NAF School of Business Director

KIPP DC•Washington, DC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The NAF School of Business Director role is an integral part of the KIPP DC College Prep NAF team, ensuring high-quality, career-focused programming that provides students with real-world learning opportunities, industry-recognized credentials, and meaningful work-based learning experiences in the high-demand sector of Business, Finance, and IT. The NAF Director will also provide instructional coaching and professional development to NAF Academy teachers to ensure the highest quality of teaching and learning in all NAF courses. The NAF Director also serves as a liaison between NAF, KIPP DC, and OSSE’s Industry Engagement Team, ensuring compliance with all CTE requirements and expansion of high-quality work-based learning opportunities. The NAF Director also works directly with the KIPP DC development team and industry partners to collaboratively create work based learning programming, including but not limited to career fairs, mentorship programs, internships, business luncheons, and more. The NAF Director also works with the College Counseling and KIPP Forward team, to ensure strategic alignment between career readiness and postsecondary opportunities allowing students to take college tours, connect with alumni, and access scholarships. The NAF Director also works directly with students and families, ensuring the correct information and resources are properly disseminated and understood for high student engagement in programming and all offered opportunities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (minimum required)
At least 4 years of lead teaching experience

Nice To Haves

4 years of high school leadership experience (Instructional Coach or Grade Level Chair)
Master’s degree in Education, Public Administration, or related field preferred
Demonstrated Excellence in the Following Areas: Commitment to Students and Schools: Demonstrates commitment to education reform, believing in every child's potential for success and prioritizing students, schools, and the essential role of families.
Strategic Thinking and Problem Solving: Finds creative solutions to challenges that achieve broader goals of the team and organization.
Project Management: Sets a high bar for own work and supports others to achieve desired team outcomes.
Communications and Influence: Demonstrates adept communication skills and influence to advance work by adjusting content and style.
Teamwork: Contributes to a supportive team culture, fostering diverse work styles and maintaining a high performance standard.
Trust and Collaboration: Establishes and nurtures effective relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders to support the best outcomes for our work.
Cultural Humility: Advances KIPP DC’s commitment to anti-racism by creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all stakeholders.
Continuous Learning: Commits to continuous learning through feedback, self-reflection, humility, and action.

Responsibilities

Lead the vision, strategy, and daily operations of the NAF Academy to align with NAF standards, OSSE’s CTE standards and model, and KIPP DC’s college and career readiness goals
Collaborate with school leadership and teachers to integrate career-focused curricula and ensure alignment with CTE academic standards
Monitor student progress, program effectiveness, and academy benchmarks; make data-driven decisions to improve outcomes
Maintain compliance with all OSSE reporting, documentation, and program quality requirements, including course sequences, certifications, and work-based learning milestones
Actively engage with OSSE’s Industry Engagement Team and other CTE partners to align programming with regional workforce needs and best practices
Cultivate and manage partnerships with internship or job employers, industry professionals, higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, etc. to secure internships, mentorships, apprenticeships, and professionals for work-based learning events
Work in conjunction with the OSSE Industry Engagement team and the Industry Advisory Board to support academy goals and CTE goals and expand student access to internships, site visits, professionals, etc.
Collaborate with the CTE Industry Advisory Board to support work-based learning programming goals
Design and implement a program of work-based learning experiences that covers the work-based learning continuum and is aligned with OSSE’s work-based learning framework across all NAF grade-levels
Monitor student progress in internship placements
Monitor work-based learning opportunities to ensure that all work-based learning opportunities meet OSSE and NAF documentation and quality standards
Support students in securing and successfully completing all internships
Maintain compliance with NAF internship documentation and evaluation requirements (e.g., WBL Tracker)
Provide instructional coaching, feedback, and support to NAF academy teachers to strengthen pedagogy, curriculum delivery, and student outcomes aligned with CTE standards and industry certifications
Support implementation of industry-relevant, project-based learning that aligns with NAF standards and OSSE CTE course expectations
Plan and coordinate/facilitate professional development that enhances teachers' content expertise and/or instructional effectiveness
Actively participate in weekly leadership meetings to support the execution of school goals and strategies
Support all school initiatives
Complete all assigned KIPP DC Legacy leadership duties
Other duties as assigned
Lead equitable recruitment and enrollment efforts to maintain a strong and diverse student cohort in the NAF Academy pathway
Lead efforts to retain students in the NAF Academy pathway, ensuring equitable access for all
Promote the academy internally and externally to highlight student achievements and program impact

Benefits

medical, dental, and vision insurances
various voluntary benefits
employer paid benefits such as short term disability, long term disability, life insurance, and a membership to One Medical
403(b) retirement account with a 3% employer contribution and a 3% match with vesting after three years
up to 10 paid sick days
12 paid holidays
paid Thanksgiving week break
winter break
spring break
summer break