Job Description

Company Description Founded in Houston in 1994, KIPP has become a national leader in partnering with families and communities, 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.

In 2018, KIPP schools in Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio joined forces to become KIPP Texas Public Schools, a nonprofit public charter school network, accelerating student academic outcomes and impacting more students across Texas. As a unified, statewide organization, KIPP Texas can more effectively leverage the talent, resources, instructional expertise, financial strength, and advocacy in the public charter school movement, in order to have an even larger impact with educationally underserved communities across the state.

In the 2020-2021 school year, KIPP Texas Public Schools will educate more than 31,100 students in 59 schools, placing the district among the top 50 largest in the state. KIPP Texas will continue to prove what is possible for its students, communities, and state, with a goal of growing to educate 100,000 students and achieving a 75% college graduation rate for alumni.

The mission and vision of KIPP Texas is grounded in five Core Values as its cultural North Star:

As a Team & Family, we:

• Champion Equity
• Chase Excellence
• Persist with Purpose
• Bring Joy
• Rise Together

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools educating early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students. KIPP schools are part of the free public school system and enrollment is open to all students. 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 families.

Job Description The Registrar determines student eligibility and collects and enters all campus student information into the district student information database. As a member of the School Operations team, the registrar assists front office staff, maintains accurate student records by identifying data errors, and develops systems to ensure 100% accountability of all Public Education Information management System (PEIMS) required data and student records. Reports to: Assistant Principal of Operations Responsibilities:

• Assists with the registration, enrollment, withdrawal, and transfer of students and process applicable records.
• Participates in student recruitment activities including calling parents of potential new students for registration in the spring and to fill seats throughout the school year.
• Verifies the accuracy and thorough completion of all student registration packets and determines eligibility for enrollment.
• Enters all campus student information into the district student information system.
• Communicates daily with campus administrators and special program coordinators to identify and correct missing or incorrect information in physical and electronic student data files.
• Stays current with changes in Texas Education Agency governing documents pertaining to the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
• Coordinates campus-wide attendance process and works to maintain campus-wide compliance, accuracy and timeliness.
• Processes student attendance notes.
• Identifies data anomalies that may identify data errors or incorrect coding.
• Coordinates grading processes, verification and correction of grades, printing and distribution of report cards, and on-time delivery of grades.
• Assists principal and counselors with campus and student scheduling.
• Maintains all digital course records and teacher/administrative access to online gradebook.
• Process and transmit requests for student information, including verification of enrollment and transcripts for colleges and universities.
• Maintains student transcripts.
• Ensures that transfer grades and GPAs are calculated correctly and reflected appropriately in the student information system.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Skills and Qualifications

• Spanish language competency required
• Three years of experience as a middle or high school registrar or district position associated with the collection and data entry into a student information system are preferred.
• Three years of experience with the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and TxEIS software system are preferred.
• Completion of 12th grade or equivalent. Four-year college degree is preferred.

Competencies

• Strong sense of urgency and accuracy in carrying-out job responsibilities.
• Ability to identify implied tasks when assisting in daily campus operations.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task and organize for results.
• Ability to identify and correct data anomalies that may identify data errors or incorrect coding.
• Must be able to work in an open area office environment.
• Fluency with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel is required. Ability to use intermediate functions is preferred.

Additional Information 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.