Director Of Primary Multilingual Programs

Job Description
ROLE OVERVIEW:
As the Senior Director of Primary Multilingual Program, you will play a pivotal role in developing comprehensive multilingual education initiatives within primary education settings that transform the academic outcomes for emergent bilingual KIPPsters. Leading a team of up to five regional directors, you will ensure that our statewide multilingual strategy is implemented every day in KIPP Texas classrooms. Working with your directors, you will develop plans for implementing and monitoring research-based instructional strategies across multiple campuses state-wide.
Your expertise in multilingual pedagogy and instructional coaching will support your directors in their coaching of dual-language and content-based language instruction to drive exceptional student outcomes. Your collaboration with stakeholders will positively impact the expansion and sustainability of multilingual education initiatives. Reporting to the Managing Director of Multilingual Education, you will play a pivotal role in supporting KIPP Texas classrooms, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment for students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
You know you are successful if all members of your team support their portfolio schools to attain their KIPP Texas targets each year, leading to:
Significant emergent bilingual student growth in language development and academic achievement
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve an A or B rating
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve the Domain III TELPAS growth measure.
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Reading STAAR, with minimal gaps between EBs and non-EBs.
100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Math STAAR, with minimal gaps between EBs and non-EBs.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Visioning:
You lead and develop a vision for transformational primary multilingual programs. You can translate multilingual program frameworks to support language acquisition and cultural awareness by coaching a team of multilingual experts as they coach campus leaders.
Effective Team Leader:
You lead and develop a high-performing team to drive transformational achievement and linguistic outcomes through side-by-side coaching and progress monitoring. Effectively support your directors in leading effective professional learning opportunities, observing classroom instruction, and providing actionable feedback to deans of multilingual and school leaders.
Instructional Expert:
You have demonstrated expertise in dual-language and content based language programs and instruction. You have experience effectively implementing KIPP Texas’s chosen curricular products and how to tailor them to support language acquisition and cultural awareness.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Collaborate with school administrators, teachers, and families to ensure the effective implementation of multilingual programs. Establish partnerships with community organizations, language experts, and cultural institutions to enrich program offerings and resources.
Skills
Lead a high-performing team that delivers outcomes for emergent bilingual students
Manage, lead, and develop a high-performing team of 4 director-level dual-language and CBLI coaches who are driving student achievement and language acquisition in KIPP schools across Texas
Drive results, including progress tracking, monitoring, and reporting. Hold the team accountable for short- and long-term outcomes
Exhibit outstanding critical thinking skills, including the ability to analyze data, identify trends, pinpoint root causes, ask probing questions, and develop innovative solutions
Exhibit a strong focus on goals, accountability, and results;
set clear metrics for success
Lead effectively even in times of ambiguity and adapt and respond to unexpected challenges
Coach others to implement the multilingual strategy
Possess a deep understanding of multilingual frameworks, pedagogy, and high-quality instructional materials;
experience implementinghigh-quality instructional materials for a wide variety of grade levels and subjects to support language acquisition and cultural awareness.
Demonstrate strong knowledge of research-based dual-language and CBLI strategies and the ability to lead others to implement these strategies consistently across classrooms and school sites
Lead and manage multilingual coaches in their implementation of the statewide multilingual strategy by building the team’s day-to-day workflow and coaching teammates to execute that strategy
Engage in continuous data analysis and action planning
Support multilingual coaches in progress monitoring actions that drive improvement in the areas of data-driven culture, curriculum implementation, and content-based language instruction that lead to teacher impact
Craft and support the execution of school, regional, and organization-wide improvement plans in response to emergent bilingual data
Engage in side-by-side coaching with multilingual coaches as they coach leaders and teachers on effective daily data practices to monitor emergent bilingual student performance
Analyze school-specific data to identify trends and support the development of response plans
Confidently speaking to formative student outcome data across campuses to support leaders in ongoing coaching and response plans
Progress monitor state and federal guidelines and policies
Ensure that all state and federal guidelines are implemented across primary schools by working collaboratively with KTX compliance director and regional directors of primary multilingual programs
Organize Title III engagement activities to increase and strengthen the family, parent, and community connections and supports to emergent bilingual learners
Support KIPP teachers in acquiring required Bilingual and ESL certification with the support of the HR and talent teams
Oversee the Summer Language Program planning, recruitment, hiring, training, and effectiveness aligned to students' growth
Collaborate with senior director of assessments and director of multilingual compliance to monitor state-wide TELPAS execution