Secondary Math Manager of Curriculum

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 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. KIPP Texas is a team and family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy.

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.

Job Description

ROLE OVERVIEW:

The Manager of Curriculum role is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has deep content knowledge of Secondary Math, has a passion for curriculum and instruction, leverages content-based coaching strategies and techniques to build the capacity of instructional leaders, is committed to advancing social justice and culturally relevant pedagogy, and is eager to influence the future of secondary school math curriculum and  instruction across KIPP Texas and beyond.

The Manager of Curriculum will play a critical role at the state-level in an effort to drive improved student results by ensuring that every student has access to rigorous, excellent, grade-level curriculum that will be implemented in KIPP schools in our Houston, Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio regions.

You know you are successful if: 

• You are an educator who fosters a culture of sustainable change through embedding KIPP Texas’ mission and core values to deliver KIPP Texas transformation.

• You are a math content knowledge expert who has a proven record of results with science at a school-level.

• You are a detail-oriented planner who can demonstrate independence, flexibility. and resilience throughout cycles of change.

• You are both persistent and adaptive in your approach to solving complex challenges across a variety of shareholders. 

Key Responsibilities

The Manager of Curriculum responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Develop and/or adapt science curriculum based on feedback from the stakeholders, including course overviews, pacing calendars, unit plans, lesson plans and assessments aligned to the KIPP Texas Math Vision.

• Ensure all math curriculum & assessments are top-quality and aligned to a college-ready bar and Texas state standards before students engage with them.

• Conduct ongoing progress monitoring and data analysis (state-wide and region-specific) to make necessary adjustments to curriculum materials.

• Review math professional development materials for regional academic teams,  instructional coaches and teachers, including unit and lesson internalization, instructional best practices, and responding to data 

• Build relationships with principals, assistant principals, teachers, and regional academics teams across the state to solicit feedback on the math curriculum.

• Collaborate with other KIPP Texas academics teams (student support services, assessment & achievement) to ensure curriculum and supporting materials are accessible for ALL students, including  students with IEPs and multilingual learners.

• Stay up-to-date on best practices in secondary math instruction and model best practices for instructional coaches as needed.

Qualifications

Required Education and/or Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree required

Content and Pedagogical Expertise

• Strong understanding of the college-ready bar for students in math, exceptionally high standards for students’ potential, and an unyielding belief that ALL students can achieve at high levels

• Deep knowledge of secondary math (including TEKS), with a strong understanding of the full K-12 science continuum

•  Master math teacher, coach and instructional leader (ideally at the secondary level) with proven results

• Strong understanding of and prior experience with curriculum development, including but not limited to: alignment between objectives, learning experiences and assessment; principles of backwards planning; essential questions to drive inquiry

• (Preferred) Experience coaching teachers and/or leaders to improve instruction through observation & feedback; can identify targeted impact statements (action steps) based on observations to improve instruction efficiently and effectively

Technical Skills

• Detail oriented and obsessed with accuracy, especially in the areas of curriculum and assessments

• Meets deadlines and timelines aligned to the academic calendar and needs of the organization

• Ability to create own work plan and can project plan around multiple priorities and fast-paced deadlines

• Able to succinctly present summaries and updates

•  Can work across multiple modes of communication (virtual and in-person) to impact others and achieve goals

• Advanced understanding of Microsoft Office suite and (preferred) Adobe Reader and Google Drive

• (Preferred but not required) Able to fluently navigate Illuminate and Tableau, or other similar assessment and data analytics platforms

Communication, Interpersonal and Team Skills

• Builds and maintains strong relationships across a variety of levels and stakeholders

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; tailors message for the audience, context, and mode of communication

• Builds consensus and resolves conflicts; exhibits willingness to have difficult conversations

• Skillfully navigates systems and structures at various levels in a large district

• Comfortable with ambiguity and can translate abstract ideas into concrete work plans and products

Problem Solving and Systems-Level Thinking

• Understands how various systems, departments, shareholders and stakeholders interact to achieve short and long term goals

• Makes decisions using data and takes initiative to solve problems and create stakeholder buy-in

• Exhibits flexibility and a solutions-oriented mindset when faced with shifting priorities, demands, and timelines

• Identifies and prioritizes mission-critical issues and offers innovative solutions to seemingly intractable problems

• Exhibits consistent focus on goals and results and sets clear metrics for success

Leadership Skills

• Motivates, inspires, and moves other adults to action to achieve ambitious goals

• Builds coalitions and works collaboratively with diverse stakeholders at all levels, including but not limited to state leaders, regional leaders, school leaders, coaches, teachers and students

• Establishes clear expectations, deliverables and deadlines across organizational layers

Empathy and Commitment to Cause

• Deep belief in the mission and values of KIPP and commitments to improving student achievement

• Passionately believes that all students can achieve at high levels

• Demonstrates cultural competencies and a deep understanding of and empathy for issues facing students 

Physical Requirements: 

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Considerable time is spent at a desk using a computer/laptop

• Attending conferences or training sessions

Work Environment: 

• Typical office environment with frequent interruptions

• This role can be based in the following locations with KIPP Texas Public Schools: Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio 

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits

Salary is based on years of experience, degree of education, and level of expertise.

As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance,  fertility, and disability plans starting as low as $25/month.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.