Director, Elementary Curriculum Instruction Prek-3

Position Type:
Administration and Professionals

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Administration or As Assigned

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students. CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance.

The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results. CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access.

Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop. In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work.

The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school.

BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive.

• Reports to:
  
  Executive Director, Curriculum and Instruction
• FLSA Status:
  Exempt
• Salary Band: 9
• Compensation: $ 86,417.00 - $

• Oversees District Pre‑K licensing, regulatory compliance, and reporting requirements, including Ohio Child Licensing and Quality System (OCLQS) requirements.
• Leads Step Up to Quality (SUTQ) implementation and continuous improvement efforts and ensures compliance with all applicable state guidance related to early childhood programs.
• Provides direction and leadership in the development of a comprehensive curriculum for all elementary grades core content areas including curriculum guides with scope and sequence documents, pacing guides, and assessment guidelines and strategies.
• Establishes and maintains systems, processes, and practices that support a college- and career-going culture to ensure students are fully ready for success in middle and high school.
• Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates short- and long-term goals and initiatives to support implementation of the elementary grades’ curriculum.
• Develops, in collaboration with the Program Managers, Managers, and Model Lead Teachers, District and school professional learning plans for teachers, support staff, and administrators to assist in raising the level of instructional performance and student achievement.
• Designs and implements professional learning to support the curriculum using effective practices including research on theory and content standards.
• Recommends the expansion or elimination of courses and programs as necessary.
• Supervises the selection and adoption of new textbooks, instructional materials, and supplemental programs under the direction of the Executive Director.
• Collaborates with other Curriculum and Instruction Directors to ensure all instructional initiatives and practices are K‑12 aligned.
• Works collaboratively with other departments within the…