Director of Professional Learning

KIPP Texas Public Schools • Houston, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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
• 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)

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.

Benefits

• 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.
• Legal plans
• LifeLock identity protection
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director