Senior Director of Primary STEM

Company Description

About KIPP Texas

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose —college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.

Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

Job Description

The Senior Director of Primary STEM will provide leadership and vision in the ongoing planning, development, direction, review and evaluation of the district’s 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 Director of STEM reports to the Managing Director of Primary Curriculum and Instruction, and participates as a member of the Curriculum and Instruction team. Leads team in curriculum implementation, revision and professional development with a college-ready 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 andhold 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 Primary STEM Curriculum’s 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
state-wide 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 state-wide 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 cu