About the Role
The Senior Director, Regional Impact provides direct, in-region support and coaching to Chief Academic Officers and Chief Schools Officers within a defined portfolio of regions, driving progress against KIPP’s One KIPP academic anchor metrics. This role builds capacity in leaders and systems to ensure every student experiences an equitable, excellent education.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a partner to Chief Academic Officers and Chief Schools Officers to install and improve academic systems.
- Coach CAOs and CSOs to build the knowledge, skills, and mindsets required to sustain academic systems.
- Leverage core tools and continuous improvement methodology to develop leaders in practices that drive student results.
- Ensure adoption and mastery of high-leverage leadership practices by CAOs and CSOs and their impact on student outcomes.
- Monitor student achievement against key measures across supported regions.
- Monitor adult actions that yield student outcomes to inform course corrections and identify best practices.
- Recommend strategy improvements based on the correlation between regional leader actions and student results.
- Establish a bar of excellence for regional academic systems in partnership with leadership.
- Teach the bar of excellence for academic systems through coaching and direct instruction.
- Refine the bar of excellence based on data analysis and monitoring across regions.
- Coordinate content experts to support regions based on priorities and needs.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in schools, combining teaching and school leadership, with demonstrated impact on student achievement.
- Demonstrated record of exemplary school leadership (principal or principal supervisor) with a proven track record of meeting student outcome goals through developed leaders.
- Proven ability to coach and develop school and regional leaders effectively with measurable and sustained impact.
- Strong track record of using quantitative and qualitative data to monitor progress, diagnose root causes, and drive timely course corrections.
- Experience using continuous improvement cycles to drive learning and results.
- Experience in K-12 school leadership strongly preferred.
- Training in Relay Graduate School of Education’s instructional practices strongly preferred.
Skills
- Mission and Student Focus
- Self-Management
- Data-Driven Actions and Decisions
- Problem Solving
- Communication and Change Management
- Collaboration
- Instructional Leadership
Location
- Remote
- New York City, NY
- Chicago, IL
Work Type
- Full-time
- Exempt
Experience Level
- Senior Director
Salary/Compensations
- $156,000-$188,500
Benefits
- 25 holidays + 18 days flexible PTO (increasing with tenure)
- 100% paid parental leave
- 100% medical/dental/vision premium coverage for employee and 75% for employee + family
- Wellness benefits (fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets, backup care support, employee assistance program)
- Finance Security benefits (401K with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, flexible spending accounts)
About the Company
- KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public charter schools preparing students for future success.
- The KIPP Foundation supports KIPP public charter schools by developing educators, providing resources, promoting innovation, and facilitating knowledge exchange.
- Values include: Excellent Results for Students, Collective Impact, and Courageous Action.
