KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public schools educating 120,000 studentsin grades Prek-12 across 21 states and Washington, DC.While each of our schools is as unique as the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared promise: Together, A Future Without Limits. You can learn more atwww.kipp.org.
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is part of the KIPP national network. 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.
In the 2024-25 school year, the KIPP Jacksonville region will be comprised of four schools educating more than 3,000 students, kindergarten through twelfth grade in the North and West sides of Jacksonville, Florida.
For the currentschool year, teachers at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools work the following hours Monday through Friday and may have occasional meetings or special school events outside of these hours. Hours for teachers and students may vary slightly by school.
K-8 Staff:7:30am - 4:30pmK-8 Students: 8:00am - 3:30pm,Wednesday K-8dismissal is at 1:30pm
High School Staff:6:45am - 3:45pm,High School Students:7:15am - 2:30pm,Wednesday High Schooldismissal is at 12:30pm.
Every Wednesday is a student early release day, which allows teachers to participate in weekly professional development and content team meetings. *This doesn’t include Wellness Wednesdays when all staff leave at student dismissal.
To support these schools, we will employ more than 300full-time staff members. We seek educators and colleagues that represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. To learn more about what it is like to work and teach at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please visitwww.kippjax.org/teachwhere you can also view all of our job postings.
, Job Description
Start: July 2024
Type: Full-Time; Year-Round; Salaried
Reports to: School Leader
*Florida certification is required * Reading Endorsement is Required*
Position Overview:
The 4-8 Literacy Coach is a year-round, certified, school-based position that is responsible for coaching their school’s fourth through eighth grade teachers in literacy. They observe, give feedback, model lessons, and support their caseload of teachers. The projected caseload would be 5 teachers and collaborating with the Manager of the Baker Teaching Fellowship and Manager of the Aspiring Teacher’s program to support any fellows or guest educators in these classrooms. This coach would also collaborate with school-based administrators who evaluate teachers, in addition to partnering with any other teachers that help support primary grades literacy, including learning specialists or interventionists. The 4-8 Literacy Coach will also lead professional development for teachers and collaborate with peers and the academic team across the region. In the event a teacher is out, the coach may be asked to lead literacy instruction or model key lessons and must be certified to support students if needed.
Success in this role is measured by positively impacting literacy data for their school and for teacher retention of the teachers they coach.
As a school-based leader, this position is year-round and performs duties as assigned by their school leader. Typical hours for school-based leaders are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 Monday through Friday and there may be occasional meetings, special school events, or commitments that fall outside of these hours. Student hours are typically 7:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. Every Wednesday is a student early release day (1:30 p.m.), which allows teachers to participate in weekly professional development.
Specific Position Duties:
Coach intermediate grades teachers by establishing weekly observations and debrief meetings that include looking at data, best practices, and feedback to impact student achievement
Own the literacy content teams in collaboration with the regional academic team
Conduct walk-throughs specifically focused on urgent academic monitoring and respond to observation data in the moment through real time coaching.
Pull grade-level or school-level trends in data and adjust instruction and coaching accordingly
Track all data, including data meetings, lesson planning feedback, and observation feedback in the regional performance platform
In the event a teacher needs additional support in classroom culture to better achieve literacy goals, the coach would collaborate with a school-based administrator on support for classroom management routines and procedures that support literacy instruction
Own their own professional development and growth by leveraging lifelines within the region and the broader KIPP network, asking for and implementing feedback weekly, and pursuing additional professional development and growth opportunities both within and outside the region.
Establish and uphold school culture norms and hold teachers and scholars accountable to norms and expectations, both in classrooms and in shared spaces.
Embody mindsets that work towards equity for our scholars and staff and model person-first thinking
Work with the school-based leadership team to accomplish the school’s goals
Knowledge of best practices and instruction of primary literacy to lead professional development
Other duties as outlined by school or regional leadership teams
Compensation
The salary for this position is $53,000.
This position would be eligible for a stipend for leading content team(s) in the region
This position would be eligible for the instructional milage stipend (last year, the amount was $7,000 for New to KIPP employees in this category).
Free individual level health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision
Free individual short-term and long-term disability insurance
403(b) retirement program with a company match
To support professional practice and growth, all teachers and coaches receive individualized coaching and professional development
Benefit offerings subject to change each school year. Full details would be outlined in an offer letter - if issued.
Requirements
, Qualifications
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools believes that our staff will represent our core values—high expectations, a growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. We search for established educators who embody them.
Possesses a deep commitment to both racial and educational equity; supports the building of an organization that reflects the community KIPP serves; holds self and others on team accountable for centering equity.
Bachelor's Degree
Relevant Florida Certification or Equivalent in K-6 , Middle Grades ELA 5-9 or ELA 6-12
Reading Endorsement
At least four (4) years of teaching experience with a proven track-record of high achievement in a literacy classroom with a similar population of students that KIPP Jacksonville serves.
Can articulate a level of expertise in primary literacy instruction
Has a level of teacher leadership, including but not limited to grade level chair, teacher coach, content area leader or chair, professional development facilitator, etc.
Highly Preferred
ESOL endorsement reflected on teaching certificate
Master’s in literacy
Experience as a literacy coach
Additional Information
APPLY
Please complete an application and upload a resume via our job board. No applicants will be considered that submit resumes through other job postings. Link here:https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/KIPP/jacksonville
If you're a current KIPP Jax team member, you should:
Inform your current manager of your interest in the role and
Complete the online application
QUESTIONS
If you have questions about this position, please email Emma at ekosanda@kippjax.org. Please understand that resumes and/or cover letters are not accepted via email and you will be redirected to apply via the website.
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.
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