KIPP Foundation, Executive Coach, Regional Leadership
Edgility Consulting, United States
Job Description
ORGANIZATION
Great education transforms lives. KIPP, the Knowledge is Power Program, is a non-profit network of 224 college-preparatory, public charter schools educating nearly 100,000 early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students. KIPP schools are tuition-free, public charter schools open to all students. KIPP schools, KIPP regions, and the KIPP Foundation are united by a common mission, a commitment to excellence, and a belief that if we help children develop the academic and character strengths they need for college and choice filled lives, they will be able to build a better tomorrow for themselves, for their communities, for us all.
The non-profit KIPP Foundation trains and develops outstanding educators to lead KIPP schools, provides tools, resources, and training for excellent teaching and learning, promotes innovation, and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas within the KIPP network and with partners including: other charters, districts, colleges and universities, and non-profit organizations across the country.
Why work at KIPP?
By working for the KIPP Foundation, you help more students across the country receive the high-quality education they deserve.
- Support KIPP leaders, teachers, and staff on the Network Leadership Development, KIPP School Leadership Programs, Teaching and Learning Labs, KIPP Through College, or Knowledge Sharing teams
- Ensure smart growth and great results on the Network Growth and Sustainability, Strategy, Research amp; Evaluation, or Insights and Analytics teams
- Broaden our impact on the Government Affairs, External Impact, Marketing, Development, or Talent teams
- Keep us connected and operational on our IT or Finance team
If you believe all children deserve great schools and programs where they can gain the knowledge, skills, character, and habits necessary to achieve their dreams while making the world a better place, join us!
OPPORTUNITY
The KIPP Foundation’s Network Growth, Strategy and Sustainability Team (NGSST) expands KIPP’s impact by improving the growth and sustainability of all KIPP regions. The Executive Coach, Regional Leadership is a new role. The individual hired will be responsible for ensuring that new Executive Directors and their senior regional teams are highly effective in their first two years in the role. This position will report to the Chief Network Growth Officer and together they will prioritize which new Executive Directors to work with.
The Executive Coach will support and coach new regional Executive Directors in two main areas: 1) the development of a highly effective senior leadership team and 2) the creation and effective implementation of the region’s annual priorities. The Executive Coach will partner primarily with the Executive Director and at times, their senior regional leadership team to set the region’s and the Executive Director’s annual priorities and from there, the creation and implementation of a plan and performance goals to achieve the priorities. The ultimate objective is for new Executive Directors to achieve their annual performance goals and development goals so each KIPP region effectively executes their priorities to achieve increased student outcomes.
DESIRED RESULTS
You will accomplish the following with the Executive Directors you work with:
- Effective Annual Priority Plan Implementation The region has an equitable and inclusive process to identify no more than 2-3 priorities each year. The region has a written process for creating an implementation to execute against those priorities. The region achieves the goals contained in the annual priority plan.
- Capable Regional Team Senior leadership team for all core functional areas is staffed and high performing. Each member receives feedback from the Executive Director to develop in their effectiveness each year.
- Cadence of Accountability Establish structures and systems for the Executive Director to implement use of their time efficiently, monitor progress and drive results (e.g. meetings with direct reports, executive team meetings, performance reviews, 360s, etc.)
- Executive Director Succession Plan Develop a board approved succession plan (emergency and long-term) in partnership with the Executive Director and Board Chair.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Executive Coach, Regional Leadership’s primary responsibilities will be to:
- Provide weekly executive-level coaching and development support for 3 to 5 KIPP Executive Directors and at times, their senior leadership team over a three-year engagement period
- Conduct a data-driven assessment of leadership team effectiveness and culture of the organization, identifying strengths to leverage and areas to improve, then recommending a path for improvement