Director, Student Development

About The Position 

The Director Student Development is a newly envisioned role responsible for designing piloting and scaling a coherent student development strategy that builds students knowledge skills and beliefs for college success across the secondary continuum. This role centers on purpose developmenthelping students understand who they are why they are pursuing specific postsecondary pathways and how to persist toward their long-term goals. Reporting to the Chief College Advancement and Partnerships the Director will lead the research design and implementation of developmentally aligned assessments interventions and programming with an initial focus on the junior year and a clear multi-year vision for expansion into grades 912. This role blends research curriculum design assessment and implementation leadership working closely with regional and school-based partners to ensure student development practices are high-quality evidence-informed and feasible at scale. 

Responsibilities 

Student Development Strategy & Assessment 

• Conduct research and synthesize best practices related to student development purpose identity and college readiness. 

• Design a senior-year 360 student development assessment to measure students knowledge skills and beliefs related to college success. 

• Establish clear mastery benchmarks and assessment processes to evaluate student growth over time. 

• Lead end-of-year analyses to assess student mastery and inform continuous improvement of programming and interventions. 

Program Design Piloting and Scaling 

• Design and pilot first-year junior interventions focused on strengthening student purpose through targeted development practices. 

• Execute and refine junior-year interventions incorporating data feedback and implementation learnings. 

• Expand student development interventions across grade levels including: 

• Planning and implementing purpose-focused programming for seniors sophomores and freshmen 

• Applying student development strategies to senior-year college application and transition supports 

• Ensure interventions are developmentally appropriate culturally responsive and aligned to postsecondary outcomes. 

Curriculum Resources and Professional Learning 

• Create approaches resources tools and guidance to support high-quality implementation of student development practices in schools. 

• Design and deliver content-based professional development for regional and school-based staff. 

• Partner with instructional leaders to integrate student development strategies into existing structures (e.g. seminars advising.). 

Cross-Team Collaboration and Implementation Support 

• Partner closely with other KIPP national and regional teams to ensure alignment between student development programming and broader postsecondary success strategies. 

• Collaborate with regional teams to support implementation gather feedback and address implementation challenges. 

• Use qualitative and quantitative data to provide targeted feedback to regions and schools to improve student outcomes. 

Continuous Improvement and Impact Measurement 

• Design evaluation approaches to assess short- and long-term outcomes of student development programming. 

• Monitor implementation fidelity and effectiveness across regions. 

• Use data and insights to iterate on program design tools and professional learning.

Qualifications :

Skills and Mindsets 

• Mission and Student Focus: Demonstrates passion and commitment to KIPPs mission and possesses the desire and ability to uphold KIPPs core values (Focus on Excellent Results Collective Impact and Courageous Action)  

• Strategic Decision Making & Problem Solving: Efficiently defines the right metrics to evaluate work and ensures critical team actions decisions and recommendations are driven by data; effectively works with team to resolve issues around data to ensure sound data-informed decisions. Effectively identifies and addresses root causes to the most important problem. 

• Effective Work Management: Sets a clear vision for new or complex bodies of work. Develops and implements agile project plans navigating difficult situations or conflicts while maintaining effective relationships with all stakeholders; creates and ensures systems are in place for knowledge management. 

• Self Management: Demonstrated record of setting ambitious goals and achieving them with consistency. Invests in developing teammates skills and mindsets to address gaps in achieving team growth; determines what quantitative and qualitative data are most relevant to their goals and supports the team in creating and monitoring systems for collecting reviewing and acting upon data to drive outcomes; able to monitor progress communicating status to the right stakeholders and adjusting plans and use of time to ensure systems are yielding desired outcomes. 

• Process Management: Able to build and align goals and project plans with organization priorities; leverages relevant organizational processes and systems to execute work; can build and maintain knowledge management systems; effectively develops and codifies cross-team processes relevant to their teams work that improve work quality and efficiency; uses data to drive process improvements in support of organizational priorities. 

• Collaboration: Has the interpersonal diplomatic relationship building and communications skills needed to develop successful working relationships with diverse constituents to deliver results. Evolves and adapts plans and approach with diverse stakeholders to drive results. Possesses excellent communication skills with aptitude for translating complex information into a clear and persuasive narratives that convince others by identifying benefits for all. 

Experience and Qualifications 

• Bachelors degree required; advanced degree preferred. 

• 8 years of relevant experience in high school and/or postsecondary education counseling advising student development curriculum or related fields. 

• Experience designing or implementing student development advising or instructional programming at the school district or national level. 

• Experience working with or supporting high school leaders and educators preferred. 

• Experience with charter or charter-like schools nonprofits higher education and/or serving first-generation students from historically underserved backgrounds. 

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills preferred 

• Strong research skills preferred 

Additional Information :

Work Conditions 

• Travel requirements: 25% Travel requirements; Including KIPP school/region visits and network-wide trainings and convenings 

• Full-time Exempt role 

Location 

It is preferred but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role also has the option of working from a remote office full-time. KIPP Foundation offices are in NYC and Chicago. 

Compensation and Benefits 

In compliance with local law we are disclosing the compensation or a range thereof for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors including but not limited to external market data internal equity and relevant experience. The salary range for this position is $124800 - $150000. In addition KIPP Foundation provides a variety of benefits to employees including: 

• 25 holidays for 18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5). 

• 100% paid parental leave 

• 100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee familys medical/dental/vision plans. 

• Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions backup care support for children and adults/elders and our employee assistance program 

• Finance Security benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match employer-sponsored legal plans life/disability insurance and flexible spending accounts 

KIPP Foundation embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the students and communities with whom we work and the world thats around them. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit without regard to race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age mental or physical disability and genetic information marital status citizenship status military status protected veteran status or any other category protected by law. 

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time