KIPP New Orleans Schools (KNOS) is a non-profit network of 13 college-preparatory, public charter schools serving 6,200 elementary, middle, and high school students, and over 1,500 alumni. While each of our schools is as unique as the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared promise: To build academically excellent schools that create unlimited opportunity for all students. For over 15 years, we have a proven track record of preparing students for success in college, career, and beyond.
At KIPP, you have the freedom to innovate and the support to grow. You never stop learning, and you're part of a national network that's leading the way in getting students from underserved communities to and through college. As we grow to serve more students in communities across the country, we need passionate teammates to join us and make their impact at KIPP. Where will YOU take us? Click here to learn more about teaching and working at KIPP New Orleans Schools!
Job Description The Dean of College and Career position reports to the school leader and is responsible for all things post-secondary planning and college knowledge/exposure. The Dean of College of Career also models the college counseling expectations by maintaining a case load of students eligible for Early Action/Early Decision. Their responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Participate on the Leadership Team and grade-level leadership team to share crucial college and career knowledge and keep leaders aware of students' goals and progress towards their postsecondary plans
Lead department meetings and professional development related to KIPP Forward. Includes: 2x a month meeting with Counseling team to review data.
Facilitate Monthly Match Meetings with high school leadership, KIPP Forward leadership, regional leadership, and the counseling team.
Facilitate and encourage strong communication between high school and KIPP Forward staff, teams and departments to continually improve outcomes.
Effectively plan the organization and time management of the team in planning parent nights, college visits, guest speakers, career exploration trips, and other postsecondary access programming.
Lead school based execution of Counseling and Match strategy, including management of an Early Decision cohort and development of a strong personal statement for every Senior.
Establish system to ensure every Junior and Senior meets 1:1 with their counselor 2x per year.
Observe counselors conducting 1:1s with students 2x per year and provide feedback.
Conduct weekly one-on-one check-ins with direct reports and participate in weekly one-on-one check-ins with the School Leader and the Regional Managing Director of KIPP of Postsecondary Success along with mid-year and end-of-year evaluations.
Observe seminar at least 1x a week and provide feedback to seminar instruction
Ensure implementation of seminar assessments and regularly review data with seminar instructors.
Provide training to teachers on how to support students in the college application process (letter of recommendation.
Qualifications The ideal candidate possesses the following qualifications : Bachelor's degree is required
Preferred 4+ years of experience in education.
Strong computer literacy, communication and interpersonal skills are highly preferred.
Ability to successfully manage multiple projects at once.
Grounded in our 5 organizational beliefs – Relentlessness, Equity, Achievement, Community and Hope. These 5 beliefs guide the work that we do to provide academically excellent schools and unlimited opportunity for every student in New Orleans.
All employees hired after Friday, August 20, 2021 must be able to provide documentation that either the new-hire employee has received a COVID-19 vaccination or has requested and been granted reasonable accommodation from the KNOS Director of HR to be exempted from the requirements of this policy
The physical demands and environmental conditions described below are representative, but not exhaustive, of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. All of these physical requirements should be able to be performed with clarity, coherence and connectedness of the KNOS vision, and reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Must be able to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of time
Must be able to spend the majority of the day standing or mobile throughout a school or office, as well as talk, hear, grasp, reach and lift up to 30lbs with or without accommodations
Ability to concentrate in active and noisy environments such as schools, to more moderate situations such large group professional settings
Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computer and/or related office equipment
Ability to handle potential high stress conditions
Additional Information We offer a competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package including: Healthcare & Wellness (health, vision, dental, life insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and short-term disability)403(b) retirement plan with up to a 5% contribution match 104 hours of Paid Time Off per year Approximately 28 holidays per year including Mardi Gras, Juneteenth, Thanksgiving, and Winter Break As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race/ethnicity, economic status, age/ability, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, country of origin, language(s) spoken, and/or other diverse backgrounds.
