Director of Instruction, Humanities

4 weeks ago

Houston Texas, United States KIPP Texas Public Schools Full time
Job Description

Director of Primary Instruction 

The Director of Primary Instruction is an exciting opportunity for an individual with deep knowledge of curriculum, pedagogy, professional learning best practices, and instruction to  play a critical role as the primary driver of secondary instructional best practices in order to drive strong implementation of the secondary curriculum in service of student achievement, college readiness, and adult best practices.

The Director of Primary Instruction will provide leadership and vision in the ongoing planning, development and implementation of the vision for primary school instructional practices. The Director ensures that the district/school curriculum implementation is aligned to state frameworks and to instructional practices that yield the highest standards of student achievement and instructional excellence. The Director of Primary Instruction reports to the Managing Director of Primary Curriculum and Instruction, and participates as a member of the Curriculum and Instruction team.  Leads team in curriculum implementation, revision and professional development with a college-ready bar.

The Director of Primary Instruction works with the Managing Director of Primary Curriculum and Instruction to execute on the instructional vision for their horizontal community and priority content areas. The Director will play a critical role in coaching regional and school leadership teams in pedagogical practices aligned to curriculum and instructional strategy that lead to improved student achievement outcomes and improved curriculum implementation.

Role Description

Equity Based Leadership: Be a model of equitable practices while teaching and insisting that instruction leaders also be models of equitable practices in their decision making for both Big and Little KIPPsters. 

Project Management: Manage the professional learning cycle aligned to building teacher content knowledge by coordinating with the Primary Curriculum & Instruction Team, KTX Instructional Excellence team, and any external partners supporting academics-based professional learning.

Data Analysis: Analyze data at the student-level through the regional levels in order to ensure pedagogical practices are responsive to student and teacher data.

Professional Learning: Craft and lead professional learning experiences that are rigorous, aligned, and collaborative in service of developing achievement specialists and regional directors of academic achievement, alongside their Managing Director.

Duties and Responsibility 

Working with a Managing Director of Curriculum and Achievement, the Director of Instruction will:

Plan and facilitate rigorous and engaging professional learning experiences for regional and school based academics leaders (including achievement specialists, assistant principals, and school leaders) designed to strengthen their knowledge, skills and content expertise around pedagogy and curriculum implementation.

Create and execute on systems to strategically gather input and feedback from academics leaders to consistently ensure equity of voice in instructional decisions

Directly manage the Manager of Special Curriculum supporting curriculum for Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Fine Arts, and Physical Education 

Manage the access to professional learning resources for Fine Arts, PE, and SEL teachers

Model anti-racist and equitable practices for academics leaders 

Institute strong instructional and pedagogical practices to support schools in attaining strong student achievement outcomes for ALL students, including students in specialized cohorts

Support school and academic leaders by staying well-informed of current curricular and educational thoughts, trends, and practices, as well as, proposed legislation impacting the schools

Work alongside the Managing Director to execute on instructional vision for their horizontal community and content areas

Support curriculum and cohesive coaching cycle implementation at all levels, including in planning and facilitating monthly assistant principal and school leaders 

Support work around codifying best practices related to internalization

Responsible for developing achievement specialists and regional directors of academic achievement alongside the MD

Participate in professional development to stay attuned to national KIPP instructional frameworks

Ensure that school leader managers and school leaders receive additional support in critical areas

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