KIPP Foundation

Director of Professional Learning

KIPP Foundation • $80K — $95K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 2+ years of teaching experience with proven results in PK-12 settings
  • 2+ years in designing and facilitating adult training
  • Experience in instructional coaching
  • Proficient in leading change and executing major initiatives
  • Skilled in professional learning design and project management
  • Strong ability in partnership development and mobilizing support.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and coordinate professional learning aligned with KIPP Texas Academic Strategy
  • Design and facilitate session content grounded in instruction and pedagogy
  • Plan logistics for effective professional learning experiences
  • Track success metrics to monitor session execution and content mastery
  • Manage internal partnerships for a comprehensive Professional Learning strategy
  • Foster a results-driven team culture and develop strong performers
  • Collaborate with team leaders to enhance statewide educational strategy.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and families
  • Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off policies
  • Paid family leave
  • Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Access to additional employee-paid benefits such as legal plans and identity protection.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Director of Professional Learning serves as a strategic leader responsible for championing a vision of excellence in educator development across KIPP Texas. By leading the high-quality design and execution of professional learning-from teacher onboarding to multi-tiered development-the Director ensures a cohesive, year-long strategy aligned with adult learning principles and core academic goals. This role thrives on cross-departmental collaboration, managing internal partnerships to operationalize high quality professional learning execution at scale. Beyond strategy and design, the Director is a dedicated team leader who monitors rigorous success metrics to track outcomes and mastery for the purpose of impactful teacher development.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Oversee the preparation, execution and in-field follow up of professional learning aligned to the KIPP Texas Academic Strategy setting vision for teacher Summer and in-year Professional Learning; coordinating multi-tiered professional learning for teachers grounded in instruction, pedagogy, and content.
  • Lead the design and facilitation of session content grounded in instruction, pedagogy, and content; coordinate with other functional teams on session design to ensure high-quality content aligned to adult learning principles.
  • Lead the logistics planning for professional learning to ensure that the focus for participants is on content mastery.
  • Set vision on and tracking success metrics to support with progress of PL session execution and mastery of content
  • Manage key partnership relationships with internal partners in service of executing a clear, comprehensive Professional Learning strategy, aligned to the KIPP Texas Academic Priorities.
  • As needed, build a results-driven, mission-oriented team culture for any direct reports through establishing a clear vision for success; hire, build, develop and retain strong performers; demonstrate clear, concise direction, feedback, and coaching; hold direct reports accountable for meeting targets and adjusting course as necessary in pursuit of goals.
  • serve as a key leader on the greater Professional Learning team; collaborate with team leaders to enhance state-wide strategy and evolve in service of the pursuit of transforming student results.
  • Provide exemplary support to clients, including SSP leaders, school management teams and Assistant Principals/Principals in service of instruction, pedagogy, and content development on campuses.
  • Serves as an organizational leader on academic strategy, providing insight and expertise to strategic planning as well as organizational values-driven initiatives and plans.
  • Operate with exemplary team spirit with eagerness to demonstrate flexibility and contribute to the overall needs of the team as they arise.


Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 2+ years of teaching pk-12 with a strong record of results, 2+ years designing and facilitating adult training, 2+ years in roles involving instructional coaching required,
  • Demonstrated proficiency in leading through change, executing on major initiatives, and leading cross-departmental work
  • Demonstrated excellence in designing professional learning
  • Demonstrated orientation to streamlining cross-departmental needs in service of end-use experience
  • Demonstrated excellence in professional learning design and project management
  • Demonstrated achievement in partnership development, including an ability to mobilize people and create champions to support an organizational mission

COMPETENCY AND SKILLS:
  • Communication: Clear, concise, compelling communication.
  • Professionalism and trusting relationships: Operate with professional demeanor in even the most challenging situations. Work with teammates, teachers, leaders, and regional stakeholders, in a way that demonstrates confidence, initiative, and dedication to meeting commitments. Expresses professional presence with external stakeholders in a way that exemplifies KIPP's values in person, verbally, in writing, on social media, and at events.
  • Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making: Ability to analyze data and make strategic design (professional learning and cohort programming) to help close gaps in data being presented (student achievement, school culture, etc).
  • Organizational ability and accuracy (strategic planning and prioritization): excellent attention to detail in written communication, exemplary calendar management, commitment to data fidelity, and consistency in executing next steps.
  • Impact and influence: Ability to impact and influence stakeholders to action based on compelling recommendations based in data
  • Continuous learning: Investing in one self to continually learn and make impactful growth in focus areas.
  • Systems thinking and change management: Ability to develop problem statements, analyze data and provide recommendations at a systems level that designs talent development systems to appropriate scale and helps stakeholders navigate through change and evolutions
  • Evidence of developing and executing against a strategy with strong results
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)

Physical Requirements:
  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • The person in this position needs to be able to move about inside and outside the school throughout the workday.
  • The candidate is expected to attend conferences, meetings and training sessions both virtually and in person within the Region.

Additional Requirements:
  • Reliable transportation is needed for travel between campuses
  • Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
  • Work with frequent interruptions.

Work Environment:

Hybrid work - Reports to the central office or schools three days a week

Travel Requirements:

May travel to other school sites or regional offices for professional learning, meetings and other work related activities.

Additional Information

What We Bring to the Table:
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage options for employees and their families.
  • Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.
  • Paid family leave.
  • Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.
  • Employee assistance programs.
  • KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.

About KIPP Foundation

The Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) is a nationwide network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public charter schools with a track record of preparing students in underserved communities for success in college and in life. KIPP schools are part of the charter school movement, which is a group of public schools that are given more flexibility in exchange for higher accountability. KIPP schools are typically located in underserved communities and have a longer school day and year, a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum, and a strong culture of achievement and support. KIPP was founded in 1994 by two Teach For America alumni, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, who started a middle school program in Houston, Texas. Since then, KIPP has grown into a national network of 255 schools serving more than 100,000 students in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
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