Case Study: KIPP: Houston Public Schools achieves proactive succession planning and reduced turnover with Cornerstone OnDemand

Engaging Leadership and Proactively Planning for Change

KIPP Houston is part of the KIPP network of public charter schools serving underserved communities and operates 21 schools for 10,000 students. While the network had strong student outcomes, talent management was decentralized and paper-based—performance reviews varied by school and succession planning required manual file reviews—making consistent development, retention, and long-term planning difficult.

When the KIPP Foundation provided Cornerstone OnDemand’s Performance and Learning Clouds, KIPP Houston digitized and standardized appraisals, goals, competencies, training, and succession data in one system. The result was a streamlined, ongoing talent-management process with easier identification of skill gaps, automated succession scenarios, integrated individual development plans, time savings for administrators, and improved employee engagement and retention.

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Chuck Fimble

Chief People Officer