Position Summary

The Associate Director of Teacher Residency is responsible for the strategic design, implementation, and daily management of the Districts teacher residency program. Serving a network of 23 schools, this leader will oversee the end-to-end experience for approximately 15 teacher residents annually, ensuring a robust pipeline of highly prepared, diverse, and district-aligned educators. The Associate Director acts as the vital link between our district, partner universities, and school-site leadership to ensure that residents receive a year of rigorous, hands-on clinical training before leading their own classrooms.

This is a hybrid role with the expectation that three days per week be spent onsite at our school campuses or at our Regional Support Office in Oakland.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of successful K-12 teaching
• Minimum of 2 years instructional coaching experience
• Proven track record in program management or adult professional development.

Education:

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree and a clear teaching credential
• Preferred: Masters Degree in Education, Educational Leadership, or related field

Certification:

• Valid California Teaching and/or Administrative Services Credential

Knowledge/skills required:

• Instructional Expertise: Deep knowledge of best practices in pedagogy and teacher induction.
• Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills to build buy-in with principals, Alder GSE IHE partner, and candidates.
• Systems Thinking: Ability to manage complex logistics across 23 different school communities.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

1. Program Leadership & Operations

• Pipeline Management: Interview and coordinate the interview and match process for each annual cohort of residents.
• Strategic Placement: Analyze staffing needs across 23 school sites to strategically place residents in high-need subject areas and grade levels across KIPP NorCal.
• Policy Oversight: Ensure the residency program adheres to District policies and California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) standards.
• Operations: Managing seminar locations across the region and miscellaneous programmatic logistics

1. Clinical Supervision & Mentorship

• Mentor Selection: Identify, recruit, and train “Master Level Teachers” to serve as mentors, ensuring they have the coaching skills necessary to support adult learners.
• Field Support: Conduct regular site visits and observations to monitor resident progress and provide instructional feedback in collaboration with site principals in accordance with the requirements of our partnership. The site visits span San Jose, Stockton, San Francisco, the Peninsula, and the East Bay.
• Conflict Resolution: Mediate and resolve any challenges arising within the mentor-resident pairing (Resident and Mentor)

1. Professional Development & Integration

• Curriculum Alignment: Work with partner Alder GSE to ensure that residency coursework is directly applicable to KIPP NorCals specific instructional frameworks and schools.
• Resident Seminars: Design and facilitate weekly seminars for residents that focus on classroom management, equity-based instruction, and KIPP-specific tools.
• Mentor Seminars: Create and implement monthly mentor trainings that support mentor teachers with coaching their resident and executing Alder’s mentor requirements.
• Classroom Transition: Coordinate the seamless transition of residents into full-time teaching roles, ensuring strong employee experience in the program and through hiring to maximize long-term retention.

1. Data & Evaluation

• Performance Tracking: Maintain comprehensive records of resident progress, certification status, and eventual hiring outcomes.
• Program Assessment: Use data and stakeholder feedback to iterate on program design and improve the quality of teacher preparation year over year.

Physical, Mental, and Environmental Demands

Physical:Ability to navigate office and school campuses, and hold meetings in different spaces. Traditionally, much of the day involves sitting. Ability to access and utilize technology. Occasional lifting/carrying of equipment 1-20 lbs. Physical agility to move oneself in various positions in order to execute duties effectively, which may include kneeling, walking, pushing/pulling, squatting, twisting, turning, bending, stooping, and reaching overhead

Mental:Stress of deadlines and normal work standards, ability to analyze problems and generate alternatives, work with interruptions, concentrate for long periods of time, read, calculate, perform routine math problems, memorize and recall objects and people.

Environmental:Office and classroom environments are subject to constant interruptions and distractions. Frequent classroom/school environment and travel (60-80%) throughout the Bay Area and Stockton. KIPP adheres to health and safety guidelines as outlined by the CDC, CDE, and public health agencies recommendations.

Classification

This is a full-time, exempt position based on a full-year calendar, based out of our Regional Support Office with frequent travel to schools and districts.

Must possess a valid California drivers license and have access to reliable transportation for work-related travel.

About KIPP Public Schools Northern California

We are a thriving nonprofit network of 23 free, public charter schools open to all students. At KIPP, we believe all children should grow up free to create the future they want for themselves and that schools can and should be a critical factor in making that vision a reality. Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choosecollege, career, and beyondso they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Our student community consists of nearly 7,000 elementary, middle, and high school students in East Palo Alto, Oakland, San Francisco, San Lorenzo, San Jose, Redwood City, and Stockton. 81% qualify for free or reduced price lunch, 34% are multilingual learners, and 12% have special needs. We strive to cultivate a representative team of teachers and leaders that reflect our students diversity.

Compensation

KIPP Northern California is dedicated to you and your family’s well-being! We offer a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and transportation benefits.

We benchmark annually against comparably-sized non-profit organizations in the regions where we operate, to offer competitive salaries. The salary range for this position is between $104,000 and $127,000. Most candidates would be compensated at $111,000.