Summer Boost Site Coordinator (Multiple Roles)

Company Description

KIPP Memphis Public Schools is part of KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program), a national network of tuition-free, open-enrollment, public schools that are successful in helping students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, character, and habits needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond. There are currently 280 KIPP schools across the nation serving nearly 120,000 students. Founded in 2002, KIPP Memphis serves over 1,200 K-12 students in our three North Memphis schools and almost 900 alumni on their journeys to-and-through college with our KIPP Forward Program.

As a leader in providing high quality education for students who need us most, the KIPP Memphis team and family serves as a model of excellence and collaborates with other community organizations to raise the overall quality of education in Memphis. The mission of KIPP Memphis 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.

Job Description

Purpose and Scope

Supervises the day to day operations of the Summer Boost site to ensure quality instruction and the safety of the staff and students. Communicates behavior expectations and consequences of action to staff, students and parents. Administers discipline when necessary to correct disruptive behavior. Oversees the opening and closing of Summer Boost sites. Ensures compliance with all state, network, and Summer Boost policies and procedures. Ensures all state and network documents are submitted on time.

Summer Boost 2025:

• Staff PD: Tuesday June 3, 2025 & Thursday, June 5, 2025 (All Math Educators)
• Staff PD: Wednesday June 4, 2025 & Thursday, June 5, 2025 (All Literacy Educators)
• All Staff Room Set up and Meeting: June 9, 2025 (9am-1pm)
• Summer Boost Dates: Tuesday June 10, 2025, to Friday July 11, 2025
• No School on: June 19 (Juneteenth), July 4 (Independence Day)
• Daily Hours: 8:00am to 3:00pm
• Location: KIPP Memphis Collegiate Elementary/Middle (230 Henry Avenue)
• Grades: Rising 1st through 8th graders
• Hourly Rate: $85/hr

Essential Job Functions:

• Supervises the day to day operations of the Summer Boost site.
• Complies with all state, network, and Summer Boost policies and procedures. Submits all required state and network documents.
• Collaborates with host school administration on facilities use including room assignments, administrative space, copier availability, teachers’ lounge, off-limits areas and building cleanliness. Ensures availability of instruction resources including textbooks, calculators, paper, binders and pens.
• Monitors email and ensures cell phone connectivity daily to be in contact with network staff and the management over Summer Boost for issues, updates and urgent communication.
• Assigns teachers to equitably distribute students. Reviews and practices the local Emergency Management Plan. Develops procedures to secure all assets and host school resources emphasizing control of and liability for assets. Coordinates with host school administration for lockable storage space for the staff’s personal items.
• Conducts staff orientation prior to the opening of Summer Boost. Ensures that staff contracts are accurate. Ensures that the staff understands that Summer Boost operations are conducted ONLY in specified areas of the host site and that existing technology can ONLY be used IF approved by the host school principal and the management over Summer Boost. Otherwise, the staff member will be personally financially responsible for any loss or damage that occurs.
• Establishes and monitors protocols for acceptable student dress, for restroom facilities, for adequate supervision and safety precautions for student arrival or departure, for non-classroom staff assignments to security checks and waiting areas, for ensuring adequate supervision of all areas where students gather and for ensuring that the staff follows security procedures for visitors.
• Ensures students are accurately enrolled in the proper classes. Verifies teacher and student rosters and assignments.
• Arrives at site daily at least 30 minutes early. Ensures site is open, clean and climate controlled. Institutes back-up plans for relocating classes when necessary. Ensures staff arrives on time and timesheets are accurately completed and submitted to the management over Summer Boost.
• Monitors classroom operations regularly for content delivery, student behavior and to conduct formal and informal classroom observations of teacher performance. Monitors lunch room activities during meal times.
• Applies the KIPP Memphis Code of Conduct and Summer Boost behavior expectations to guide disciplinary actions for disruptive student behavior. Ensures all major offenses are fully documented. Ensures minor disciplinary actions are resolved as quickly as possible to minimize the loss of instructional time.
• At the end of the day, ensures all staff and students have departed and the facilities are secure before leaving 30 minutes or later after school ends.
• Monitors student attendance. Contacts parents to ensure a clear understanding of expectations and consequences of student behavior.
• Ensures teachers accurately compute and submit grades on time, guidance counselors document students who intend to graduate and the list of students completing graduation requirements is validated and provided to the management over Summer Boost.
• Oversees the school closing process when Summer Boost ends. Returns all supplies to the proper sites.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.

Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education or a closely related field plus a minimum of four (4) years of teaching or training experience, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and/or paid, exempt level directly relevant experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for this position for a total of eight (8) years.
• Commitment for the entire period of summer school including all training dates outlined
• Availability for summer school closeout operations which may occur after the new academic year contract has started.
• This position is for SUMMER BOOST ONLY.
• Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years plus required years of experience.
• Master’s Degree = 6 years plus required years of experience.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Knowledge of current school curriculum, instructional practices and trends.
• Knowledge of public school organization, administration and the operational support activities
• Ability to manage budgets and finances.
• Ability to plan, supervise and evaluate the work of instructional and support personnel.
• Outstanding leadership skills with the ability to manage people to deliver quality education to students within tightdeadlines.
• Ability to manage daily tasks without losing sight of long-term goals.
• Ability to build high performing teams through recruitment, selection and professional development.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff, community and the general public; and ability tocommunicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Strong analytic and problem solving skills with the ability to swiftly and accurately understand and analyze complex data.
• Strong technical verbal and written skills. Ability to translate complex analysis into easy to understand language.
• Skill in developing data-supported solutions using fact-based logic.

Additional Information:

• Hourly Rate: $85/hr.

Other Qualifications:

Satisfactory criminal records check, pre-hire and annually thereafter, if applicable. Must be eligible to work in the United States and provide work authorization. Occasional travel to KIPP Memphis campuses may be required.

ADA Requirements:

Physical Demands: Requires sedentary work involving standing or walking for brief periods, exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular basis; and some dexterity in operating office equipment; must be able to use hands and fingers

Unavoidable Hazards: The position is exposed to no unusual environmental hazards.

Sensory (ADA) Requirements: The position requires normal visual acuity and field of vision, hearing and speaking abilities.

• Prolonged periods standing and actively monitoring student behavior while teaching
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times
• Must be able to traverse classroom and adjust height, by bending or leaning, in order to teach each child
• Must be able to facilitate classroom transitions by walking through hallways and up and down stairs with students

KIPP Memphis is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying to the school. KIPP Memphis does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.

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