Executive Director, Curriculum and Instruction

Position Type:

Administration and Professionals

Date Posted:

2024-07-13

Location:Administration or As Assigned

INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD’s approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland’s schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for

performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district’s Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.

Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:

In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

 

Location: Administration or As Assigned
Reports to: Officer, Teaching & Learning
FLSA Status: Exempt
Compensation: $ 91,800.00 - $ 128,520.00

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 an Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction to systematize support strategies that assist school leaders and teachers in the development, planning, managing, supporting, organizing, and implementation of academic programming for grades K-12 through a deep understanding of the Ohio Learning Standards, best practices, and research based teaching strategies. As a member of the District's senior leadership team (SLT), the Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction provides strategic direction and oversight of curriculum design, instructional best practices, and implementation support to facilitate learning experiences that are consistent with the instructional goals of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Creates and implements a cohesive PK-12 learning system consistent with the District’s vision, mission, strategic initiatives, and policies that includes curriculum development and improvement, effective instructional practices, and a balanced assessment system
• Provides direction and leadership in the development of a comprehensive curriculum for all elementary, middle, and high schools including curriculum guides with scope and sequence documents, pacing guides, and assessment strategies
• Directs the alignment of curriculum and integration of professional learning strategies that brings teaching and learning to consistently high levels of quality across all schools
• Analyzes academic achievement data to understand the impact, develops goals and solutions grounded in data, and disaggregates data to understand the root causes to lead improvements in outcomes
• Develops and implements department strategies, goals, objectives, metrics, policies, procedures, and standards
• Revises department work systems and procedures as necessary to improve the efficiency and productivity of the department
• Monitors key metrics to determine success of each academic area and promotes data-driven decision making across the division
• Coaches team members on managing outcomes in their areas of responsibility and