Director of Literacy (Curriculum and Instruction) 2024-2025

The DeKalb County School District is seeking an experienced and professional Director, Literacy.

Grade / Schedule : Unified

Salary Schedules :

Performs a variety of supervisory and administrative tasks in overseeing the successful implementation of literacy curriculum, instructional practices, and interventions.

Employee is responsible for providing leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of literacy programming to promote student learning and teacher effectiveness for the benefit of the systems total educational program.

Title : Director, Literacy

Essential Functions :

• Directs the implementation of literacy curriculum and instructional strategies that create an equitable, inclusive, rigorous, and diverse learning experience in reading, writing, listening, and speaking for all students.
• Provides direction and leadership in the development of a comprehensive effort to ensure that teachers implement evidence-based practices in the development of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Designs and delivers professional learning related to literacy instruction, reading strategies, dyslexia, and English Language Arts curriculum to district and school staff.
• Oversees the development and use of evaluation instruments and systems for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data to examine the implementation of the literacy curriculum, evidence-based improvement strategies, and outcomes.
• Analyze data including reading and dyslexia screening data, referral data, and qualitative data to strategically guide current and future practices, procedures, and policies.
• Collaborates with other district-level and school-level administrators, community stakeholders, and community agencies to build partnerships to enhance the educational goals of the school district.
• Provides technical assistance and coordinates with internal and external stakeholders to support capacity building and sustainability of structured literacy across the district.
• Provides support to administrators and teachers including, but not limited to, feedback regarding literacy instruction and intervention by interpreting data, facilitating data-driven decisions, and progress monitoring.
• Consults with cross-functional departments on planning, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining structured literacy initiatives and efforts to provide school support.
• Provides guidance and leadership in the development of literacy conferences, workshops, research and publications projects, consultation, and support.
• Collaborates with district-level and school-level staff on the adoption and renewal of English Language Arts curricula, programs, interventions, and assessments.
• Prepares reports and other essential information for district and school leaders.
• Assists with development of annual budgets; monitors local spending; reviews and approves requisitions; reports expenditures.
• Serves as school district’s representative at local, state, and federal meetings, and conferences.
• Creates, maintains, and updates related website (s) as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• A Master’s Degree the area of Reading or English Language Arts or closely related filed from a Professional Standards Commission approved accredited college or university is required.
• Reading endorsement, dyslexia endorsement, completion of an independent reading program accredited by the International Dyslexia Association, or completion of the Georgia Literacy Academy required.
• Minimum of three years of experience in supervisory level education administration, or closely related experience is required.
• Minimum of three years of classroom experience.
• Experience in leading instructional professional development and sustainable improvement; or any equivalent combination of training and experience required.
• Valid Georgia Professional Standards Commission approved certificate in educational leadership at level NL5 or above required.
16 days ago