Description
Position at IDEA Public Schools

IDEA Public Schools :

IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free PK-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college.

IDEA was founded in 2000 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, IDEA's co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. We serve more than 50,000 students across Texas and Louisiana. By 2022, IDEA will serve 100,000 students.

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, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.

To learn m ore about IDEA, check out this video.

About our region:

IDEA Greater Houston was announced in 2017 and we are preparing to launch our first schools in less than one year. Houston is known for being one of the most diverse cities in America, yet children of color and children living in poverty continue to lack access to the highest quality schools.

Houston's reputation is based on economic opportunity and affordable living with a massive sprawl that exceeds the size of New Ham pshire.Despite the presence of great public charter schools and a strong district magnet schools system, the need for more great schools is ever present. IDEA Greater Houston will help solve the challenge to offer more children a choice-filled life through a transformative public education.

Fully cognizant of the need across Greater Houston IDEA Public Schools will launch with a commitment to open our first four schools in 2020 and follow with an ambitious growth plan to grow to 20 schools by 2025-26 andultimately serve15,000 students once fully enrolled

Role Mission:
The Assistant Principal of Operations (APO) manages campus operations for each IDEA site (two schools) and is responsible for achieving operational excellence across non-instructional areas, including front office management, student information systems, child nutrition, transportation, health services, business office, facility maintenance, new construction management, technology coordination, student recruitment and enrollment. For APOs during launch year (Year 0) of their campus, the primary responsibility is recruiting and enrolling students and on-boarding new families to IDEA. It will be required to work evening hours and weekends.

Accountabilities

85% Operations Staff Retention

• Responsible for ensuring top performers occupy every seat across all operations roles
• Implements operating mechanisms that facilitate the ongoing coaching and support of team members (check-ins, tacticals , regular observation and feedback sessions, high-quality talent review process and staff development cycle)
• Leverages the APO Priorities Calendar; routinely assesses team members based on progress toward goals as well as principal and HQ feedback; prioritizes support accordingly

100% Projected Enrollment for IDEA Spears in grades K, 1, 2, and 6 by the first day of school (FDOS)

• Develops and executes student recruitment efforts, in partnership with campus principals that target families with school-aged children in D & F elementary zones.

• Leads team to recruit new families with specific applicant goals per grade level--3:1 ratio (open grade levels) while ensuring applications are high quality and ultimately lead to enrollment
• Complies with all state, and organizational student registration requirements throughout the enrollment process (i.e. transfers, priority enrollment for 5 mile radius testing, etc.)

100% of new parents are onboarded and enroll prior to the first day of school

• Leads effort for 100% of all families accepted into the lottery to receive a home visit that inspires and compels families to accept the offer
• 90% of all families that receive a home visit post-lottery attend Welcome to IDEA

• Ensures all new families are effectively onboarded and registered by June, so that they persist through their first year in our schools
• 100% over enrollment goal for summer registration in June

Campus safe and operational one week before the first day of school

• Responsible for managing all Beginning of Year (BOY) efforts with a specific focus on:

• 100% of positions filled, staff onboarded and in attendance at summer training

• ≥90 score on Beginning-of-Year quality scorecard

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

• Year 0 APOs directly manage 3 staff members: receptionist, SIS coordinator, and business clerk and hire 5 additional staff members in the Spring prior to first day of school.
• Year 0 APOs will report to campus principals and receive coaching from a regional director of operations

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree required
• Experience: Experience managing and developing a team to achieve ambitious results
• Experience effectively managing cross-functional priorities
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates preferred

Compensation:

• Salaries for this role typically fall between $75,00 and $83,000 commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications. This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on individual and organizational performance and goal attainment. 20% travel for Rhodes monthly visits.

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.