Band Director - Middle School (2024-2025)

Company Description

Join the KIPP Team & Family

KIPP is hiring a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with the unyielding belief that every child will succeed.

KIPP Oklahoma is part of a national network of free, open-enrollment, public charter schools offering a choice to families and children in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. We are driven and committed to our mission and vision.

KIPP Oklahoma currently educates over 1,000 students and supports hundreds of alumni. Today, the KIPP Oklahoma network consists of KIPP Tulsa Public Charter Schools (grades 6th – 12th) and KIPP OKC Public Schools (grades PreK, Kindergarten and 5th – 8th). KIPP OKC Public Schools is growing one grade per year until they are a full PreK – 8th grade program.  

Mission:

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.

Vision:

Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

We are a Team & Family

At KIPP, we see the gifts in everyone who walks through the doors of our schools. Especially our teachers. Their skill. Energy. Love. Their determination. On the good days and on the hard days. So we support our teachers to make the most of those gifts. It starts with respect – for our teacher’s innate talent and desire to learn, for their professional growth and the lives they lead beyond our walls.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE TEACHING AT KIPP

You’ll Work With A Team That Lives Its Values

Weather in a school-based or campus support role, our team is dedicated to living our values. Together, we work in schools and communities, not classrooms. We contribute to and are responsible for shared success. Like a family, we act with empathy and support one another to build strong relationships.

You’ll Be The Change

You’ll be part of a national network of 280 KIPP schools and 4 dedicated schools in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. We believe in the infinite potential of all people. Our hope, drive, and optimism fuel our daily work and drive us toward achieving a more equitable and just world, starting with our KIPP scholars.

You’ll Be Valued

Our teachers are well compensated and have the tools, training, and technology to bring innovation to the classroom.

You’ll Never Stop Learning

The joy of teaching is that there’s always more to learn. We support our teachers – from those in their 1st year to those in their 20th year – with individualized coaching, professional learning communities, leadership development programs, and extensive resource-sharing.

You’ll Have Fun!

Whether at a family movie night, a staff professional development with an impromptu choir and dance, or a gratitude celebration, we create and celebrate joyful moments with our students, their families, and each other. 

Job Description

KIPP Tulsa College Prep - Middle School seeks a talented music and band teacher with at least two years of experience. Prospective applicants must demonstrate a clear record of achieving significant gains with their students and strongly believe they can help close the achievement gap for all students.

Curriculum and Instruction

• Be present and willing to do whatever it takes from 7:15 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, occasional Saturday sessions (7:30-1:00), and 2-3 weeks during the summer to ensure that all students are on track to enter into a competitive college or university.
• Assist in the development of curriculum standards and mapping.
• Plan, structure, and execute daily lessons that are engaging and aligned with a year-long scope and sequence in accordance with the State of Oklahoma standards.
• Differentiate instruction to ensure that all students are progressing and achieving academically.
• In conjunction with Special Education Teachers, work to ensure that all IEPs and student needs are met both within and outside of the classroom.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
• Provide time in the evening, by phone, for questions and concerns that students and/or parents may have regarding education-related issues that could not be handled during the school day.

Data, Reflection, and Constant Learning

• In addition to classroom assessments, administer KIPP Tulsa interim assessments.
• With support from School Leader, use data to constantly drive instructional practices to improve student achievement and instruction.
• Seek to constantly develop and improve teaching practices through ongoing feedback conversations with School Leaders and other school faculty within KIPP Tulsa.
• Participate in coaching and professional growth opportunities to improve your instructional practice and support others to improve their craft.

School Culture and Professionalism

• Help envision and create a positive learning environment and exhibit positive rapport with students, parents, and staff.
• Hold high expectations for each student.
• Implement the school-wide positive behavior support system consistently with all students.
• KIPP Tulsa Schools believes that our staff will represent our core values --high expectations, a growth mindset, and commitment to the team. We search for established educators who embody them: 
  • High Expectations: teachers demonstrate a commitment to working with educationally under-served students in Tulsa and hold a high bar of excellence for both themselves and their students. 
  • Growth Mindset: we believe that every member of our KIPP community can learn more or be more effective if they work hard and persevere. Teachers have the desire and humility to receive and implement feedback to improve their practice. 
  • Commitment to Team: we are in this work together. Teachers believe that greater success comes from working together as a team. For our students to reach their potential, our team must take great care of our students and each other.
  • Have fun!

Qualifications

• Experience/strength in teaching music and show band (marching).
• Zest, grit, self-control, hope, love, social intelligence, gratitude, curiosity, and a sense of humor. 
• A minimum of 2 years teaching experience preferred
• A passion for being part of a team-oriented, mission-driven school culture
• A strong desire to become a better teacher by joining the KIPP Tulsa team and family 
• Demonstrated success in raising the achievement levels of traditionally under-served students
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree 
• Oklahoma State teacher certification preferred

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation and Benefits:

This is a Full-Time, 10-month position.  Salary is commensurate with experience and based on the KIPP Tulsa teacher salary scale. 

Employees are eligible to participate in employer benefits including health, dental, life, accidental death and dismemberment, short and long term disability and participation in Oklahoma Teacher Retirement plans.

As an equal opportunity employer, KIPP Oklahoma does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or any other basis made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations.