Director of Primary Multilingual Programs

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to 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.

Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and  champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

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Job Description

ROLE OVERVIEW:

As the Senior Director of Primary Multilingual Program, you will play a pivotal role in developing comprehensive multilingual education initiatives within primary education settings that transform the academic outcomes for emergent bilingual KIPPsters. Leading a team of up to five regional directors, you will ensure that our statewide multilingual strategy is implemented every day in KIPP Texas classrooms. Working with your directors, you will develop plans for implementing and monitoring research-based instructional strategies across multiple campuses state-wide. 

Your expertise in multilingual pedagogy and instructional coaching will support your directors in their coaching of dual-language and content-based language instruction to drive exceptional student outcomes. Your collaboration with stakeholders will positively impact the expansion and sustainability of multilingual education initiatives. Reporting to the Managing Director of Multilingual Education, you will play a pivotal role in supporting KIPP Texas classrooms, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment for students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

You know you are successful if all members of your team support their portfolio schools to attain their KIPP Texas targets each year, leading to: 

Significant emergent bilingual student growth in language development and academic achievement 

100% of schools in your portfolio achieve an A or B rating

100% of schools in your portfolio achieve the Domain III TELPAS growth measure. 

100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Reading STAAR, with minimal gaps between EBs and non-EBs.

100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Math STAAR, with minimal gaps between EBs and non-EBs.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Visioning: You lead and develop a vision for transformational primary multilingual programs. You can translate multilingual program frameworks to support language acquisition and cultural awareness by coaching a team of multilingual experts as they coach campus leaders.

Effective Team Leader: You lead and develop a high-performing team to drive transformational achievement and linguistic outcomes through side-by-side coaching and progress monitoring. Effectively support your directors in leading effective professional learning opportunities, observing classroom instruction, and providing actionable feedback to deans of multilingual and school leaders.

Instructional Expert: You have demonstrated expertise in dual-language and content based language programs and instruction. You have experience effectively implementing KIPP Texas’s chosen curricular products and how to tailor them to support language acquisition and cultural awareness.

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with school administrators, teachers, and families to ensure the effective implementation of multilingual programs. Establish partnerships with community organizations, language experts, and cultural institutions to enrich program offerings and resources.

Skills

Lead a high-performing team that delivers outcomes for emergent bilingual students

Manage, lead, and develop a high-performing team of 4 director-level dual-language and CBLI coaches who are driving student achievement and language acquisition in KIPP schools across Texas

Drive results, including progress tracking, monitoring, and reporting. Hold the team accountable for short- and long-term outcomes

Exhibit outstanding critical thinking skills, including the ability to analyze data, identify trends, pinpoint root causes, ask probing questions, and develop innovative solutions

Exhibit a strong focus on goals, accountability, and results; set clear metrics for success

Lead effectively even in times of ambiguity and adapt and respond to unexpected challenges

Coach others to implement the multilingual strategy

Possess a deep understanding of multilingual frameworks, pedagogy, and high-quality instructional materials; experience implementing high-quality instructional materials for a wide variety of grade levels and subjects to support language acquisition and cultural awareness.

Demonstrate strong knowledge of research-based dual-language and CBLI strategies and the ability to lead others to implement these strategies consistently across classrooms and school sites

Lead and manage multilingual coaches in their implementation of the statewide multilingual strategy by building the team’s day-to-day workflow and coaching teammates to execute that strategy

Engage in continuous data analysis and action planning

Support multilingual coaches in progress monitoring actions that drive improvement in the areas of data-driven culture, curriculum implementation, and content-based language instruction that lead to teacher impact

Craft and support the execution of school, regional, and organization-wide improvement plans in response to emergent bilingual data

Engage in side-by-side coaching with multilingual coaches as they coach leaders and teachers on effective daily data practices to monitor emergent bilingual student performance

Analyze school-specific data to identify trends and support the development of response plans

Confidently speaking to formative student outcome data across campuses to support leaders in ongoing coaching and response plans

Progress monitor state and federal guidelines and policies

Ensure that all state and federal guidelines are implemented across primary schools by working collaboratively with KTX compliance director and regional directors of primary multilingual programs

Organize Title III engagement activities to increase and strengthen the family, parent, and community connections and supports to emergent bilingual learners

Support KIPP teachers in acquiring required Bilingual and ESL certification with the support of the HR and talent teams

Oversee the Summer Language Program planning, recruitment, hiring, training, and effectiveness aligned to students' growth

Collaborate with senior director of assessments and director of multilingual compliance to monitor state-wide TELPAS execution

Qualifications

Required Education and/or Experience: 

Successful candidates must demonstrate a deep belief in the capacity of all emergent bilingual students to achieve at high levels, demonstrate strong expertise in multilingual programming, and have the ability to work collaboratively with a diverse set of leaders and teachers to improve emergent bilingual student achievement and linguistic progress. Additionally, 

Bachelor’s degree, relevant Master’s degree or higher in Education, Linguistics, Multilingual Education, or a related field preferred

Minimum of 3 years experience as a successful District Bilingual Coordinator/Program Manager or Multilingual Primary Coach

Bilingual in Spanish and English

Preference will be given to candidates with experience leading simultaneous dual-language and content-based language programs

Preference will be given to candidates who have experience implementing the following high-quality instructional materials: 

Math: Eureka Texas (Spanish and English)

ELA: Amplify Texas (Spanish and English)

Exceptional ability to translate instructional expertise into effective coaching of others

Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to prioritize competing demands and solve complex problems

Exceptional leadership judgment with the ability to navigate ambiguity and complex situations

High self-awareness, humility, and integrity

Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Considerable time is spent at a desk using a computer/laptop

Attending conferences or training sessions

Work Environment:

This role will spend significant time in KIPP Texas schools with hybrid work options when not in classrooms

Typical office environment with frequent interruptions

Travel Requirements:

Ability to travel to various locations: travel time will range between 20% - 60% depending on the time of year.

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits

Salary is based on years of experience, degree of education, and level of expertise.

As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance, fertility, and disability plans starting as low as $25/month.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.