Executive Director- Literacy and Bilingual Programs

Executive Director
- Literacy and Bilingual Programs

Date Posted: 5/13/2026

Location:

Teaching & Learning Center

Reports to:

Deputy Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
Pay Grade: 1002
Days: 239 Days
Salary Range: $160,000 - $190,000
FSLA Status:
Exempt

Leads the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of a coherent PK–12 system for literacy and multilingual programming anchored in high‑quality instructional materials (HQIM) and the District's Instructional Framework. This role ensures that curriculum, lesson design, and instructional resources across literacy and bilingual programs are tightly aligned, reflect best‑in‑class practices, and are built to support strong Tier 1 instruction for all students.

The Executive Director ensures the design, writing, and refinement of high‑quality lessons and planning resources that enable teachers and school leaders to deeply internalize content and prepare for effective lesson delivery, supported by aligned common assessments and Demonstrations of Learning (DOLs) to drive instructional response.

Supervises and leads Directors across Literacy, Bilingual Programs and Supports, Dyslexia, World Languages, and the Student Placement Center, ensuring all work operates as a unified system—eliminating fragmentation and ensuring all students, including emergent bilinguals and students with disabilities, access grade‑level content with appropriate scaffolds that maintain rigor. Ensures alignment across curriculum, instruction, assessment, compliance, and student services, and that campuses are equipped with the tools, planning resources, and clarity necessary for teachers and school leadership to implement instruction with fidelity and achieve strong student outcomes.

• Leads the design and implementation of a coherent PK–12 literacy and multilingual system anchored in high‑quality instructional materials (HQIM), aligned curriculum, and common assessments.
• Ensures all lessons and instructional resources reflect best‑in‑class literacy practices, are aligned to grade‑level standards, and are built for strong Tier 1 instruction for all students.
• Oversees the design, writing, and refinement of high‑quality lessons and planning resources that enable teachers and school leaders to deeply internalize content and prepare for effective lesson delivery.
• Ensures scaffolds are intentionally embedded within curriculum and lessons to increase access for all students—including emergent bilinguals, students with disabilities, and historically underserved student groups—without reducing rigor.
• Ensures coherence across all departments—Literacy, Bilingual Programs and Supports, Dyslexia, World Languages, and the Student Placement Center—through aligned curriculum, instructional expectations, and coordinated systems.
• Aligns curriculum, instruction, assessment, and programmatic services into a unified system, eliminating fragmentation and duplication across teams.
• Ensures bilingual and language development supports are fully integrated within Tier 1 instruction and aligned to HQIM and district instructional expectations.
• Collaborates closely across Curriculum & Instruction and School Leadership to ensure high‑fidelity implementation of HQIM and instructional expectations, and to identify and resolve issues quickly and effectively.
• Supervises and develops Directors and Coordinators, establishing and maintaining a high‑performance culture through clear expectations, strong performance management, and accountability for quality, timelines, and impact.
• Ensures effective performance management of all assigned staff, including regular monitoring, feedback, execution of growth plans, and, when necessary, performance improvement actions.
• Holds leaders accountable for delivering high‑quality curriculum, instructional supports, and services that result in measurable improvements in student outcomes across all student groups.
• Builds leadership capacity across Directors and Coordinators to ensure consistent execution, strong internalization of instructional expectations, and alignment to district priorities.
• Oversees systems for identification, placement,…