Deputy, Chief Academic Officer

Company Description

About KIPP TEAM & Family

KIPP TEAM & Family is our network office that includes support teams - such as Leadership Development, Recruitment, Advocacy, Facilities, Finance, HR and more - dedicated to empowering our schools and ensuring the success of KIPP students throughout New Jersey and Miami. Our schools are part of the nationally recognized “Knowledge Is Power Program” network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools dedicated to preparing students for success in college and in life. The first KIPP New Jersey school opened in Newark in 2002 and since then our school network has expanded to educate 8,135 students in grades K-12. By 2027, KIPP New Jersey will provide a world-class education to over 10,300 students across Newark and Camden. To learn more, visit www.kippnj.org.

In 2018, we grew our KIPP community in response to a need for high-quality school options for students in Greater Miami’s Urban Core communities. That led to the creation of KIPP Miami, which currently educates more than 1,000 students in four schools, with plans to reach 5,800 students by 2025. By offering highly effective educators with strong bonds to families, more time in school learning, services that support a variety of student needs, and a culture focused on achievement, our students in New Jersey and Miami are on the path to and through college, career, and choice-filled lives.

Job Description

Here's what you need to know:

The Deputy Chief Academic Officer (DCAO) supports the integration of the school management and Teaching & Learning (T&L) teams in KIPP Newark, KIPP Camden, and KIPP Miami. Through systems design and management, as well as relationships management across these teams, the DCAO helps to meet annual academic targets and drive year over year improvement in results in standardized test achievement and talent across our schools. The DCAO also works closely with other regional and KTAF teams to streamline communication, identify and problem-solve/remove obstacles, in order to enable school management and T&L teammates to focus exclusively on instruction and talent. The anticipated start date for this position is November 1, 2024.

Here's what you'll be doing:

Be the right-hand person to the Chief Academic Officer

• Design and support the execution of cascading meeting structures and reporting mechanisms designed to support the effectiveness of school management and T&L Teams in each region and to keep the CAO apprised and connected to the work across cities
• Help manage schools’ effectiveness and drive accountability for the CAO by such means as: preparing and presenting various data sets and associated recommendations to the CAO, creating and managing accountability systems for the CAO.
• Serve as a thought partner to the CAO, both in high-level strategy as well as implementation across schools in all cities
• Support the CAO in writing, editing, and proofreading documents and presentations.
  
  

Play “lead performer” on the integration and coordination of T&L and School Management TEAMs within and across the regions

• Ensure team strategies and systems are aligned to the larger organization's vision and plan.
• Facilitate and/or lead weekly leadership alignment team meetings, including planning and facilitation.
• Lead quarterly leadership team step-backs, including planning and facilitation.
• Create and oversee regional communication structures, aligned to the organization’s overarching internal communications strategy.
• Facilitate effective collaboration within and across teams when areas of overlap arise between leaders and teams.
• Oversee the organization’s annual schools-facing planning process and ensure alignment and coherence with all org-wide plans and planning processes (annual planning, staffing, budgets, individual goals).
• Lead the effort to develop key performance indicators to regularly monitor and communicate progress against strategic goals and ensure leaders and stakeholders have the necessary data to make decisions and adjust course when necessary.
• Work collaboratively with each region’s leadership team members and network leaders to identify opportunities to improve alignment and increase cross-functional collaboration across the region.
  
  

Manage the relationship between regional and CMO teams

• Coordinate between and facilitate systems and structures for planning and communication between the each region’s Teaching & Learning team and each region’s school leader manager team to maximize the likelihood that what gets designed and trained gets implemented with fidelity and is monitored actively.
• Collaborate with the Chief Equity Strategist to execute on equity initiatives and the work of Directors of Student Experience.
• Partner with the Talent Team and other CMO teams to ensure strong organizational culture, collaboration and functioning across the regional team, in service of driving academic results.
• Coordinate with the org-wide Chief of Staff on various cross-team and organizational topics, as needed.
• Oversee the development and execution of critical initiatives and special projects that require senior-level leadership and are not directly linked to a specific functional area.
• Ensure efforts and strategies of collective teams are driving quantitative impact.
  
  

Manage org-wide academic operations and special projects

• Serve as team lead for the Academic Operations function of the organization, managing:
• Director of Data & Assessments
• Director of High School Strategy
• Director of Academic Operations
• Complete special projects for the T&L TEAM, as needed
  

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in a school-based or regional leadership role with a school network
• 5+ years of experience as a manager
• A passion for the mission, vision, and values of KIPP TEAM & Family
• A history of building relationships and program execution
• Relentless about making sure decisions get buttoned up and communication is clear
• Ability to facilitate people deftly to decisions and clarity
• Comfort working both independently and on teams
• Accustomed to giving and receiving feedback
• Solution-oriented continuous learner
• “Answer First” mindset
• Ability to manage - and even thrive - within ambiguity
  
  

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• The opportunity to be at the forefront of educational innovation within a nationally recognized network of public charter schools.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment with a dedicated team committed to the success of all students.
• A flexible work environment with time spent in our schools, central office, and a home office.
• The starting salary range for this role is $172,000-$190,000. Starting salary will be commensurate with experience.
• Candidates must have permanent authorization to work in the US.
  
  

Additional Information

Compensation & Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, KIPP TEAM & FAMILY offers a full comprehensive benefits plan, including health care, retirement, a school laptop and transportation benefits for TEAMmates commuting into New Jersey from the New York City area.

KIPP New Jersey | KIPP Miami is an equal opportunity employer

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