Located in both Albany and Troy, KIPP Capital Region serves 2,500+ students in grades K-12 across seven schools. KIPP Capital Region is governed by a local Board of Directors focused on providing students with the tools they need to achieve their limitless potential in college, career, and beyond. We believe every student walks trough the doors of schools bearing gifts. Talent. Perspective. Drive. Inspiration. So at KIPP Capital Region, we support every student to see those gifts, then build the skills and confidence they need to thrive.

KIPP Capital Region is affiliated with the KIPP Foundation, a national network college-preparatory public charter schools with a 25-year track record of preparing students in educationally underserved communities for success in college and in life. We are a team of more than 280 schools, 15,000 educators, and 175,000 students and alumni. Together, we continually raise the bar for teaching and learning, then ensure success in one classroom travels across our network to hundreds more. And while each of our schools reflects the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared commitment: a future without limits.

For students and families, KIPP Capital Region will provide stronger instruction and opportunities for students. For teachers, KIPP Capital Region formalizes processes to share best practices, improves access to professional development, and facilitates the creation of more robust curricula. This presents an opportunity to build a stronger teacher and leader pipeline, which is important to the success of our students and to accelerate our growth. For our community, this provides an opportunity to leverage our collective strength to better partner and work with our community allies to better serve our families and support our Capital Region community.

Every day, KIPP students and alumni here in the Capital Region and across the country deploy their smarts and heart to break through any barrier that dares stand between them and the future they want. Because KIPPsters know they have everything they need inside, and a KIPP family at their backs. Together, they are lighting ever-wider paths to opportunity and change. For themselves. For all those who will follow them. And for us all.

At KIPP Capital Region, we believe in the power of education to enable our students to achieve a future without limits, apply their unique talents, and change the world.

Mission: Together with families and communities, we 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.

Vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

Join Our Team at KIPP Capital Region Public Schools

Join a Team and Family of dedicated, empowered and collaborative educators committed to disrupting educational inequity and guiding our students to and through college.

KIPP Capital Region is the largest public charter school network in Upstate New York, serving over 2,500 students across seven schools. Our growing Team and Family offers constant professional development opportunities, leadership pathways, and a generous compensation package to promote the work-life balance of all team members.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization. Our strength and resolve, our health as a team and family, our productivity and effectiveness, and the quality of the decisions we make — all are rooted in our diversity. So we strive to create an environment in which every member of our team can bring his or her full identity and experience to the work.

We are especially committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences of our students because we believe the best work we do is grounded in the realities and experiences of our families and KIPPsters.