Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to 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.

Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

You can see all our job opportunities at https://kipptexas.org/join-our-team/.

Job Description

ROLE OVERVIEW:

As the Director of Multilingual Compliance, you will play a pivotal role as the KIPP Texas policy expert on the Texas Education Code (TEC), Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 89 and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Title III to assess potential risk and ensure compliance. Leading a team of up to two compliance managers, you will ensure that our statewide activities that require compliance review such as the identification and reclassification of emergent bilingual learners, Language Proficiency Assessment Committee expectations, teacher certifications, program coding, language proficiency assessments, and collaboration with special populations teams. Working with your managers, you will develop plans for implementing and monitoring multilingual compliance activities across multiple campuses state-wide.

Your expertise in federal and state multilingual compliance policy will support your managers in their ability to support schools in maintaining strong records of our emergent bilingual students. Your collaboration with stakeholders will positively impact the shared accountability to fulfill compliance activities to fidelity with students at the center of decisions. Reporting to the Managing Director of Multilingual Education, you will play a pivotal role in supporting KIPP Texas schools, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment for students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

You know you are successful if all members of your team support their portfolio schools to attain their KIPP Texas compliance targets each year, leading to:

• 100% of schools have identified and coded emergent bilingual students by snapshot date or initial 4-weeks from enrollment.

• 100% of students have documented instructional assessment supports that match their language proficiency levels from LPAC

• 100% of students participate in TELPAS with appropriate supports assigned from special programs

• 100% of emergent bilingual students are reviewed annual and reclassified based on exit criteria

• 100% of Title III federal requirements are met and documented

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Visioning: You lead and develop a vision for transformational compliance policies. You can translate federal and state policy to campus Deans of Multilingual Education for maximum accuracy and effectiveness. You recommend organization improvements to capture accurate information, resolve data errors, prevent recurrence of problems, and minimize risk.

• Effective Team Leader: You lead and develop a high-performing team by developing rigorous SMART goals and impact execution through side-by-side coaching and progress monitoring. Effectively support your managers and Deans of Multilingual Education through high-quality professional learning and effective systems. Monitor compliance managers day-to-day workload and auditing of KIPP Texas-wide data for state and federal compliance.

• Policy Expert: You have demonstrated expertise in federal and state policy concerning multilingual programs. You have experience effectively developing policies, procedures, and guidelines for accurate state and federal reporting. Maintain expert knowledge of Texas Education Code (TEC), Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 89 and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Title III to ensure KIPP Texas compliance.

• Stakeholder Engagement: You collaborate with team members of the Multilingual team, Academics, Student Information Systems (SIS), PEIMS, Finance, and Operations leaders to ensure accurate and effective systemic support for multilingual programming and state/federal reporting. Develop communication plans to convey new state and federal data requirements with a strong focus on high quality customer service and satisfaction.

Skills

Lead a high-performing team that delivers outcomes for emergent bilingual students

• Manage, lead, and develop a high-performing team of two compliance managers who are detailed oriented and effectively support the compliance activities in KIPP schools across Texas

• Drive results, including progress tracking, monitoring, and reporting. Hold the team accountable for short- and long-term outcomes

• Exhibit outstanding critical thinking skills, including the ability to analyze data, identify trends, pinpoint root causes, ask probing questions, and develop innovative solutions

• Exhibit a strong focus on goals, accountability, and results; set clear metrics for success

• Lead effectively even in times of ambiguity and adapt and respond to unexpected challenges

Coach others to execute and monitor multilingual compliance activities

• Possess a deep understanding of federal and state multilingual policies with the ability to synthesize knowledge and present to key stakeholders in a comprehensive manner.

• Demonstrates strong communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to communicate effectively and professionally; including, the ability to communicate technical information in a clear and understandable manner to non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in evaluating TEA regulatory requirements and producing clear written materials to support effective monitoring at the state, regional, and campus level.

Engage in continuous data analysis and action planning

• Supports the multilingual team in developing and progress monitoring the implementation of federal/state policy, metrics, and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

• Skilled in overseeing data error identification and resolutions.

• Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities and assignments throughout the year.

Qualifications

Required Education and/or Experience:

Successful candidates must demonstrate a deep belief in the capacity of all emergent bilingual students to achieve at high levels, demonstrate strong expertise in multilingual programming, and have the ability to work collaboratively with a diverse set of leaders and teachers to improve emergent bilingual student achievement and linguistic progress. Additionally,

• Bachelor’s degree, relevant Master’s degree or higher in Education, Linguistics, Multilingual Education, or a related field preferred

• Minimum of 3 years experience with LPAC and/or Title III as a successful Compliance Coordinator/Manager or similar role, with at least 2 years of recent experience as a Manager.

• Preference will be given to candidates who have experience with the following systems:

  • ELLevation compliance platform

  • Texas Language Proficiency Assessment Committee

  • Skyward SIS system

• Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to prioritize competing demands and solve complex problems

• Exceptional leadership judgment with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complex situations

• High self-awareness, humility, and integrity

• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Considerable time is spent at a desk using a computer/laptop

• Attending conferences or training sessions

Work Environment:

• This role will spend significant time in KIPP Texas schools with hybrid work options when not in schools

• Typical office environment with frequent interruptions

Travel Requirements:

• Ability to travel to various locations: travel time will range between 20% - 60% depending on the time of year.

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits

Salary is based on years of experience, degree of education, and level of expertise.

As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance, fertility, and disability plans starting as low as $25/month.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.