Senior Director of Secondary STEM
Senior Director of Secondary STEM
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Job Description
The Senior Director of Secondary STEM will provide leadership and vision in the ongoing planning development direction review and evaluation of the districts STEM curriculum and instructional services federal programs career and technical education services assessment research and evaluation services. The Senior Director ensures that the district/school education objectives are aligned to state frameworks and to instructional practices that yield the highest standards of student achievement and instructional excellence. The Senior Director of STEM reports to the Managing Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction and participates as a member of the Curriculum and Instruction team. This role leads the team in curriculum implementation revision and professional development with a collegeready bar.
General Role Description
Curriculum and Assessment Management Manage the creation and vetting of curriculum materials and assessments that align to and then exceeds the expectations of state standards and meets the preparation and success bar for Advanced Placement (AP) success in high school (including AP English and History Courses).
Student Achievement Ensure that curriculum is responsive to student achievement and create the expectation that all curriculum specialists and implementation leads are oriented that way by leading a team that embraces accountability and outstanding student results
Data Driven Curriculum Creation Lead curriculum team on the use of data to drive student achievement and hold team accountable for adjusting curriculum for continuous improvement
Professional Learning Planning professional development and model exemplar implementation of the curriculum and best practices for lesson planning and delivery leveraging the curriculum to direct reports
Duties and Responsibility
The Senior Director of Secondary STEM Curriculums responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
Manage the development implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive curriculum implementation plan for the following: math and science
Plan and facilitate professional learning related to curriculum implementation and best practices for regions and schools; as well as professional learning for the state teaching and learning team
Develop a comprehensive process for creation and vetting curriculum curriculum resources and assessments
Supervise the creation and analysis of all state and regional assessments including the creation of an annual statewide assessment calendar
Consistently analyze data from assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum and lead the team in making the appropriate adjustments
Manage and vet the curriculum implementation supports and data driven curriculum resources created by the STEM curriculum team
Recruit select and retain outstanding curriculum writers for the state level team
Support in managing the curriculum budget for math and science ensuring alignment to statewide priorities and maintains the principles of fiscal responsibility
Collaborate with the Academic Programs team to ensure adequate supports resources and considerations are embedded in curriculum to support students with additional needs
Development and implementation of clear communication strategies regarding the curriculum and assessment initiatives new resource creation and other pertinent information regarding curriculum and assessment
Work closely with key members of regional teams (Deputy Chief of Academic Achievements and other leaders) and the state academics teams (Academic Achievement and Academic Programs)
Analyze statewide and regional data in collaboration with the state academics team and provide strong
recommendations to ensure regions and schools are on track to achieving EOY targets and 2020 goals
Qualifications :
Skills and Competencies
Instructional Knowledge and Expertise
Proven ability to develop and deliver programming that drives improved academic performance for all student populations; knows effective practice for differentiating instruction
Deep understanding of curricular frameworks pedagogy and quality classroom materials; experience developing and implementing curriculum for a wide variety of grade levels and subjects
Strong knowledge of highquality instructional practices and the ability to lead others to implement these practices consistently across classrooms and school sites
Thorough knowledge of effective instruction and knowledge of current theories of curriculum instruction and
assessment
Empathy and Commitment to Cause
Deep understanding of the urban school system environment and commitment to improving student achievement
Passionately believes that all students can achieve at high levels
Demonstrates cultural competence
Communication Interpersonal and Team Skills
Builds and maintains strong relationships
Works successfully alone or on a team
Coaches coordinates and leads teams
Strong verbal and written communication skills; tailors message for the audience context and mode of
communication
Actively listens to others and able to effectively interpret others motivations and perceptions.
Builds consensus and resolves conflicts; exhibits willingness to have difficult conversations
Skillfully navigates existing political structures/systems
Problem Solving and Systems Thinking
Understands how various systems / departments interact to achieve the long term goal
Makes decisions using data and technology
Takes initiative to solve problems and create stakeholder buyin
Identifies and prioritizes mission critical issues with alignment of people time and resources
Offer innovative solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
Exhibits strong focus on goals and results. Sets clear metrics for success
Removes barriers or obstacles that make it difficult for principals to achieve their goals and ensures that school leaders have the resources they need to succeed
Demonstrates excellent execution and project management skills including attention to detail organizational skills ability to balance the big picture with detailed steps to reach the end goal and ability to balance multiple projects under tight deadlines
Leadership skills
Motivates inspires and moves other adults to action to achieve ambitious goal
Skilled at reenvisioning building and managing a team especially in a time of growth and change; excellent at identifying talent and taking advantage of each persons skills and contribution to team effort
Builds and maintains positive relationships with individuals and groups
Moves groups to consensus and resolves conflicts. Exhibits willingness to have difficult conversations
Builds coalitions and works collaboratively with diverse stakeholders at all levels including but not limited to region personnel students families communities and/or advocacy groups
Establishes clear expectations deliverables and deadlines
Sets clear agendas and facilitates effective meetings
Ability to train supervise and evaluate staff from different cultural backgrounds and skill sets
Additional Information :
KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer we hire without consideration to race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or disability.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
