Assistant Principal of Operations - (Immediate) | KIPP Un Mundo Primary

Kipp Texas Public Schools • San Antonio, TX

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About The Position

The Assistant Principal of Operations (APO) at KIPP Un Mundo Primary plays a crucial role in ensuring the operational excellence of the school. This position is integral to creating a supportive environment that allows instructional staff to focus on teaching and learning. The APO will lead the implementation of operational systems, manage a high-performing team, and foster a culture of data-driven decision-making and customer service. The role requires innovation, continuous improvement, and a commitment to the KIPP mission of providing quality education to students.

Requirements

• Unwavering commitment to the KIPP Texas mission and core values.
• Effective people manager with a focus on developing and coaching others.
• Strong project and time management skills with attention to detail.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills with an aptitude for systems-building.
• Ability to identify opportunities to improve procedures.
• Customer service mindset with urgency and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead, influence, and hold others accountable to high standards.
• Skilled at leveraging communication and understanding perspectives of stakeholders.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure, especially in difficult conversations.
• Desire to continuously learn and evolve as a professional.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in educational leadership or school operations.
• Familiarity with data analysis and reporting tools.
• Background in customer service or community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Recruits, hires, onboards, develops, and leads a high-performing team.
• Builds a strong and diverse team with an inclusive culture that brings out each team member's strengths.
• Manages and develops others toward excellence in their role and with an eye toward their long-term development.
• Establishes ongoing, regular cadence to facilitate collaboration, training, and support of the team.
• Progress monitors execution of responsibilities of the team in order to drive operational excellence.
• Creates and drives school-based strategies to ensure kids are in seats every day and year over year.
• Partners with families to set attendance expectations for new and existing families.
• Tracks data on a daily and cumulative basis and engages with key stakeholders weekly to identify trends and actions.
• Ensures that substitutes are booked and given attendance roster materials.
• Works with school lead teams to train, invest, motivate, and implement attendance procedures.
• Partners with SRE team to execute student recruitment efforts.
• Develops and executes school-based re-enrollment and cultivation plans.
• Designs and continually evolves school-based operations policies and procedures such as arrival and dismissal.
• Implements an ongoing monitoring system that reviews and addresses parent, teacher, and student feedback.
• Completes safety drills and audits on a given schedule.
• Manages operational components of field lessons.
• Maintains regular communication rhythms with families regarding important school information.
• Informs and manages the school budget in partnership with the School Leader.
• Provides insight into non-personnel spending and data that can be used to create a budget that meets the school's current and future needs.
• Leverages district tools to simplify purchasing and ensure school compliance with proper account management.
• Partners with School Support Partners (SSP) to ensure campus is safe and well maintained.
• Serves as Campus Incident Command Leader and main point of contact for campus emergency management and communication.
• Ensures students and staff have needed access to appropriate software and hardware and technology issues are addressed promptly.
• Provides day-to-day tactical support in the areas of Transportation and Child Nutrition.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees