Director of Foundational Skills and Intervention

Company Description

About KIPP Nashville Public Schools

KIPP Nashville Public Schools is a network of high-performing, free, open-enrollment K-12 schools that has been committed to positively affecting student outcomes in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000+ students nationwide and supports students from Pre-Kindergarten through college, career and beyond. Through the KIPP Forward program, our team helps students identify their career of highest aspiration and develop the skills and confidence to chase their dreams.

KIPP Nashville currently operates 4 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 2 high schools and educates over 3,000 students in the Nashville metropolitan area.

The mission of KIPP Nashville is together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our core values are GROWTH, TEAM, and SHINE. If you share in these beliefs and values, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to be their best, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.

Job Description

Position Overview

KIPP Nashville Public Schools is committed to providing a college-preparatory foundational literacy education to all students, and operating in line with the national ONE KIPP strategy to drive foundational literacy achievement. The Director of Foundational Skills and Intervention plays a critical role in realizing this mission by providing schools with high-quality curriculum and assessment materials that are vertically aligned across grade levels and aligned with the national KIPP network best practices, ensuring that every KIPP Nashville student is ready to matriculate into rigorous high school foundational literacy courses.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsibilities of the Director of Foundational Skills and Intervention include, but are not limited to:

Vision Setting

* Invest leaders, teachers, students, and families in KIPP Nashville's foundational literacy vision

* Set the vision for KIPP Nashville's K-12 intervention, inclusive of universal screening, progress monitoring, and tiered intervention

* In collaboration with regional academic leaders and school-based leaders, continually refine KIPP Nashville's vision for academic excellence

Strategic Planning

* Set the intervention strategy for K-12 intervention (Math and English Language Arts)

* Build investment from Principals, Assistant Principals (APs), and teachers around what excellence looks like in intervention (e.g. scheduling guidelines; data-driven method for group creation; block flow for each tier; progress monitoring cadence and expectations, etc.)

* Ensure teachers are well-trained and supported in any intervention curriculum

* Ensure alignment to the vision and ONE KIPP through fidelity check observations

Curriculum Frameworks

* Internalize the foundational literacy curriculum materials and assessments

* Create and support the roll-out plan of regional supports for the foundational literacy curriculum

* Create and manage the foundational literacy curricula, including scope and sequences, daily aims, and lesson resources

* Ensure curriculum alignment to TN state standards

* Set the progress monitoring vision for foundational literacy, including testing calendar

* Collaborate with the Director of K-8 Literacy, K-8 Math, and Director of Student Support Services to ensure vertical alignment and a cohesive instructional approach

Assessment and Data-Driven Instruction

* Organize and execute universal screeners and benchmark testing for DIBELS and iReady, ensuring strong completion across the region

* Analyze assessment data and use it to drive action with APs through various stakeholder meetings

* Prepare data for, and participate in, regional Academic Progress Monitoring meetings

* Support teachers and leaders in analyzing assessment data

Professional Development

* Plan and lead summer Professional Development (PD) to launch shared vision and build teacher toolkit

* Plan and lead shared PD during the year to support ongoing teacher execution

* Set the vision for foundational literacy internalizations, including protocols and schedules

* Co-observe with APs at least bi-monthly to drive alignment of execution

* Observe instructional practices in schools to identify and address curriculum design and professional development gaps

Qualifications

Desired

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree required

* Master's degree in education and/or foundational literacy education preferred

* Minimum 4 years exemplary foundational literacy teaching experience with strong student achievement results

* Minimum 2 years exemplary, full-time teacher coaching and adult management experience

* Minimum 2 years curriculum development and management

* Minimum 2 years…