monitoring Serve as subject matter expert for academic and grading policies, currently codified in KIPP's Academic Policy Manual for high schools, and continue to refine and revise our recommendations based on effective practices and policies in and out of the network Implement, test and refine the structures and protocols that all KIPP High Schools can use to monitor academic healthand intervene to improve student grades and provide training to network leaders and Foundation teammates to build mastery and capacity Develop and drive a network-wide strategic multi-year plan with the aim of increasing alignment of grading practices across all high schools, decreasing variability of student GPAs from school to school and improving overall student performance (as measured by GPA and course failure rate) without lowering academic standards Project manage and lead a cross-team effort at the Foundation, with teammates from Research and Evaluation, Insight and Analysis and KIPP Through College, to implement multi-year strategic plan Lead communication and change management efforts to ensure all KIPP regions and high schools are invested in this body of work and are successfully able to adopt - in particular, engage regional academic leaders to ensure regional prioritization beyond the high school team Direct support to schools and regions to build the conditions and capacity that ultimately leads to improved student GPAs Serve as lead organizer for one of the 1 of the 3 core sub-teams of the overall KIPP College Success Network, focusing on 5-7 high school teams that have committed toimproving academic health and student GPAs Support school-based teams in a multi-year effort to not only improve student outcomes but also to build leadership capacity that will allow schools/regions to successfully manage change efforts independently in the future Provide school-based teams with one-to-one coaching and direct on-the-ground support, in-person professional development and also leverage the collective wisdom of the network by facilitating peer learning and collaboration across schools In collaboration with data teams, help regions and schools put in place the infrastructure needed to easily and frequently access course and student grade data. Support network leaders in developingsystems and processes to progress monitor academic health (including monitoring grade data, developing and implementingstudent interventions and assessing the effectiveness of interventions) Cross-Team coordination and collaboration with national KIPP Through College team especially as it relates to post-secondary drivers and outcomes Collaborate with the national KIPP Through College (KTC) team to ensure alignment and coordination on strategy and implementation efforts Build and execute a vision for how high school leaders should participate in and drive the post-secondary selection process (including college match) in collaboration with their local KTC leadership Provide professional development, in partnership with KTC, to high school leaders on key elements of the post-secondary application process (especially focused on elements that need to be driven and owned by the core high school team - including teachers, coaches and grade level chairs) Side by side with regions, research emerging areas of work that support complementary pathways to a economically self-sufficient choice-filled life for students (i.e. credentialing, dual-credit enrollment, career academies) and strategically determine how these programs should be integrated into the long-term vision for KIPP High Schools In conjunction with the national KTC team, research and test various ways that career exploration can be imbedded in the high school experience in a way that ALL students develop their career interests and passions Strategic Initiatives and Leadership Lead and project manage additional strategic initiatives, including 8 th to 9 th grade continuation, that support the overall priorities of the high school team Develop and codify tools and resources, building from proven practices in and out of the KIPP network, that will support school and regional leaders in implementing strategic components of the High School Excellence Blueprint. Additionally, conduct additional research, as needed, to learn how others in and out of KIPP are operationalizing their vision for high school excellence and contribute to ongoing revisions of KIPP's HS Excellence Blueprint...... click apply for full job details
KIPP Foundation
New York, NY, USA
Full-time
