Senior Director, STEM

The mission of the
Officeof Teaching and Learning (OTL) is to provide educators with curricular resources, academic programs, and aligned professional development to ensure rigorous and joyful learning experiences foreverystudent. OTL team members support school-based staff in implementing DCPS's existing academic programs while simultaneously working to rethink and redesign school programming, academic and curricular resources, and educator professional development.

The
Content and Curriculum
division sets the vision for equity and excellence for each content area in DCPS schools by researching, creating, and curating curricular materials and providing aligned professional development experiences to ensure that all students have access to rigorous and joyful learning experiences every day in every content area. The division also supports schools and develops curriculum and programming in arts, health, physical education, library programs, STEM, global programs, advanced and enriched instruction, and curriculum andassessmentinnovation.

The
Early Childhood Education
division supports schools and families in providing

PreKstudents withcomprehensivelearningexperiencesthat foster confidence and independence.

Approximately 6,000 childrenagesthree to five attend early childhood classrooms in 78 elementary schools across the district, including several schools thatoffer Head Start programming.

Thedivisionalso manages Early Stages programming which works exclusively with children ages 2 years 8 months through 5 years 10 months and is responsible for meeting the District’s obligation under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B (619) to develop a comprehensive child findsystemto identify and locate all preschool-age children in the District who have a disability.

The division also manages the implementation ofDCPS' Head Start grant.

The
Language Acquisition
division welcomes families of linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds to DCPS, leads the process of identifying

Multilingual Learner students, and supports schools in developing programs that supports English language acquisition and academic growth.

This includes support during the academic day and as part of ELSAP, which is a targeted summer program for ML students. The LAD also manages DCPS compliance with the DC Language Access Act, providing translation and interpretation resources to school and central teams.

The
Professional Learning and Educational Technology
division sets a vision for professional development for DCPS as well as creates systems, tools, and structures to increase the efficacy of professional learning initiatives. This work includes LEAP, cluster-based PD, districtPDand other learning opportunities. The team works across all DCPSoffices to increase the cohesion of professional development and broad sharing of knowledge, while exploring new avenues and opportunities for meaningful development and learning for our educators.

The team also leads efforts to enhance alignment and cohesion of professional learning initiatives and the integration of educational technology.

The Specialized Instruction
division works to reduce the opportunity gap between students with IEPs and their non-disabled peers; and increases equity and excellence in schools through specific academic programming, related services, professional learning, school leadership development, family engagement, dispute resolution, and community partnerships.

STEM is responsible for leading OTL's work in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The team supports the integration of STEM initiatives within the overall DCPS Academic Plan. Additionally, the team oversees the development of mathematics and science curriculum and professional development for teachers. Finally, the team builds and maintains relationships with external organizations, such as industry partners, institutions of higher education, non-profit groups, governmental agencies, and professional societies to further STEM integration.

The Senior Director, STEM, performs a critical role supporting the Deputy Chief of Content and Curriculum in leading the work of the C&C division related to OTL and district priorities. The Senior Director collaborates closely with the C&C leadership team and other division leaders across OTL and DCPS to ensure the guidance, professional development plans, schools support plans, curricular resources, and other work of the division are aligned to each other and to…