Kipp Foundation

Programs: Network growth & sustainability:the foundation provides on-going assistance to grow kipp schools & regions in the areas of professional development, curriculum, instructional support, school operations, sustainable growth, fundraising, and marketing.

leadership development:the foundation trains both new and sitting teachers to be leaders, assistant principals, principals, and regional leaders through its kipp school leadership program (kslp) and network leader development (nld) programming. Kslp has six courses, including: the fisher fellowship, successor preparation, leadership team, teacher leader, regional leader development, and the miles family fellowship. Nld has two courses, including the school leader development and regional academic leader courses. The fisher fellowship is a year-long training focused on opening and leading a new kipp school. Successor preparation is a year-long long training focused on taking leadership of an existing kipp school. The leadership team, teacher leader, and miles family fellowship programs are year-long trainings, focusing on developing staff to take over leadership roles (assistant principal, dean, grade level or department chair) within their current kipp school. The regional leader development course is a year-long training, focused on developing new regional leaders (senior-level employees at each region). The school leader development and regional academic leader courses are learning collaboratives that focus on developing regional academic teams to improve student academic results.

research, design & innovation: through its research, design and innovation work, the foundation focuses on supporting continuous learning and improvement among kipp schools and regions by creating ongoing visibility into network-wide, regional, and school health and performance trends; generating actionable insights; and ensuring high quality data and research support network leaders in making data-driven decisions; promoting the codifying and dissemination of promising practices and ideas as well as tools and resources which support the implementation of these practices and ideas; hosting an annual gathering of kipp's teachers, leaders, and staff focused on learning, professional development, and sharing; providing the technology infrastructure and application development support for kipp foundation teams.

kipp through college: the foundation has created a set of national initiatives and programs designed to support and provide resources to local kipp through college programs across the country. These programs include building college partnerships, building support for college students, supporting sites and professional development through training and website collaboration tools. Teaching & learning labs: the foundation focuses on equipping teachers, schools and regions with training and resources to maximize their instructional effectiveness and outcomes. External impact: the foundation has created a set of national initiatives and programs designed to broaden our impact beyond our kipp schools & regions. These programs include efforts to share kipp content and programs with outside educators, and to develop partnerships supporting career opportunities for our kipp alumni.