Director, Formal Learning Principal Development - New York, United States - KIPP Foundation

KIPP Foundation

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New York, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Company Description KIPP Public Schools** is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 280 schools, nearly 15,000 educators, and 175,000 students and alumni.

Our mission:

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Our vision:
Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

The KIPP Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports KIPP schools across the country. The KIPP Foundation trains and develops outstanding educators to lead KIPP public schools; provides tools, resources and training for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations.

Job Description About The Position**
Responsibilities

Strategy & Program Design

With the Senior Director, Formal Learning, you will build out KIPP Foundation's approach to centralized and inregion leadership development, with a particular focus on the role of the principal.
In collaboration with the Schools Team, you will outline a strategy for measuring the impact of XXX

Principal Development Execution & Evaluation

Serve as lead content strand owner for inperson and virtual centralized professional development for KIPP principals.
Organize multipleday inperson professional development events for KIPP principals.
Work in collaboration across KF teams and with principal managers to ensure inregion coaching is grounded in KIPP's Principal Core Skills & Competencies Rubric.
Design a professional development program that is impactful and inspiring and fosters a sense of community among KIPP principals. The program should focus on cohort learning and create a culture of deep learning, where leaders can enhance their ability to effectively lead their teams in overcoming challenges, improve their capacity to lead sustainable changes, and achieve excellent and equitable outcomes for students.
Analyze data and use it to drive decisions and programmatic improvements towards greater outcomes for KIPP principals and students.
Lead program evaluation, including supporting development of a logic model, measurement strategies, learning questions and regular reflection on the impact of program offerings
Ensure data is collected accurately and in a timely manner to answer learning questions
Analyze, synthesize, and share data with relevant internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications Skills**-
Mission & Student Focus: Demonstrated commitment to education equity; a passion for KIPP's mission; desire and ability to uphold KIPP's values (Focus on Excellent Results, Courageous Action, and Resilient Solutions Focus)
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Subject Matter Expert in Adult Learning: Well versed in adult learning frameworks and tactics; able to design, develop, and implement professional development for a diverse adult learners
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Achievement Orientation: can set vision and strategy, ensuring clarity in goals and accountabilities while working with agility and creativity to drive toward deadlines and outcomes-focused metrics; can adapt to achieve goals while upholding integrity and organization principles and values
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Strategic Critical Thinking and Reasoning: Systems-level thinker who can craft a vision for how an organization achieves equity, inclusion, and strong student outcomes through talent strategy; can diagnose root causes of pain points, solve complex problems and implement solutions; able to manage both the big picture and the details; Oriented towards iterating on and testing solutions
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Stakeholder Management & Relationship Building: Excellent relationship builder with demonstrated experience managing diverse stakeholders, leading change, and promoting strong collaboration in service of the relentless pursuit of improvement and collective achievement; quickly establishes credibility with and influences senior leadership on major strategic questions
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Planning & Execution: Creates systems to manage projects effectively and balance competing priorities; able to anticipate and address risks; thrives in an entrepreneurial environment and comfortable operating in ambiguity
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Cultural Competence & Commitment to Equity: A proactive cultural leader and team player who thrives on collaboration and learning; examines the impact of his/her identities, biases, assumptions, and behaviors on his/her power and privilege, interactions with others, work and leadership in the organization; able to recognize, immediately respond, and consistently remedy interpersonal and syst