Elementary Assistant School Leader- Culture (25.26 School Year)

Who we are:

KIPP St. Louis is a part of a national network of free, open-enrollment, public charter schools offering a choice to families and children in St. Louis city. As the largest charter school system in the city, we are driven and committed to our mission, vision, and equity statement.

Mission:

 Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

KIPP St. Louis currently educates over 2,000 students and at full growth, we will educate nearly 3,600 students and hundreds of alumni. Today, our St. Louis network consists of two middle schools, three elementary schools, and a high school.

Assistant School Leader for Culture

Working at KIPP Wonder Academy, you will be a leader dedicated to creating a positive school culture. Every day you come to the building working to develop relationships with students and parents, developing leaders of tomorrow through community today. You have a vision and know how to implement it. 

On the day-to-day basis, you can look forward to the following:

Data-Driven Cultural Leadership 

• Develop, support and create systems of accountability to ensure discipline systems are executed effectively and consistently, classroom management is strong in all classrooms, and school culture is aligned to the vision of the school and the region. Provide support and development to teachers as necessary. 
• Manage, coach and evaluate the discipline team through observations, real-time coaching and relevant one-on-one coaching sessions. 
• Develop proficiency in Observation Feedback, Weekly Data Meeting and Lesson Internalization protocols. 
• Manage the performance of a cohort of teachers to achieve outcomes for scholars through weekly O3s with each content teacher they coach, including development of instructional strategies and feedback based on observations, content internalization, and the creation of development goals. 
• Organize and track all observation data and instructional feedback for Specials teachers, all observation data for Discipline team, and all relevant teacher coaching data in Whetstone. 
• Organize, track and respond to all critical metrics including OSS, discipline referrals, scholar attrition and attendance using school or region-wide organizational systems. Work with the ASL of Operations to respond to this data with action planning on a teacher specific and school-wide level. 
• Create systems to manage, track and build investment, both scholar and staff, in student facing culture data (i.e. scorecards, paychecks, merits/demerits, etc.). 

Performance Management and Professional Development 

• Lead teacher cohort(s) to set and achieve individual development goals, based on school or region-wide goals and grounded in student achievement data. 
• Collaborate with the ASLs of Operations and Instruction to execute school-wide rituals, like community meetings, pep rallies, whole school assemblies, field trips, and various year-long incentive systems (Accelerated Reader, MAP, NWEA, etc). 

What you bring to the table: 

• Bachelor’s Degree (required), Master’s Degree (preferred) 
• Teaching Certificate; Administrator Certificate (preferred) 
• Demonstrated student achievement results in own classroom and from teachers that you manage 
• Experience coaching teachers to instructional excellence 
• An uncompromising belief that all students can learn 
• A relentless work ethic and a high degree of patience to push through difficult challenges 
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a team of teachers 
• Excellent organizational skills 
• Pass Criminal Background Check
• Excellent computer skills, including all Google based systems. 

What we bring to the table:

We are a fast paced, energetic team and family with passionate people who are leading a movement and to cultivate the their best working environment we provide the following for full time employees only:

• $0 deductible healthcare plan option, including medical, vision and dental. 

• Employer Paid Short Term Disability

• $50,000 life insurance policy at no cost to the employee

• Retirement plan through PSRSSL with a 12% match and an optional 403b as a supplement to our pension program

• Employee Recognition: When we succeed together, we celebrate together with our annual gala award ceremony and more!

• Public Service student loan forgiveness program qualified employer

• Longevity Bonuses: 2, 5, and 10 year financial rewards

• Generous time off:

  • Paid leave for illness, personal days, bereavement, jury duty, and military-related leave

  • Paid parental leave for new families

  • Paid holidays, as well as a one week Thanksgiving break, a two-week winter break, a week-long spring break

  • Wellness days and Fabulous Fridays (leave at 1:30 on Friday once a month)

• On-going professional  development opportunities:

  • Weekly coaching sessions

  • Weekly school-based professional development

  • Five in-person PD days during the year for all KIPP St. Louis teachers

If you are interested in working at KIPP St. Louis, please visit our website to find out how to apply! 

www.kippstl.org/apply

Check out our KIPP St. Louis video to learn more about KIPP St. Louis Public Schools!

KIPP St. Louis is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our students, families, teachers, staff and community members. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.