Description
Position at IDEA Public Schools

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that all of our students graduate from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 50% of our students graduate from college in 6 years - that's 8 times the national rate for students in our communities!

IDEA was founded in 2000 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, to meet the demands, IDEA's co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. We now serve nearly 45,000 students across Texas and Louisian a. By 2022, IDEA will serve 100,000 students. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you-with continued growth in our current regions and new launches in Tarrant County (Fort Worth/Arlington), New Orleans, Houston (2020), Permian Basin (2021), and Tampa Bay (2021)!

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.

To learn more about IDEA, check out this video .

Role Mission: The Vice President of Region & School Launch (VP) manages the IDEA experience beyond the classroom, from the moment a student sets foot at our schools until a student walks the stage at graduation. The VP works to minimize (or eliminate) operational obstacles that could prevent teachers and school leaders from focusing on instruction. Specifically, the VP is responsible for achieving operational excellence in every new region, as well as managing the growth of existing regions.

Accountabilities

1. Ensures 100% of schools are fully operational by the first day of school

• Leads IDEA's school launch strategy by developing cross-functional frameworks that result in standardized and replicable processes, implementing these processes consistently and timely across the district, and creating the infrastructure to produce and disseminate best practices to campuses
• Builds best-in-class school launch tools and mechanisms that generate measureable data for continuous improvement opportunities and meet IDEA's organizat ional needs
• Ensures 100% of textbooks are distributed, 100% of furniture is installed, 100% of retail locations have uniform inventory, and 100% of HVAC units are functional two weeks before the first day of school

2. Leads schools in operation goals in accordance with IDEA's growth plans (9 7 schools in operation for the 19 - 20 school year)

• Manages all construction- related projects (new, 2 nd phase, existing school facility improvement and expansion, and installation of modular units) to deliver, timely, quality, cost-effective facilities in tim e for school openings each year
• Directs capital expenditure ( CapEx ) facility improvement efforts from approval to execution , by working with regional and school level personnel to conduct master planning, identify projects, determine costs, and manage the construction process
• Works with the Business Office to identify funding s ources for all new construction
• Responsible for managing all Beginning of Year (BOY) efforts to ensure all schools are set up for suc cess by the first day of school

3. 90% New Family Persistence

• Achieve a n average satisfaction rating of 3.6 on the BOY Staff Survey
  • Oversee the development of beginning of year scorecards that define an excellent experience for staff members during the beginning of year

• Ensure high quality training of all operations staff to develop high-quality plans of execution that ensure an excellent experience for campus staff during the beginning of year
• Refine beginning of year tools that, when followed, ensure an excellent beginning of year experience for campus staff

• Parents rate their BOY experience as 90% proficient|30% exceptional

• Work with HQ functional departments to define high quality BOY plans that are used by launching schools
• Lead BOY professional development for Assistant Principals of Operations, Principals , and functional leaders

4. Ensures top performers occupy every seat (85% Staff Retention Rate in Facilities, Year 0 campus ops staff, and new RDOs and APOs)

• Establishes hiring practices to attract top performers for every role
• Customizes onboarding practices to ensure each new team member is set up for success based on the unique responsibilities of their role
• Develops and executes differentiated professional development , to build technical capacity and leadership and management acumen

5. 100% of new regions are community-entry ready with identified land to acquire and population surveys completed

• Works with advancement team, regional leaders, and local brokers to identify sites for new potential IDEA schools in line with budget parameters, land specifications, and regional growth plans

• All land for new sites is under contract by November 30 of their year 0
• Partners with the Student Enrollment team to complete population density studies in order to inform high impact recruitment strategies to support e nrollment and persistence goals

6. We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manages Facilities & Construction and School Launch departments and personnel

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree required, master's degree in applicable field preferred
• Experience: 8+ years of full-time professional experience required; 3+ years of full-time people management required; experience managing managers strongly preferred
• Experience in public education, especially charter schools preferred

Compensation:

• Salaries for this role typically fall between $102,330 and $136,445 , commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications. This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on individual and organizational performance and goal attainment.

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IDEA Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact IDEA Human Resources at (956) 377-8000.