Middle School Math Curriculum Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 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 Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

Job Description

The Manager of Curriculum role is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has deep content knowledge of Secondary MS 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 equity-minded educator who fosters a culture of sustainable change through embedding KIPP Texas’ mission and core values and supporting anti-racism frameworks to deliver KIPP Texas transformation.

You are a math content knowledge expert who has a proven record of results with math 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 math 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 math 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 Wheatley math, 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

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

Compensation & Benefits

As a full time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans, including :

• Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.
• Paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with varying coverage for employees and their families, inclusive of virtual physician visits. High deductible health plan with HSA also offered.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits : legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.