The Opportunity
The Manager of Curriculum, Primary ELAR role is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has deep content knowledge of Early Primary school ELAR (PreK - 2nd Grade), 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 primary school ELA curriculum and instruction across KIPP Texas and beyond.The Manager of Curriculum & Achievement, Primary ELA 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.General Role Description
● Curriculum Design: Using Amplify Texas ELAR & Creative Curriculum as base curriculum, designs strong instructional guidance for teachers and instructional coaches to facilitate strong implementation and internalization of curriculum
● Curriculum Adoption & Selection: Executes a scientific method for selecting curriculum tools and
resources necessary for teaching and learning experiences
● Curriculum Vetting: Executes a researched-based vetting process to ensure that curriculum is aligned to grade-level standards and expectations, error-free and publish ready
● Curriculum-Instruction Connection: Supports instructional teammates in designing and reviewing professional learning materials designed to equip leaders and teachers with the knowledge and
skills to internalize and execute the curriculum● Assessments: Creates high quality, aligned, standards based formative, end of cycle and interim assessments to support mastery of content objectives and seeks feedback from key stakeholders along the way.
● Data Analysis: Frequently and consistently progress monitors and analyzes a variety of qualitative and quantitative data at the school, region and state-levels to identify strengths and gaps in the curriculum itself while also strategically providing revisions and course corrections to the curriculum implementation pathway.
● Professional Development: If needed, plan, review and/or facilitate virtual and in-person professional development on curriculum, instruction and assessment analysis to ensure all regions are on a path to implement the curriculum with fidelity and achieve academic goals.Key Responsibilities
The Manager of Curriculum & Achievement responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
● Develop and/or adapt ELAR curriculum based on feedback from the stakeholders, including course overviews, pacing calendars, unit plans, lesson plans and assessments aligned to the KIPP Texas ELA Vision.
● Ensure all ELAR 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 ELAR 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 ELAR 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 primary ELAR instruction and model best practices for
instructional coaches as needed.