Our Leadership Team
Our leadership team members come from diverse backgrounds and bring deep experience in education, to their work at KIPP Delta Public Schools. All of our team members share a common belief in our mission and our students.
Our leadership team members come from diverse backgrounds and bring deep experience in education, to their work at KIPP Delta Public Schools. All of our team members share a common belief in our mission and our students.
Originally from Turrell, Arkansas, Dr. Lockhart is passionate about lifelong learning. Dr. Lockhart obtained his doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Phoenix and master’s degrees in Communications from Arkansas State University, Reading from Walden University, and Physical Training from the International Sports Sciences Association. Currently, Dr. Lockhart is pursuing a doctoral degree in Literacy and Assessment and a master’s degree in curriculum writing. In addition to serving as the School Leader for KIPP Delta College Preparatory School, Dr. Lockhart is the interim School Leader for KIPP Delta Collegiate High School. Dr. Lockhart writes curricula for academic institutions across the country, is a Science of Reading assessor, serves as a facilitator for the Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship, Delta Cohort, and is the Camp Director for the Common Ground Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, which was founded by Dr. Mahalia Hines and her son, rapper and actor, Common. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Lockhart is a personal trainer and nutrition specialist. Dr. Lockhart is married to Mrs. Rashaun Lockhart, KIPP Delta Elementary Literacy Academy’s 5th-grade math teacher and grade-level chair. They have two children, Robyn and Phillip, Jr., who attend KIPP Delta.
Originally from Mound Bayou, Mississippi, LaToya Jones graduated with a bachelor's degree and licensure in special education from Delta State University. After ten years of service teaching in the Mississippi Delta, she joined KIPP Delta Public Schools as the special education case manager. Still committed to increasing her pedagogy, she became the grade-level chair while teaching sixth-grade math at KIPP Delta College Preparatory School. Ms. Jones now serves as school principal at KIPP Delta Elementary Literacy Academy and is a Miles Family Fellow. She brings a wealth of leadership skills, including instructional coaching, vision-setting, communication, and stakeholder management.
A graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., Erika Hubbard is the school principal at KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High. In 2014, Ms. Hubbard joined KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High as a founding teacher. Her passion for education and high expectations of students led her to become assistant principal. Her passion is driven by the notion and understanding that quality education is key to ensuring all students can lead a life of choice. Under her leadership, KIPP students have experienced consistent growth in ACT reading and English scores, an increase in student-earned college scholarships, and more students than ever before earning college credit while in high school. In addition to being school principal, Ms. Hubbard is a participant in the IMPACT Arkansas Educational Leadership Program and a fellow of the KIPP School Leadership Program.