Director of Instructional Excellence: Primary ELA or Math ('24-'25)

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 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 just world.

Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

You can see all our job opportunities at https://kipptexas.org/join-our-team/.

Job Description

The KIPP Texas team is hiring multiple instructional coach roles for the 2024-2025 school year. We are seeking Directors for the following roles:

• 3rd - 5th grade ELA, support effective implementation of Amplify Texas
• 3rd - 5th grade math, support effective implementation of Eureka Math TEKS Edition
• 6th - 10th grade math, support effective implementation of Carnegie Math
• 6th - 8th grade ELA, support effective implementation of Amplify ELAR Texas
• 9th - 12th grade ELA, support effective implementation of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Into Literature

ROLE OVERVIEW:

As a Director of Instructional Excellence, you’ll leverage experience with both academic content and instructional transformation to drive instructional excellence in KIPP Texas transformation schools. You'll serve as a content expert, utilizing your understanding of curricular frameworks and high-quality instructional materials to drive instructional excellence in a grade band and content area. With a focus on effectively implementing KIPP Texas's chosen curricular products, such as Amplify Texas, Eureka Math, and Carnegie Math, you’ll directly coach teachers and school leaders on effective implementation in transformation classrooms. Through strong instruction and ongoing progress monitoring, you’ll play a vital role in improving student outcomes across our campuses. 

You know you are successful if you support your portfolio of schools to meet their KIPP Texas STAAR targets each year, leading to: 

• Significant student growth and achievement across all student sub-populations  
• 100% of schools in your portfolio achieve an A or B rating
• 100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Reading STAAR
• 100% of schools in your portfolio achieve 90/75/40 on the Math STAAR

Key Responsibilities

• Focus on Transformation: Demonstrate a deep desire and record of results to support schools with significant instructional transformation. Understand the research underpinning transforming school communities. Hold high expectations for themselves as well as the leaders and teachers at transformation campuses.
• Content Expert: Demonstrate instructional expertise and understanding of curricular frameworks, pedagogy, and instructional materials in an area of content expertise. You have experience effectively implementing KIPP Texas’s chosen curricular products: Amplify Texas, Amplify ELAR Texas, Eureka Math, Carnegie Math, and HMH Into Literature.
• Effective Coach: Lead instructional improvement efforts on a portfolio of transformation schools (3-5 campuses) by planning and facilitating professional learning communities (PLCs), observing classroom instruction, and providing actionable feedback to both classroom teachers and school leaders

Effectively coach teachers to improve instructional effectiveness

Provide support to transformation primary schools and priority secondary schools by:

• Partnering with the school-based leadership team, specifically by coaching assistant principals to impact with a focus on high-