Program Manager, Special Populations Assessment and Evaluation

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.

Duties and Essential Job Functions:

• Alignment of assessment procedures across KIPP Texas regions.

• Review of compliance systems and structures as it relates to local, federal and state child find obligations.

• Collaboration with program manager of speech language services to align on systems and structures.

• Evaluation of critical cases and student evaluation.

• Collaborate and coach regional assessment teams/leads.

• Performs other related job duties and training as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Understanding of child find obligations.

• Ability to assess students for disabilities

• Strong written and verbal skills

• Bilingual preferred but not required

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s or master’s in special education evaluation and assessment

• Leadership in special education evaluation and assessment

• At least three years of assessment experience.

Required Licensure/Certification/Specialized Training:

• License in school psychology or diagnostician

Location

Any KIPP Texas Region (Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio)

Compensation and Benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary scale, a part of KIPP Texas’ competitive benefits options, KIPP offers all employees an $0 HMO plan for the employee only. In addition to our $0 plan, KIPP provides a $600 employer contribution towards a Health Savings Account and a variety of other supplemental benefits such as Dental, Vision, Short and Long-Term Disability, Pet Insurance, Life, etc.

Funding:

The Program Manager, Special Populations Assessment and Evaluation will be funded directly from the Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER) grnts awarded by the Texas Education Agency under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (ESSER II) and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ESSER III). This position will be funded solely (100%) from the ESSER II and III allocation for direct expenses through September 30, 2023, and may continue to be funded through September 30, 2024, depending upon the availability of ESSER grant funds. At the end of the grant period this position may be eliminated unless other sources of funds are secured to maintain this position or a similar position. The employee must sign this job description acknowledging receipt of the job description and signing their acknowledgement that this position is grant funded and is temporarily aligning with the terms of the grant period.