Director of Dual Language Biliteracy Curriculum

Position: Director of Dual Language Biliteracy Curriculum (3-5)
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About KIPP Texas Public Schools

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well-rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas-founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018-we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

Job Description

The Director of Dual Language Biliteracy Curriculum (3-5) role is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has deep content knowledge of simultaneous biliteracy instruction, has a passion for curriculum, leverages content-based coaching strategies and techniques to build the capacity of instructional leaders, is committed to advancing social justice and culturally relevant pedagogy, and is eager to influence the future of bilingual program's curriculum and instruction across KIPP Texas and beyond.

The Director of Dual Language Biliteracy Curriculum (3-5) will play a critical role at the state-level in an effort to drive improved student results by ensuring that every student has access to rigorous, excellent, grade-level curriculum that will be implemented in KIPP schools in our Houston, Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio cities.

General

Role Description

* Curriculum Design | Using High Quality Instructional Materials (Amplify) as a base curriculum, designs strong instructional guidance for dual language teachers and instructional coaches to facilitate strong implementation and internalization of curriculum

* Curriculum Adoption & Selection | Executes a scientific method for selecting bilingual curriculum tools and resources necessary for teaching and learning experiences

* Curriculum Vetting | Executes a researched-based vetting process to ensure that curriculum is aligned to grade-level standards and expectations, error-free and publish ready

* Curriculum-Instruction Connection | Supports instructional teammates in designing and reviewing professional learning materials designed to equip leaders and teachers with the knowledge and skills to internalize and execute the curriculum

* Assessments | Creates high quality, aligned, standards based formative, end of cycle and interim assessments to support mastery of content objectives and seeks feedback from key stakeholders along the way.

* Data Analysis | Frequently and consistently progress monitors and analyzes a variety of qualitative and quantitative data at the school, region and state-levels to identify strengths and gaps in the curriculum itself while also strategically providing revisions and course corrections to the curriculum implementation pathway.

* Professional Development | Plan, review and/or facilitate virtual and in-person professional development on curriculum, instruction and assessment analysis to ensure all regions are on a path to implement the curriculum with fidelity and achieve academic goals.

* Instructional Coaching | You'll directly coach Assistant Principals of Student Support and School Leaders on effective strategies to support Dual Language KIPPsters. Through strong coaching and ongoing progress monitoring, you'll play a vital role in improving academic and linguistic outcomes across our campuses.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Develop and adapt primary bilingual curriculum based on simultaneous biliteracy curriculum and instructional practices and 80/20 program model, including course overviews, pacing calendars, unit plans, lesson plans and assessments aligned to the KIPP Texas Dual Language Vision.

* Develop and adapt dual language curriculum based on feedback from the stakeholders

* Ensure all curriculum & assessments are top-quality and aligned to a college-ready bar and Texas state standards before students engage with them.

* Conduct ongoing progress monitoring and data analysis (state-wide and region-specific) to make necessary adjustments to curriculum materials.

* Review dual language professional development materials for regional academic teams, instructional coaches and teachers, including unit and lesson…