Director Of Instructional Excellence: Secondary Ela ('24-'25)

Job Description
The KIPP Texas team is hiring multiple instructional coach roles for the 2024-2025 school year. We are seeking Directors for the following roles:
3rd - 5th grade ELA, support effective implementation of Amplify Texas
3rd - 5th grade math, support effective implementation of Eureka Math TEKS Edition
6th - 10th grade math, support effective implementation of Carnegie Math
6th - 8th grade ELA, support effective implementation of Amplify ELAR Texas
9th - 12th grade ELA, support effective implementation of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Into Literature
ROLE OVERVIEW:
As a Director of Instructional Excellence, you’ll leverage experience with both academic content and instructional transformation to drive instructional excellence in KIPP Texas transformation schools. You'll serve as a content expert, utilizing your understanding of curricular frameworks and high-quality instructional materials to drive instructional excellence in a grade band and content area. With a focus on effectively implementing KIPP Texas's chosen curricular products, such as Amplify Texas, Eureka Math, and Carnegie Math, you’ll directly coach teachers and school leaders on effective implementation in transformation classrooms. Through strong instruction and ongoing progress monitoring, you’ll play a vital role in improving student outcomes across our campuses.
You know you are successful if you support your portfolio of schools to meet their KIPP Texas STAAR targets each year, leading to:
Significant student growth and achievement across all student sub-populations
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve an A or B rating
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Reading STAAR
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Math STAAR
Key Responsibilities
Focus on Transformation:
Demonstrate a deep desire and record of results to support schools with significant instructional transformation. Understand the research underpinning transforming school communities. Hold high expectations for themselves as well as the leaders and teachers at transformation campuses.
Content Expert:
Demonstrate instructional expertise and understanding of curricular frameworks, pedagogy, and instructional materials in an area of content expertise. You have experience effectively implementing KIPP Texas’s chosen curricular products:
Amplify Texas, Amplify ELAR Texas, Eureka Math, Carnegie Math, and HMH Into Literature.
Effective Coach:
Lead instructional improvement efforts on a portfolio of transformation schools (3-5 campuses) by planning and facilitating professional learning communities (PLCs), observing classroom instruction, and providing actionable feedback to both classroom teachers and school leaders
Effectively coach teachers to improve instructional effectiveness
Provide support to transformation primary schools and priority secondary schools by:
Partnering with the school-based leadership team, specifically by coaching assistant principals to impact with a focus on high-quality instruction &
curriculum implementation
Conducting individualized coaching sessions with teachers to observe classroom instruction, provide feedback, and collaboratively develop actionable strategies for improving instruction
Leading teachers in setting clear, measurable instructional goals and providing ongoing guidance and support to help them achieve these goals through targeted observation and professional development
Utilizing a strengths-based approach to identify and leverage teachers' existing skills and talents while also providing guidance and support in areas of improvement
Establishing a supportive and trusting relationship with teachers built on mutual respect, open communication, and a commitment to professional growth
Demonstrating a willingness to lead small group instruction within classrooms during the Crescendo season
Facilitate professional learning communities that drive instructional excellence
Provide support to transformation primary schools and priority secondary schools by:
Planning &
co-leading weekly content team meetings in assigned schools
Planning &
co-leading weekly data team meetings in assigned schools
Leading school-based practice clinics &
teach backs
Leading weekly Coaching &
Learning communities (all C, D, and F-rated schools)
Providing targeted support and resources to teachers, supporting the implementation of evidence-based instructional strategies
Engage in continuous data analysis and action planning
Provide support to transformation primary schools and priority secondary schools by:
Supporting transformational school leader managers &
school leadership teamsin progress monitoring actions that drive improvement in the areas of data-driven culture, curriculum implementation, and high-quality instruction that leads to teacher impact
Crafting and executing school, regional, and organization-wide improvement plans in response to curriculum implementation data
Coaching leaders and teachers on effective daily data practices, such as strategic monitoring, daily data dives, exit ticket trackers, etc.
Analyzing school-specific data to identify trends and support the development of response plans
Confidently speaking to formative student outcome data across portfolio campuses to support regional leaders in ongoing coaching and response plans