Full-Time Director, Formal Learning for Leadership Development

About The PositionAt KIPP Foundation, we are committed to creating world-class professional learning experiences for both KIPP Foundation and regional leaders. As Director of Formal Learning for Leadership Development, you will play a critical role in executing the KIPP Network’s annual Academic Program Strategy by designing and delivering high-impact professional learning that builds the leadership capacity of KIPP’s Executive Directors, Chief Schools & Academic Officers, and Principal Managers. This role also includes leading the planning and delivery of multi-day in-person and virtual professional development for KIPP Foundation staff. Ultimately, you will be responsible for ensuring participants of your formal learning experiences improve in their proficiency level for prioritized skills and for participants to experience improved outcomes as a result of their application of learning.

Reporting directly to the Vice President of Leadership Development, you will collaborate with KIPP Foundation teams and regional partners to codify exemplary leadership practices, develop best-in-class adult learning content, and set a clear, rigorous bar for professional development excellence.

Regional Leader Formal Learning:

• Lead the annual planning and execution of a world-class network leadership development arc of learning and content scope and sequence that exemplifies excellence in design, delivery, and outcomes.
• Develop highly engaging agendas, session content, and facilitation plans that reflect best-in-class adult learning and inspire leaders to translate learning into meaningful action.
• Set, model, and uphold a rigorous bar for excellence in all aspects of session content and adult learning design to ensure transformative learning experiences.
• Leverage data and stakeholder feedback to continuously elevate the quality, impact, and relevance of professional learning experiences.
• Design content that meets the unique learning needs of KIPP Principal Managers, Executive Directors, and other key leaders, tightly aligned to regional priorities and implementation goals.
• Serve as a key collaborator with program leads across Teaching & Learning, Office of the President, Talent, and Regions to align leadership development strategy.

KIPP Foundation Formal Learning:

• Design, facilitate, and continuously improve multi-day in-person and virtual professional development experiences for KF staff that are grounded in adult learning best practices, aligned to KIPP’s Leadership Competency Model, and responsive to staff needs.
• Co-lead the design of the Manager Development Learning Series with the Director of Talent Systems to ensure all KF staff receive consistent, high-quality development from their managers.
• Collaborate with the Director of Talent Enablement to design and align the scope and sequence and arc of learning for leadership development at KIPP Foundation with the broader talent development life cycle and calendar.
• Ensure strong systems for follow-up and application of learning to drive sustained impact from all professional development programming.

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