Manager of Literacy Practice

Manager of Literacy Practice Home Office Bay Area Reports to Senior Director of Learning Experience Literacy Schools Team The Manager of Literacy Practice is a systems level instructional leader responsible for strengthening literacy teaching learning and student outcomes across Summit Public Schools This role leads the coordination and implementation of the organizations strategy for literacy development ensuring all students build strong skills in reading writing and academic discourse through access to rigorous standards aligned instruction Working in a Home Office role as part of the Schools Team the Manager ensures coherence and quality in the implementation of Summits literacy curricula across grade bands including EL Education middle school Odell Education grades 910 and Advanced Placement grades 1112 while supporting intervention systems such as Coursemojo for middle school literacy support This role also builds and moves the systems that support strong instruction effective intervention and data driven improvement The Manager partners closely with regional leaders school leadership teams Deans of Culture and Instruction DCIs and Literacy Specialists to translate organizational priorities into school level practice Through professional learning curriculum stewardship and strategic use of student achievement data this role ensures Summits literacy program consistently advances student mastery of grade level standards and college ready literacy skills A central lever of this role is the development and coaching of site based Literacy Specialists By building the capacity of specialists as instructional leaders this role drives improved teaching and learning outcomes across classrooms and schools The Manager reports to the Senior Director of Learning Experience Literacy and plays a key role in advancing Summits commitment to improving student outcomes and building strong literacy across the system How the work will happen This role will require travel between school sites and quarterly travel to Washington State The candidate should expect to be on site in our East Bay schools and schools across the peninsula on average 23 days per week Who We Are What if all students graduated high school with the knowledge skills and habits they need to lead a fulfilled life This is the question that guides our mission at Summit Public Schools To collectively prepare a diverse community of young people with the skills knowledge and habits to attain economic empowerment and success in a chosen concrete next step toward a fulfilled life We operate 10 schools serving over 3300 students in the Bay Area and Washington state 100 of Summit graduates are college ready and Summit graduates complete college at double the national average We need exceptional diverse and mission aligned people to join our team to help prepare our students for a fulfilled life Join us

What Youll Do System Leadership for Literacy Instruction In partnership with the Senior Director of Learning Experience support the development and continuous improvement of Summits system wide literacy strategy focused on improving student outcomes and college readiness Ensure coherent implementation of EL Education middle school maintaining fidelity to knowledge building complex text engagement and student discourse Odell Education grades 910 maintaining fidelity to text based writing inquiry and analytical thinking Advanced Placement grades 1112 ensuring alignment to college level rigor and assessment expectations Ensure coherent implementation of Coursemojo across middle schools maintaining fidelity to intervention design and ensuring alignment to core literacy instruction Partner with regional and school leadership to strengthen instructional systems that support high quality literacy teaching Identify and address system level barriers to strong literacy instruction and student learning Professional Learning & Leadership Development Design and lead system wide professional development for Literacy Specialists teachers instructional leaders and Deans of Culture and Instruction Lead network wide professional learning for Literacy Specialists and DCIs focused on Instructional coaching Curriculum internalization across grade bands Instructional strategies for reading writing and discourse Pacing and planning Data driven instructional decision making Build leadership capacity among site leaders and specialists to effectively support literacy instruction and curriculum implementation Curriculum Stewardship & Instructional Resources Serve as the system steward for Summits literacy curriculum ensuring coherence across grade levels and school models Lead the development and maintenance of key curriculum resources including Pacing guides across EL Odell and AP Canvas course structures and instructional materials Teacher and specialist implementation supports Integration of Coursemojo with core literacy instruction Support strong curriculum internalization at the site…