Program Manager, English Language Arts (4-8)

Position Type:

Administration and Professionals

Date Posted:

2026-07-07

Location:Administration or As Assigned

ABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students.

 CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college.

 Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.

 CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop.

 In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of  our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work.

BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES

The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school. BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

 

Location: Administration or As Assigned
Reports to: Director, Middle Grades Curriculum & Instruction
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Band: 7
Compensation: $68,891.00 - $93,003.00

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is in the midst of the most far-reaching transformation plan in its history to dramatically improve the quality of educational outcomes for Cleveland’s public-school scholars. We are seeking a Program Manager for ELA (4-8) to support school leaders and teachers in the planning, monitoring, and implementation of all ELA programming through a deep understanding of the 4-8 Ohio Learning Standards. By providing high quality professional development and coaching for 4-8 ELA teachers, the Program Manager of 4-8 ELA will help CMSD scholars to be proficient in ELA.

The Grades 4-8 Program Manager position requires an individual with superior leadership and analytical, execution, and change management skills. This position will serve as a key contributor to the success of Cleveland’s teachers, leaders, and scholars.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides direction and leadership in the development of ELA curriculum for Grades 4-8
• Ensures the 4-8 ELA program is in alignment with the Ohio Learning Standards for Grades 4-8 English Language Arts
• Provides consistent support to school leaders and teachers to ensure high levels of implementation of core ELA programs through research-based best practices and data-driven instruction
• Reviews and evaluates results of state and District assessments, determines trends, and develops and implements action plans to ensure that the District meets and exceeds the District core measures.
• Provides targeted job-embedded support to teachers and school leaders by implementing an intensive cycle of content support that includes but is not limited to classroom observations, co-teaching, modeling, co-planning, co-facilitating 100 minutes, analyzing student data for action planning, etc.
• Collaborates with Academic Progress Teams and teachers to develop, monitor, and support the strategies and action steps included in the Academic Achievement Plans
• Participates in the evaluation, selection, and acquisition of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and textbooks to support of the ELA curriculum.
• Assists teachers and school leaders in analyzing data (screening, diagnostic, formative and summative) and identifying n