School Leadership: Dean

Who We Are

KIPP SoCal Public Schools is a nonprofit organization that operates 20 tuition‑free, open‑enrollment charter public schools, within 17 Local Education Agencies (LEA), educating more than 10,000 students and supporting 8,300 alumni to and through college and beyond. Our award winning schools are part of the national KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) network, dedicated to meeting the needs of all learners and providing the social, emotional and academic support for success in high school, college, and life.

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 create a more just world.

At KIPP SoCal we build trusting relationships that are strengthened by high expectations and collaboration alongside laughter and joy. We set ambitious goals and hold each other accountable for students achieving their greatest potential. We work together with each other and in partnership with families and communities in the active pursuit of a more equitable world. We do the right thing, even when it's not always comfortable standing up and speaking out against anti‑blackness, racism, oppression, and injustice.

We persevere through obstacles and treat failure as an opportunity to learn and grow.

This Dean role opening is an instructional staff and manager position for KIPP Philosophers Academy (5GR‑8GR) in Watts. Start date can be immediate.

The Dean’s job is to support the school leader and/or Assistant School Leader in driving academic and character outcomes for students as a key member of the school’s leadership team. Deans lead both instruction and school culture. The dean will work in conjunction with the school leader and other members of the school leadership team to invest a team of mission‑driven educators to execute on the necessary components to meet the vision of the school.

Priority Final date to receive applications for the role is December 1, 2025; we will continue to review applications after that date.

Role is signing bonus and/or relocation bonus eligible.

Note:
You will be asked to submit student achievement data from your time as a teacher and in leadership roles you've held. Access the data submission template here.

• Model and support the implementation of the school’s vision and goals
• Supports development of School Leader’s school‑wide vision and takes an active role in investing and mobilizing teachers to achieve the collective goals of the school;
• Owns the implementation of select school priorities in support of the school‑wide vision;
• With guidance from the School Leader, helps lead the planning and goal setting for the grades/departments that he/she coaches and ensures alignment with school‑wide goals

• Contribute to school‑wide planning and prioritize time to accomplish goals
• Provides input into school‑based strategic planning, and identifies what the school’s strategic plan means for his/her own leadership and people that he/she coaches and manages

• Build own and others’ instructional knowledge of standards, content and instructional methods
• Develops deep mastery over the academic standards in the subjects/grades for which he/she coaches, and strong understanding of academic standards for all subjects/grades;
• Understands the implications of standards on what a student should know and be able to do, connect teachers with relevant resources to improve their content knowledge, and therefore what a teacher needs to know and be able to do to facilitate student mastery;
• Studies curriculum and assessment content and further develops understanding of how assessments map to content mastery, and what is required of students and teachers to accomplish mastery on the assessments;
• Teaches teachers how to assess for both student mastery and growth towards college readiness and insists that assessments are used to inform teacher instruction;
• Develops own and teacher’s knowledge of best practices in instructional methods and teaches teachers how to match particular…