Director of Student Support

KIPP DC • Washington, DC

3d • $103,491 - $114,384 • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Student Support role is an integral part of the Student Support Academic team, ensuring students with disabilities are provided specially designed instruction in the least restrictive environment. The starting salary range for this role is $103,491-$114,384. This is a HDQ-School based, fully onsite role based at KIPP DC Public Schools with an anticipated start date of July 2026.

KIPP DC is looking for a dynamic, committed, and flexible Director of the Student Support Team to lead, collaborate, coach, and support school leaders, school leadership, compliance managers, and related service providers with all aspects of Special Education and Student Support. This position is fully in-person and is designed to increase student achievement.

As a director, this position must also ensure adherence to established internal control policies and procedures and maintain compliance within the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• District-level or school leadership experience of special education programming
• Teaching experience for at least 5 years (general education or Special Education)
• Understanding of IDEA and DC Eligibility Criteria
• Experience managing 504 plans
• Demonstrates growth mindset about children and adults
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Direct leadership experience
• Instructional knowledge
• Ability to influence mindsets
• Organizational skills to build effective school-based systems
• Flexible thinking when in the face of ambiguity
• Ability to lift 10 pounds
• Ability to stand frequently
• Ability to travel across KIPP DC schools
• Prolonged periods of sedentary work

Nice To Haves

• Certified in special education.
• Masters in special education

Responsibilities

• Promote rigorous use of data to ensure that programming and curriculum meet the needs of students with individualized education programs (IEP) and 504 accommodation plans across assigned grade bands and schools.
• Set and model expectations for specially designed instruction for the assigned grade bands and schools.
• Directly manage 6-8 Student Support team members who have their own body of work.
• Supervise related service providers at the campus level to ensure service delivery, collaboration with key stakeholders, and timely evaluations.
• Ensure that high quality instruction, through a continuum of services, is delivered for students with IEPs through lesson observation and feedback.
• Conduct and model high quality observations and feedback sessions develop plans to support special educators.
• Model data review and planning for specific students to train school teams on using available dashboards.
• Collaborate with school administrations to identify classroom support and development needs for special educators.
• Support implementation of a continuum of services at each school and regularly review student data to ensure schools are utilizing the full continuum of services through individualized decisions for students.
• Manage the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) review process at the campus level.
• Coaches and holds others accountable for implementing best practices in special education.
• Collaborate with the school-based team to progress monitoring systems to ensure students with IEPs are making academic progress toward annual goals.
• Conduct and present file reviews for students who need additional academic and/or behavioral support.
• Conduct regular check-ins with school administration regarding special education priorities, review data from the students with IEPs and create plans to address student needs.
• Support school teams in appropriate implementation of dedicated aides as a supplemental support.
• Collaborate with school administrations to identify classroom support and development needs for special educators.
• Collaborate with school teams to create special education priorities.
• Support implementation of a continuum of services at each school and regularly review student data to ensure schools are utilizing the full continuum of services through individualized decisions for students.
• Provide support to school leaders on best practices and implementation of curriculum, pedagogy and data driven instruction
• Update school leader on set compliance metrics for the school.
• Manage, collaborate and hire related service providers for schools at assigned campus
• Conduct learning walks with the school leader designee and coach
• Manage logistics and implementation of transitions between schools (i.e. elementary to middle) to ensure Network alignment (vertical alignment).
• Facilitate all key stakeholders' collaboration to solve individual student cases as needed.
• Provide professional development to campus teams on various aspects of special education and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS).
• Ensure school teams implement 504 processes (referral, eligibility, plan implementation) with fidelity.
• Ensure school teams implement English Language Learners (ELL) processes (identification, instructional support) with fidelity.

Benefits

• KIPP DC offers a robust benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurances; various voluntary benefits; and employer paid benefits such as short term disability, long term disability, life insurance, and a membership to One Medical.
• KIPP DC also offers a 403(b) retirement account with a 3% employer contribution and a 3% match with vesting after three years.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees