School Leadership Dean
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Job Location:
Los Angeles, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Who We Are
KIPP SoCal Public Schools is a nonprofit organization that operates 20 tuition-free open-enrollment charter public schools within 17 Local Education Agencies (LEA) educating more than 10000 students and supporting 8300 alumni to and through college and beyond. Our award winning schools are part of the national KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) network dedicated to meeting the needs of all learners and providing the social emotional and academic support for success in high school college and life.
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 choosecollege career and beyondso they can lead fulfilling lives and create a more just world.
What We Do
At KIPP SoCal we build trusting relationships that are strengthened by high expectations and collaboration alongside laughter and joy. We set ambitious goals and hold each other accountable for students achieving their greatest potential. We work together with each other and in partnership with families and communities in the active pursuit of a more equitable world. We do the right thing even when its not always comfortable standing up and speaking out against anti-blackness racism oppression and injustice. We persevere through obstacles and treat failure as an opportunity to learn and grow.
Who Were Looking For
This Dean role opening is an instructional staff and manager position for KIPP Philosophers Academy (5GR-8GR) in Watts. Start date can be immediate.
The Deans job is to support the school leader and/or Assistant School Leader in driving academic and character outcomes for students as a key member of the schools leadership team. Deans lead both instruction and school culture. The dean will work in conjunction with the school leader and other members of the school leadership team to invest a team of mission-driven educators to execute on the necessary components to meet the vision of the school.
- Priority application deadline for the role is December 1 2025; we will continue to review applications after that date.
- Role is signing bonus and/or relocation bonus eligible.
- *Note: You will be asked to submit student achievement data from your time as a teacher and in leadership roles youve held. Access the data submission template here.
Responsibilities
- Model and support the implementation of the schools vision and goals
- Supports development of School Leaders school-wide vision and takes an active role in investing and mobilizing teachers to achieve the collective goals of the school;
- Owns the implementation of select school priorities in support of the school-wide vision;
- With guidance from the School Leader helps lead the planning and goal setting for the grades/departments that he/she coaches and ensures alignment with school-wide goals
- Contribute to school-wide planning and prioritize time to accomplish goals
- Provides input into school-based strategic planning and identifies what the schools strategic plan means for his/her own leadership and people that he/she coaches and manages
- Build own and others instructional knowledge of standards content and instructional methods
- Develops deep mastery over the academic standards in the subjects/grades for which he/she coaches and strong understanding of academic standards for all subjects/grades;
- Understands the implications of standards on what a student should know and be able to do connect teachers with relevant resources to improve their content knowledge and therefore what a teacher needs to know and be able to do to facilitate student mastery;
- Studies curriculum and assessment content and further develops understanding of how assessments map to content mastery and what is required of students and teachers to accomplish mastery on the assessments;
- Teaches teachers how to assess for both student mastery and growth towards college readiness and insists that assessments are used to inform teacher instruction;
- Develops own and teachers knowledge of best practices in instructional methods and teaches teachers how to match particular strategies to gaps in student mastery
- Develops teachers to provide rigorous and high quality instruction
- Provide high-quality instructional coaching with frequent and scheduled teacher observations actionable and bite-sized feedback and accountability for adjustment in practice;
- May lead or coach others who lead department/content/grade-level meetings that focus on planning for and norming on instruction and culture practicing instructional strategies and progress monitoring the department/content/grade level;
- Lead engaging actionable adult-learning workshops; and hold staff accountable for implementation of the workshop practices
- Leading data-driven instruction
- Help teachers to determine how data aligns to end-of-year goals break-out data to analyze how different student groups are performing determine what data is saying about areas of student mastery and growth and identify specific instructional actions and adjustments to fill students knowledge and skill gaps and a timeline to do so
- Modeling strong staff and student culture
- Help manage school-wide character development and behavior management systems;
- Supports teachers in understanding process and roles in student support and intervention and develops systems and structures to ensure that limited time is spent on reactive response;
- Manages parts of daily school operations (e.g. arrival/dismissal lunch/recess school trips);
- Acts as the first point of contact for student intervention and parent engagement and for any issues that rise to the Leadership Team;
- Supports a culture where excellence is paramount by holding self and others accountable for achieving it
Leadership Qualifications
- Experience: Strong instructional coaching background (department chair grade level chair etc.)
- Student Focus:Belief that all students regardless of background have the ability to go to and through college; demonstrated commitment to the schools unique community
- Build Relationships:Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with students families teachers and colleagues based on mutual respect integrity and trust.
- Cultural Competence:Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honor and support a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives and support KIPP SoCals belief that education is for liberation
- Planning Prioritization and Execution: Demonstrated ability to plan prioritize and execute on own and grade/department teams work
- Direction-Setting and Team Leadership:Ability to lead a grade/department team to reach its vision and goals
- Achievement Orientation and Performance Management:Demonstrated student achievement results in own classroom and from teachers that he/she coaches. Demonstrated resilience and focus on student outcomes.
- Instructional Leadership:Adept at data analysis; able to analyze student achievement data and identify team/individual teacher adjustments to instruction. Has built proficiency across own grade/department content standards and how they are assessed.
Position Perks
- Competitive compensation package. Review our public salary scalehere
- 100% of healthcare premium costs covered by employer dependents added at 50% of the cost
- Employer-paid KIPP SoCal life insurance
- 401(k) plan with up to 6% match by KIPP SoCal
- Voluntary Benefits (Pet Insurance Supplemental Life Accident Short Term Disability etc.)
- Generous paid time off program includes 22 holidays sick leave and vacation
- Other great benefits (Flexible spending account EAP etc.)
KIPP SoCal Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex age national origin veteran status disability sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
KIPP SoCal strives to ensure that our careers website is accessible to all including individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability please contact us. You can find our contact information on our website Information will be sent to a talent acquisition representative who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the hiring process.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Key Skills
- Fiscal Management
- Teacher Coaching
- Classroom Management
- Classroom Experience
- Education Administration
- Strategic Planning
- Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Administrative Experience
- Cordova
- Leadership Experience
- Program Development
About Company
KIPP SoCal Public Schools is a nonprofit organization that operates free, open-enrollment, public charter schools focused on preparing students in under-resourced communities in Los Angeles to lead choice-filled lives. We are part of the nationwide KIPP network of 224 schools across t ... View more
