Middle School Leader at KIPP Oklahoma City
Work Renewed
- Oklahoma City, OK
- $80,000-90,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- TEACHING & LEARNING: Set the vision and lead the implementation of KIPP OKC’s 6th-8th grade instructional model to achieve breakthrough student results, promote a strong culture of teaching and learning excellence, and foster educational equity for all students. Additionally, lead the analysis and development of teachers and instructional coaches to ensure a collaborative, data-informed school system that moves students toward mastery.
- SCHOOL MANAGEMENT: Ensure high-quality 6th-8th academic and cultural experience for students through direct management and coaching of the Middle School Leadership. Develops leadership capacity in others and grows an emerging leader via KIPP’s performance management cycle.
- SCHOOL TALENT & CULTURE: Build a school culture that values joy, equity, and high performance, prioritizes observation and feedback, drives lessons with data, and results in exceptional achievement gains for children. Additionally, develop the systems and structures to hire and retain diverse, highly effective staff and lead the hiring process.
- EDUCATIONAL EQUITY: Promote educational equity (equitable outcomes and processes) as a guiding principle across the entire school network and ensure it is reflected in curriculum, instruction, and assessment systems.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a principal role with a record of achieving outstanding academic and social results for students from historically under-resourced communities or populations; senior school leadership experience strongly preferred.
- Minimum 2 years of experience managing and/or coaching school leaders to drive student academic and social results through observation, feedback, progress monitoring, and continuous self-development and learning.
- Experience narrowing the student achievement gaps between racial, ethnic, and economic groups; experience as a principal manager or principal advisor strongly preferred.
- Ability to set a clear academic vision and aligned priorities, develop strategic plans, and empower others to achieve them.
- Deep understanding of the appropriate application and differentiation of high-leverage instructional strategies based on child development and pedagogy comprehension.
- Command of instructional design and the benefits and tradeoffs of school design decisions in driving student achievement.
- Deep knowledge and experience in the following areas: design, integration, implementation, or management of a school or school system, including knowledge of curricula, instructional practices, school operations and management, and teacher and leader development.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in exceptional people leadership and management with success in leading others to close learning gaps for students, particularly between subgroups and special populations of students who are often the most marginalized (including special education, English language learners, etc.).
- Experience working within predominantly African American communities and creating a culturally responsive and inclusive environment to close opportunity gaps for marginalized populations.
- Ability to identify and dismantle systems of oppression for students, adults, and in and around school systems.